User manual AVOLITES DIAMOND 4

[. . . ] Diamond 4 Operator's Manual Version 2. 4 D4v2-4 Manual. doc 14/07/2008 15:25:00 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) 865 938 2057 (+1) 865 938 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 near the power socket and on the keyboard drawer; the software version is displayed on the title bar of the Diamond application on the VDU. The latest version of this manual and Diamond 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 Diamond 4. 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 Diamond even if Avolites Ltd. [. . . ] Select whether all modified fixtures are to be saved (softkey G) or just currently selected ones (softkey F). Press a grey Palette button to store the palette. 3> Rec Palette button 4> 5> 6> 7> 8> · F [Save selected fixtures only] is useful if you are in the middle of programming and don't want to have to press Clear. You can save only the fixtures which are selected and ignore all other fixtures in the programmer. When setting the Mask options using A [Press to set mask] there are three possible settings for each attribute group: [Exclude All <attribute> channels] will miss out the attribute from the saved palette [Save All <attribute> channels] will store the current setting of the attribute even if it's not in the programmer [Save <attribute> channels in the programmer] will store the current setting of the attribute only if it is in the programmer. This last option is like "Record by channel" mode. · 4. 1. 5 Mask locking The Diamond can lock the mask used for saving palettes, so that you can only save the attributes which are already stored in the palette. This can be handy for making sure you don't accidentally store unwanted attributes into existing palettes when you are editing or updating them. To lock the palette mask do the following: 1> 2> 3> On the VDU menu bar click on Tools, then User Setting. Ensure the tick box labelled Lock Palette Mask is ticked. D4v2-4 Manual. doc 14/07/2008 15:25:00 4. Palettes - Page 149 · This option does not affect the creation of new palettes, just the editing of existing palettes. 4. 2 Playback 4. 2. 1 Recalling a palette value To recall a palette value, this is what you do: 1> Select the fixtures to be changed. You can make palettes fade over a time when you recall them, see section 4. 6. 1 below. 2> · 4. 2. 2 Palette pages You can select different pages of palettes using the Palette Bank ­1 and +1 buttons below softkey B. Or you can jump to a page by pressing the Select Pal Page button, typing the page number on the keypad and pressing Enter. The current Palette page is shown on the top line of the display above softkeys A-E when at the top menu level. · You can create a shortcut on a Palette button which will set up a particular playback page, fixture page and palette page. Shortcuts on the palette buttons do not change with the palette pages and remain on the same buttons. · You can also recall a palette by doing the following: 1> 2> 3> 4> Select some lights Press the grey Palette button Type in the number of the palette you want to recall. Press Enter 4. 3 Edit 4. 3. 1 Editing palettes · You can edit a palette entry by recalling it, making the changes you want, then saving the new information back on top of the existing palette entry. Anything you haven't changed will not be affected, values you have changed or added will be amended. You can add additional fixtures to a palette without affecting existing ones. For example, if you have colour palettes for Mac 600s, you can add colours for your Mac 500s without affecting any previously recorded values in the palette. You can remove attributes from palettes using the Off function, see section Removing attributes from cues using "Off" on page 165. · · D4v2-4 Manual. doc 14/07/2008 15:25:00 Page 150 - 4. Palettes 4. 3. 2 Setting legends for palettes You can enter a legend for each palette which is displayed on the screen immediately above the buttons. The display above the palette button and above Softkey C updates as you type to show you what it's going to look like. Press Enter to when you have finished, then press Up to leave Set Legend mode, or repeat from 2 to set more legends. [. . . ] 17. Dipless Crossfading: When using autoloads, if a cuelist autoloaded one cue then another containing the same fixtures, it was possible that the intensities of those fixtures would dip. 18. Flashing Crash: If flashing quickly with a new dual core motherboard, the desk could crash. 19. Shapes In Chases: When working with chases, you could not record the same shape accross multiple cues then alter it slightly. 20. Fixture Exchange Crash: Exchanging fixtures with more than 3 types of fixture patched caused the desk to crash. This is now fixed. [. . . ]