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2. Patching  - Page 29

 

 

 

 

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a patched fixture; patching options.  
Patching is the process where you tell the Pearl  

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What type of lighting units you have connected to it 

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What DMX addresses they are operating at 

• 

Which DMX line (universe) each unit is connected to (there are 

12) 

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Which Preset Faders you want to use to access them 

You should normally plan out the lighting rig in advance to allow the 

DMX addresses on your fixtures to be set up before they are rigged. 

The easiest way to do this is to patch the fixtures on the console, 

then read off the DMX addresses from the console (using the DMX 

window on the VDU) and use them to set up the addresses on the 

actual fixtures.  
Alternatively you can allocate the DMX addresses to the fixtures 

yourself, and set up the console to match. 
The Pearl’s key must be set to Program before you can patch. 

To control intelligent fixtures or 

dimmer channels, they must be 

patched to a Preset, or to a 

Fixture button on the Touch Wing.  
Presets are the faders, buttons 

and displays located in 2 rows 

along the top of the console. Each 

preset consists of:  

• 

a fader, used to set the 

intensity of the fixture or 

dimmer  

• 

a blue Select button which is used to select the fixture 

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a grey Palette button which is used to store and select Palettes, 

Groups and various other 

things 

The fader and buttons are 

together referred to as a handle. 
There are 4 pages of presets 

controlled by the fixture page 

buttons, located just above the 

numeric keypad. Fixtures 1-60 are 

on page 0--, Fixtures 101-160 on 

page 1--, 201-260 on page 2—

Handles (Preset faders) 

Pages of fixtures buttons