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4.
Direct Control Tab
a.
Direct Control
To change the displayed colors and effects, the ARC2 offers a straightforward interface called direct
control tab. While in this tab, the white buttons can be pressed to quickly change values of colors,
effects, fade, speed and brightness.
To reach the direct control tab, simply press the home button.
b.
Programed Effects
There are 20 customizable effects that can be selected when in the direct control tab. These effects
use up to 4 colors to display static or moving structures. These structures are formed out of several
pixels and can stretch over several lamps as well. A list of the 20 programs can be found in Appendix
2.
To change a programmed effect, press the Prog button and use the + and – buttons to choose
an effect. This only works while in the direct control tab.
Note: It is also possible to let the random chaser choose colors for the programs. To use this
feature, see Chapter Appendix 10.3. Every time the Programs setting is changed, random col-
or chaser will be switched off!
Note: programs are best displayed on a multi-pixel lightsource (e.g. the AL6 series) or
stretched over a group of lamps. If used with a one-pixel lightsource (e.g. AL3-M) only one
color will be shown at a time.
c.
Colors
You can customize the pre-defined programs with up to 4 colors (C1-C4). All predefined programs,
except RAINBOW take the displayed colors from a four color palette. This palette can be defined by
selecting the colors C1, C2, C3 and C4 and is shown at the top of the remote control when editing the
colors. For example, if PROGRAM is set to SIMPLE RUNNING, background color will be C1, and the
color of the running pixel will be C2.
There are 3 kinds of colors available for that:
Standard Colors:
red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, magenta, pink, white warm,
color warm, black can be quickly chosen
Index Colors:
256 standard index colors can be chosen when selecting INDEX
COLORS. The colors are listed in Appendix B
User Colors:
If this is not enough choose USER COLORS. Here, you can mix colors
out of the 3 color channels (red, blue, green)