User manual AVOLITES PEARL EXPERT

[. . . ] Pearl Expert Operator's Manual Pearl Expert Manual V2 - 16th July 2007 Useful Avolites phone numbers:Avolites England Sales and service* Service out of hours* Fax Email Website (+44) (0) 20 8965 8522 (+44) (0) 831 17 8888 (+44) (0) 20 8965 0290 name@avolites. com http://www. avolites. com Distribution of Avolites products in USA:Avolites America Sales and service* Fax (+1) 423 938 2057 (+1) 423 938 2059 *Before contacting Avolites for service enquiry please ensure that you have the product serial number and the Software version. The serial number can be found on the back of the desk and the software version can be found by turning the key to "System" and reading the version from the top line of the display. The latest version of this manual and Pearl Expert Software can be downloaded from the Avolites website. The small print : No Liability for Consequential Damages Avolites has a policy of continuous product and documentation improvement. As such the detail within this manual may not match the operation of the Pearl Expert. In no event shall Avolites be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages or loss whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use the Pearl even if Avolites Ltd. [. . . ] Option A "Locate Fixture" positions selected fixtures at central position, with light coming out of them. The settings are not placed in the Pearl Expert Manual V2 - 16th July 2007 Page 134 - 3. Controlling dimmers and fixtures programmer, so you need to change the values if you want to save them. The "locate fixture" settings for each type of fixture are defined in the personality file. This is the same as pressing the red Locate button. Option B "Locate Fixture no pan/tilt" turns on the selected fixtures but does not move them to a central position. This is useful if you don't want to disturb the positioning of fixtures but need to light them up. Option C and D "Align Fixtures" and "Align <attributes>" are described in section 3. 1. 7 on page 130. Option E "Record group" is used to group fixtures for easy selection as described in section 3. 1. 5 on page 129. Option F allows you to turn the Pearl's 3D stage tracking mode off or on. When tracking mode is on, the pan and tilt controls set the position on the stage rather than absolute DMX values. You need to Define the Stage (see next page) before you can use Tracking. Option G is used to run "macros" which are used to strike lamps or reset fixtures, etc. These features often require a sequence of levels to be sent on different control channels, which the Pearl can do automatically if the macro is defined in the personality file for the fixture. The display will show a list of available macros for the fixtures which are currently selected. If no macros are available for those fixtures, the option will not do anything. The Personality File section on page 203 contains details. (press ML Menu again) Option A "Flip" is described in section 3. 1. 7 on page 130. Option B "Calculator" displays a screen on the VDU screen allowing you to convert numbers from decimal to hex or to binary. This is useful for working out dip switch settings. You need the VDU connected to use this function. from programmer" allows you to remove from the programmer fixtures which are selected. [. . . ] Used only on earlier versions of the Pearl. Type of flash button which turns on the output being PRESET FOCUS PROGRAM PROGRAMMER RUN SCRIPT FILES SELECTED SEQUENCE SHAPE SHARED PALETTE SIMPLE STEP SOFTKEY STACK STAGE REMOTE SWOP Pearl Expert Manual V2 - 16th July 2007 14. Glossary of terms - Page 219 flashed and turns off all other output while the button is pressed. Also used for selecting fixtures or playbacks when programming. [. . . ]