User manual AVOLITES PEARL 2008

[. . . ] Pearl 2008 Pearl Tiger Operator's Manual Pearl 2008 Manual - 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 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 2008. 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. [. . . ] If you are using palettes in your programming, ensure the master fade time is set to zero. If you have a master fade time set, and you also enter a fade time manually, the manual time will override the master time. If you don't want palettes to get put in the programmer, which can be useful when you are running a show, you can set this time to 0. 1 seconds which will still apply the palette instantly but will then allow it to be overridden by new memories being turned on. 4. 5 4. 5. 1 Advanced options Palette options Press Focus then Softkey G [Options] to show the options menu. If a palette page is displayed rather than the main palette menu and softkey G is [Pages], press softkey G to get to the main palette menu. A: Master time - Lets you set the time over which all palettes will be faded, so you don't have to keep entering a time. B: Fixture Type - Sets the fixture type for which the palette legends are displayed (as the palette entries may be different for different fixture types). Normally the Pearl will change this automatically to match the fixtures you have selected, so you won't need to change it. If you select fixture type "All", then generic palette legends will be shown (legends saved for the "All" fixture type), and the Pearl will not change the fixture type. To return the fixture type selection to automatic, select a fixture type other than "All". Pearl 2008 Manual - 16th July 2007 5. Shapes - Page 141 CHAPTER FIVE 5. Shapes This chapter contains: Selecting a shape; changing the size and speed of a shape; spreading a shape across multiple fixtures; editing shapes which are running. The Pearl, in common with other Avolites consoles, has a shape generator. This allows you to quickly create exciting light shows using lots of movement and changes, with the minimum of programming. A shape is simply a sequence of values which can be applied to any attribute of a fixture. A "circle" shape, for example, applied to the pan and tilt attributes, would cause the fixture to move its beam around in a circular pattern. You can set the centre point of the circle, the size of the circle and the speed of the circle movement. In addition to beam position shapes, there are a large number of other shapes available in the Pearl. The shapes are defined for a particular attribute such as colour, dimmer, focus and so on. Some shapes will not work with some fixtures; focus shapes, for example, can produce nice "focus pull" effects on fixtures which have DMX focusing, but will do nothing on fixtures which don't have focusing. When you use a shape with more than one fixture, you can choose to either apply the shape identically to all the fixtures, or offset them so that the shape runs along the fixtures creating "wave" or "ballyhoo" type effects. This is called the spread of the shape. 5. 1 5. 1. 1 Playback Selecting a shape Selecting a shape is very similar to selecting a value from a palette. 1> 2> 3> 4> Select the fixtures the shape is to be applied to. Press one of the A-E softkeys to apply a shape to the fixtures (or the F and G softkeys go up and down the list). [. . . ] See CHASE. PALETTE PARK PERSONALITY FILE PERSONALITY DISK A disk on which Personality Files are stored. PHOTOCOPY PLAYBACK PRESET FADERS PRESET FOCUS PROGRAM PROGRAMMER RUN SCRIPT FILES SELECTED SEQUENCE Pearl 2008 Manual - 16th July 2007 15. Glossary of terms - Page 229 SHAPE A preprogrammed effect available which is applied to an Attribute. A Palette in which information is only stored for one Fixture, but is available to all Fixtures of that type. [. . . ]