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• To select more than one fixture, press D [And] between each
number. For example 1 And 2 And 5 Enter will select 1, 2, 5.
• To select a range of fixtures, press F [Through]. For example 1
Through 8 Enter will select 1-8.
• To miss out fixtures in a range, use E [Not], for example 1
Through 4 Not 3 Enter will select 1, 2, and 4.
• The @ softkey sets a dimmer level to the selected fixtures, for
example 1 Through 8 @ 5 Enter will set 1-8 at 50%. (You can
choose whether 50% is entered as “5” or “50” in the User Settings
– see section 11.1.3 on page 101). When you press @ there are
softkey options for Full, Off and +/- (increase or decrease
brightness).
• You can work with Groups using the Group button, for example
Group 1 And Group 2 Not 5 Enter will select all fixtures in group 1
and group 2 except for fixture 5.
• You can use the Locate button instead of Enter, to select fixtures
and locate them. For example 1 Through 4 Locate will select
fixtures 1 to 4 and locate them.
• When entering a command, the command line is shown on the
display. You can go back using the grey
← button and you can
abandon the line using the grey → button.
3.1.8 Selecting using a pattern
When programming you will often want to select patterns of fixtures.
Rather than having to individually select and deselect fixtures, the Pearl
has an easy way of selecting odd then even fixtures in a range of
fixtures, or it can, for example, select every 4
th
fixture.
1> Select some fixtures.
2> Press the white “All” button (below the Next Time button to the
right of the wheels).
3> Select a pattern from the softkeys. Your selection is modified so
you will only be controlling, say, the odd fixtures.
4> Press the white “Next” button to change the selection to the next
stage of the pattern.
5> To end the pattern selection, press All twice.
For example, if you are programming a chase using 16 fixtures and you
want every 4
th
fixture to do the same thing, you just select the 16
fixtures, then press All, then D [1 in 4]. You will see that the 1
st
, 5
th
, 9
th
and 13
th
fixtures are now selected, and you can create the look for
those fixtures. Then press Next, and the 2
nd
, 6
th
, 10
th
and 14
th
fixtures
will be selected ready for programming. After you have programmed
the fourth set of fixtures, the pattern will go back to the first position
again, until you press All twice to end.
• You can enter your own patterns using the numeric keypad and
softkeys, for example “2” A [In] “6”.
3.1.9 Attribute groups - IPCGBES
To make life a bit simpler, the Pearl groups together attributes which