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. [. . . ] 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. 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. 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. 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. 9. 9 Reduction Faders Reduction Faders allow you to temporarily limit the output of an Intensity Channel. This is useful for turning off a wayward Intelligent Fixture or limiting the flare caused to a camera by a particular device. Every time an Intensity Fader is patched onto Attribute Bank 1, a Reduction Fader is automatically patched onto Attribute Bank 12. To use a Reduction Fader : P2000MAN. DOC 19/10/99 17:59 Avolites Pearl 2000 Operators Manual - page 100 · · · Put the Channel you want Reduced up at FULL. All Preset Faders now operate as Reduction Faders. Match the output level with the Intensity Channel by bringing the Reduction Fader to Full also. If it is already at Full, bring it down to zero, the back up. · Bring the Reduction Fader down to limit the output to the desired level. 9. 10 Programming in BLIND mode 9. 10. 1 Entering Blind Mode · · Turn the Key to Program. Puts you in BLIND PROGRAM MODE menu. When in Blind Mode the Programmer and the Preset Faders are disconnected from the output so you can build or edit Memories and Chases without your programming being seen on stage. Programming is identical to Live Program Mode except your changes cannot be seen on the output. When you enter Blind Mode, Channels already in the Programmer stay there. It may therefore be desirable to CLEAR the programmer on first entering Blind Mode, or Channels in the Programmer may be included in your programming. 9. 10. 2 Exiting Blind Mode · Again press Softbutton F [PRESS FOR LIVE MODE] Puts you in LIVE PROGRAM MODE menu. When you exit Blind Mode Channels in the Programmer are cleared and the programmer is reloaded with any Channels that were in the programmer before Blind Mode was selected. This means that entering and exiting Blind Mode does not affect what is seen on stage, and you can Blind Program in the middle of a show if necessary. To keep the Programmer contents before you return to Live mode you should record a Memory, which you can later INCLUDE. See Section 9. 7 The INCLUDE button. 9. 10. 3 To alter a Memory without changing the look on stage · · · · · Turn the Key to Program. [. . . ] If a step number is entered then this will be assigned to the Current step before recording. 7. 4. 2. 5 GROUP Input a Group number in the range 1-200, then hit [ENTER] to load it. 7. 4. 2. 6 THROUGH Select a range of Fixtures, for example 1 THROUGH 10 to select all Fixtures in the range from 1 To 10. 7. 4. 2. 7 AT % Set the intensity for the Fixtures in the Editor. To set the intensity to 46% press [AT%], [4], point(. ), [6] 7. 4. 2. 7. 1 [A] LOCATE FIXTURE Switch ON the Fixtures so that it is in open white on the stage (unless BLIND mode is selected), without actually placing the Fixture's attributes into the programmer. 7. 4. 2. 7. 2 [B] BLACKOUT All Fixtures, which are ON on the stage, are first loaded into the Editor and then set to zero intensity, the result is that the stage is blacked out. 7. 4. 2. 7. 3 [E] +5% Increase the intensity by 5% for all of the Fixtures in the Editor, clamped at 100%. p2000. doc 12/11/99 18:34 Pearl 2000 November 1999 release notes - page 17 7. 4. 2. 7. 4 [F] ­5% Reduce the intensity by 5% for all of the Fixtures in the Editor, clamped at 0%. 7. 4. 2. 7. 5 [G] 100% Set the intensity to 100% for all of the Fixtures in the Editor, 7. 4. 2. 7. 6 [NUMERIC] Set the Intensity to (10% multiplied by the input digit) for all of the Fixtures in the Editor, for example if 5 is input then the intensity is set to 50% 7. 4. 2. 7. 7 [. ], Decimal point Follow this by a number to set the intensity units. For example if the selected fixtures are set to 53% intensity and [. ] followed by 7 is input then the intensity will be changed to 57%. 7. 4. 3 [C] SET TIMES Set the Times for the Current step. If the step exists then its times are presented otherwise the previous recorded times. 7. 4. 4 [D] RECORD See Section 7. 4. 2. 4 7. 4. 5 [E] SET LEGEND Set the legend for the Current Step 7. 4. 6 [F] Cut To Live Input a Step number then hit this key to make the step live on the stage. [. . . ]