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3 . Controlling dimmers and fixtures - Page 43
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have similar effects, using the letters IPCGBES.
I-Intensity (dimmer, strobe shutter)
P-Position (pan, tilt)
C-Colour (colour wheel, CMY mixing)
G-Gobo (gobo wheels, gobo rotate, gobo position)
B-Beam (iris, focus, zoom, beam shaper)
E-Effects (prism)
S-Special (motor speeds)
These groups are used to select which attributes you want to work with
in many of the functions on the console, particularly when you are
“masking off” certain attributes from being saved.
3.1.10 Using fixture groups
You can create groups of fixtures or dimmer channels, which can then
be quickly selected together by pressing a grey palette button or typing
the group number. You can, for example, make a group for each type
of fixture, or group by stage left / stage right, etc.
1> Select the fixtures/dimmers you want in the group (the order in
which you select them will also be stored in the group).
2> Press the grey Group button (top right of the numeric keys).
3> Press B [Record Group]
4> Use softkey A to enter a number for the group, or B [Provide a
legend] to set a legend.
5> Press a Palette button (below a preset fader) where you want to
store the group, or press C [Store] to store as a numbered group.
6> Press Clear then repeat from 1 to store other groups.
• To select all the fixtures/dimmers in a group, just press the grey
palette button for the group.
• The order in which you originally selected the fixtures when
creating the group is also stored. This takes effect when you use
the last fixture – next fixture functions described in the next
section, and when you use Shapes, Fan mode and Fixture Overlap
functions.
• Groups are shown on the heads-up display.
You can also recall a group by its number:
1> Press the grey Group button.
2> Type in the number of the group you want to recall.
3> Press A [Recall Group].
• The Group button also gives you facilities on the softkeys to edit
and delete groups.
3.1.11 Stepping through selected fixtures one at a time
If you have selected a range of fixtures, or a group, the Pearl has
functions to step through the selected fixtures one at a time. This can
make it easier to program a range of fixtures because you don’t have to
select each one manually.