ASUS mypal a600 User Manual
Avolites Pearl 2000 Operators Manual - page
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Using the Numeric Keypad type the number of the lowest DMX channel
you are going to use.
The Screen suggests the lowest DMX channel number
available (1), but you can type over this.
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Press a grey Preset ADD button to patch a DMX address onto Preset
Faders 1 to 30 or a blue Preset SWOP button to patch a DMX address
onto Preset Faders 31 to 60.
onto Preset Faders 31 to 60.
The DMX address automatically increments each time
you patch a channel. This allows you to easily patch sequential addresses. You can type
over the incremented values if you need to.
over the incremented values if you need to.
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You can patch any number of Dimmer DMX Channels onto any Preset
Fader.
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If you intend to add Intelligent Fixtures to the patch later on, put your
Dimmer Channels onto the SWOP buttons as Intelligent Fixtures are
always patched onto ADD buttons.
always patched onto ADD buttons.
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Continue patching in this way until you have patched all the Dimmer
Channels that you want to patch on this Page of Fixtures.
If you are only
patching a sequential series of DMX Channels, this should simply involve pressing the
ADD or SWOP buttons of the destination Preset Faders
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Select another Page of Fixtures and repeat the process if required.
You
can patch a maximum of 240 Dimmer Presets in this way.
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Press EXIT or the PATCH button to leave the Patch functions.
Puts you
back in LIVE PROGRAM MODE menu.
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EXIT as soon as you have finished patching since it is easy to leave the
desk in patch and then to inadvertently patch a Dimmer or Fixture when
meaning to recall a Preset Focus! (See Chapter 8 Preset Focuses.)
meaning to recall a Preset Focus! (See Chapter 8 Preset Focuses.)
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Once patched handles are immediately active and so can be used to
bring up Channels straight away to check your patch.
5.6 Patching more than one Dimmer onto a Preset Channel
The desk will allow you to do this in the normal way. This means that
bringing up the Preset Fader will bring up two or more Dimmer Channels.
Use View DMX Patch or View Fixture Patch to see what you are doing.
See Section 9.1 More about the Screen - using VIEW.
bringing up the Preset Fader will bring up two or more Dimmer Channels.
Use View DMX Patch or View Fixture Patch to see what you are doing.
See Section 9.1 More about the Screen - using VIEW.
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You cannot patch any given DMX Channel onto more than one Preset
Channel.
5.7 Patching Intelligent Fixtures.
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Turn the key to Program.
Puts you in LIVE PROGRAM MODE menu.
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Put the Personality Disk in the disk drive.
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Press the blue PATCH button on the Program Select bank.
You are asked
to choose DIMMER or DEVICE.
If you have the VGA Screen option this will now display which DMX addresses are in
use, and which Fixture type is using them.
use, and which Fixture type is using them.