ETC Element Classic, User Manual

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Augment3d 501
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Replay your Focus Palettes.
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Did they record correctly?
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Were they assigned to the correct Reference Point?
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Do any of the fixtures pan more than 180 degrees? If so, press {Flip} and re-record (or
update) the Focus Palette
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Add an additional FPE Reference Point and Focus Palette. Recalculate FPE. Is fixture
response more accurate?
Other Common Issues
The following are some of the issues that most often affect the FPE calculation.
Beam Centering
The calculations expect the optical center of the beam to be at the measured ground points. If
this is hard to see with the naked eye, using a crosshair gobo (or any gobo with an easily
identifiable center point) can aid in lining up the beam more accurately over the ground point.
Fixture Profiles
Some automated fixtures may have pan and / or tilt settings that are incorrectly calibrated in
their profile. These profiles must be corrected in order to accurately work with FPE. For more
information, see
Fixture Profile Correction (below)
User-Definable Pan / Tilt
Some fixtures have user-definable pan / tilt ranges that may cause inaccuracies. Check the
settings of your fixture and ensure any parameter ranges set on the fixture match the ranges
set in the fixture profile.
Fixtures
Some automated fixtures may be subject to mechanical defects that cause them to behave
inaccurately when compared to their profile or other fixtures of the same model. Unless a
custom profile is created that matches the specifications of that fixture, it will not work
correctly with FPE.
Fixture Profile Correction
If FPE has been checked and run correctly, continuing issues may be due to inaccuracies in a
fixture profile or the physical fixture itself.
Before continuing, please ensure that your fixture profile library is updated to the current
version (see
Update Profile (on page 183)
).
Note:
If you correct inaccuracies in a fixture profile, please report the necessary
updates via the ETC Augment3d forums at community.etcconnect.com. When
possible, please include a copy of the fixture manual .
Pan / Tilt Inversion
If a fixture in Augment3d pans and / or tilts in the opposite direction as it does in the real
world, either parameter may be inverted.