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fixture does not have to be live to be controlled by scenes and shows. If a fixture is not live it will only be
disconnected from the manual controls, it is not turned off.
Any number of fixtures can be live. Pressing a number switch toggles the fixture and the corresponding
LED on or off. Pressing and holding a single number switch for about 1 second will turn all other fixture
LEDs off and solo the selected fixture LED. If no fixture type has been assigned to a particular fixture
number its LED cannot be turned on. When a fixture is selected its name will appear in the LCD.
Note:
Pressing the left or right switch on a mouse or trackball that is connected to Show Designer will
shift the fixture selection left or right. Pressing and holding one of the trackball switches will auto repeat
the shift.
CHANNEL FADERS
Just below the number switches are 8 faders. These are used to control the individual channels within
each fixture. With these you can address up to 32 channels per fixture by using 4 banks of 8. The bank
switch to the left of the faders is used to select which bank of 8 channels is currently active. An LED to
the left of the faders shows the current bank. The channel numbers for the faders are printed to the left of
each fader. For example the first fader can control channels 1, 9, 17 or 25 depending on which bank is
selected. If a fixture has less than 32 channels then some banks and some faders will not be used. Before
a fixture can be addressed by the channel faders the fixture must be enabled “live” by turning on the
fixture LED using the number switches in fixture select mode. Any number of fixtures can be controlled
at once. If for example all fixtures are enabled, moving channel fader 1 with bank 1 selected will change
channel 1 on every fixture.
If you are using the “multi” fixture feature of Show Designer then the channel faders are used to control
each of the individual fixtures within the group. If for example you have defined 8 fixtures of 4 channels
each, channel faders 1-4 will control the first fixture of the group, faders 5-8 the second and so on.
When you move a fader, its channel number and value will be displayed on the LCD.
BANK SWITCH
The bank switch selects the current bank of 8 channel faders. This allows you to control up to 32
channels per fixture using only 8 faders. The bank LED next to the faders will show the currently selected
bank and the numbers printed next to each fader show the channel number of the fader for the selected
bank. As a convenience the bank select will only go as high as needed for the size of the currently selected
fixtures.
WHEEL
The rotary wheel at the center of Show Designer is multi-function. It can be used for data entry when
using the setup menus, and for controlling chase speed, crossfade times, pan and tilt. There are 6
switches next to the wheel which are used to select the current function of the wheel.
When “data” is selected, the wheel duplicates the action of the + and - switches. This allows for faster
data entry within the various setup menus.
When “speed” is selected, the wheel is used for programming and adjusting chase speed.
When “fade” is selected, the wheel is used for programming and adjusting crossfade times between
scenes or chase steps.
When “pan” or “tilt” is selected, the wheel is used for controlling pan or tilt for any selected fixtures. The
“fine” switch will affect the resolution of the pan or tilt movement. When “fine” is on, the wheel will
