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12 . Working with Fixture Personalities - Page 111
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12. Working with Fixture Personalities
For each type of fixture, the Pearl has a “personality” file which tells it
how to control the fixture, which channel is the dimmer (HTP) channel,
and a large amount of other fixture-specific information. When you
patch each fixture, you tell the Pearl which personality to use for it.
The Pearl holds a wide range of fixture personalities internally in the
“personality cache”, but you might find a fixture it doesn’t know about.
This section explains what you do when this happens.
12.1.1 Downloading fixture personalities from Avolites
The Avolites website lists all fixtures for which personalities have been
created. You should look here first if the console does not contain a
personality for your fixture. The address is
http://www.avolitesdownload.com/personalitylibrary
All available fixture personalities are listed down the left side of the
screen. You can use the boxes on the top left to filter the list to show
fixtures from specific manufacturers, or fixtures available for a certain
console, or to search for a specific fixture name.
Note: The Pearl Expert Titan uses different personalities to the normal
Pearl Expert software. Ensure you have selected “Pearl Expert
Titan” in the “Desk” field
Click on the fixture name to open the details in the right hand window.
This shows all the personalities available for that fixture type (if you
have entered the console type on the top left, only personalities for that
console will be displayed).
If there is a personality listed for your fixture on the Pearl Expert Titan,
download it by clicking on the Disk icon. This will download a copy of