User manual AVOLITES PEARL2000

[. . . ] Avolites Pearl 2000 Operators Manual - page i Avolites Rolacue Pearl 2000 Operators Manual P2000MAN. DOC 19/10/99 17:59 Avolites Pearl 2000 Operators Manual - page ii Useful Avolites phone numbers:Avolites England Sales and service* (+44) (0) 181 965 8522 Service out of hours* (+44) (0) 831 17 8888 Fax Email Website (+44) (0) 181 965 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 found by turning the key to SYSTEM and pressing button B [SOFTWARE I. D. ]. The software version is then displayed on the prompt line of the LCD Screen. The latest version of this manual (in Microsoft Word 97) and Pearl Software can be downloaded by modem from the Internet. 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. [. . . ] Press the SWOP button of the Playback Fader of the Memory or Chase Step you wish to recall. The Memory or Chase Step is output from the desk, and loaded into the Programmer. You can Include more than one Memory or Chase Step by repeating this step as many times as you wish. · Make any other changes to the look onstage you require, before storing as a Memory or part of a Chase as normal. 9. 7. 1 Using INCLUDE to selectively recall Fixtures or Attributes You can also use the INCLUDE function to recall chosen Attributes into Selected Fixtures from a Memory or Chase Step. · · Turn the Key to Program. If you want to Include Attributes from a particular Chase Step, run the Chase and Stop it on the step you want to Include. P2000MAN. DOC 19/10/99 17:59 Avolites Pearl 2000 Operators Manual - page 99 Otherwise if its Playback Fader is down, or the Playback Fader is up and the Chase is running, you will Include the last complete step of the Chase that was run. · · Select the Fixtures you want to recall Attributes into. Select the Attribute(s) you wish to recall using the Attribute Bank. The illuminated LEDs on the Attribute Bank indicate which Attributes will be recalled. In the LAMPS bank, this will be all Attributes from the Selected Fixtures. In other Banks, the recalled Attributes are defined by the Focus Mask. (See section 8. 14 Changing the Focus Mask). · Press the SWOP button of the Playback Fader of the Memory or Chase Step you wish to recall. The chosen Attributes of the Selected Fixtures from the Memory or Chase Step are output from the desk, and loaded into the Programmer. · · To recall other Attributes, repeat the process as necessary. Make any other changes to the look onstage you require, before storing as a Memory or part of a Chase as normal. 9. 8 FAN mode Pressing the blue FAN button on the Program Select Bank puts the Wheels into FAN mode. The LED on the FAN button flashes while FAN mode is in operation. This changes the way the two Wheels control an Attribute for a group of Fixtures. Instead of all Fixtures receiving the same relative change in DMX values, the values output to the Fixtures increase for the first half of the group and decrease for the second half as you roll a Wheel clockwise. Also the effect that the Wheel has increases from the centre of the group out, so that the effect of moving the Wheels has a greater effect the further a Fixture is from the centre of the group, thus creating a fan effect from the centre of the group outwards. This can be applied to any Attribute, not just Pan and Tilt. The Fixture at the centre of an odd numbered group will not change in value. The order of the group is the order in which the Fixtures were Selected, so interesting effects can be achieved by applying FAN mode to Attributes in a randomly or specially ordered group. The FAN button replaces the old RESTORE CHASE OUTPUT button. Pressing the FAN button a second time restores normal functionality to the Wheels. Make sure you come out of FAN mode when you have finished with it, or Fixtures may not behave as you expect later on. [. . . ] 7. 5 Playback Options The Pearl will always be in RUN MODE TAKEOVER when the theatre stack is enabled. In playback mode the following functions are available STOP Press to stop the Theatre stack GO Press to launch the step, or if the step has been stopped part way through a fade, then continue the step. If GO is pressed while a step is fading then the current fade will stop (not complete) and the next step will be loaded and faded to. p2000. doc 12/11/99 18:34 Pearl 2000 November 1999 release notes - page 18 [Playback ADD button 12] This works like the main GO button [Playback SWOP button 12] This works like the main STOP button [Playback ADD buttons 13-15] HTP-OUT, and LTP respectively [Playback SWOP buttons 13-15] HTP-OUT, and LTP respectively Press to GO on the timers HTP-IN, Press to stop the timers for the HTP-IN, [Playback LED 12] This LED will blink when the theatre playback master fader is at 0. All other times it shows the fader level. [. . . ]