High End Systems High End LCD Controller for Studio Color, User Manual

Page: 86 / 272

4-2 Programming Overview Studio Color LCD Controller
Programming Overview
The Studio Color LCD controller has 9 separate memories,
each containing 99 pages, for a total of 891 pages of program
storage.
You can think of the controller’s memory as being like a
book. The book has 9 chapters (memories) and each chapter
has 99 pages.
Page, Construct, Parameter, Loop
Each page (which can also be called a look or a scene) stores
a unique combination of constructs (fixture features) and
their parameters (values) which together form a particular
look or effect. You can link pages together to form a loop
(also called a chase, a repeating series of pages).
Address and Preset Mode
The controller has two fundamental modes of operation:
Address mode (also called Edit mode) and Preset mode (also
called Playback mode). The current state of the controller is
indicated by which LED on the
<Address>/<Preset>
key is
ON.
Address (Edit) Mode: (Address LED is ON.) In Address
mode you program one or more fixtures. Each program is
stored as one page (a page consists of a set of constructs and
their values); the page resides in one of the nine memories.
You can play back the program by manually selecting the
memory and page you assigned it to, or automatically using
the
<Auto>
(auto advance) key.
Preset (Playback) Mode: (Preset LED is ON.) In Preset
mode you take a program you created in address mode and
assign it to one of the 1024 presets (eight presets in each of
128 preset banks). A preset can be either a single page
(scene) or a loop (repeating sequence of pages).
PRESET
ADDRESS
PRESET
ADDRESS
PRESET
ADDRESS