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SCENECONTROL 500 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Design, Manufacture and Installation of Theatrical Equipment Worldwide
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Rev 1: February 15, 2007
MULTIPLE AXIS SETS
Some sets (e.g. acoustic panels) have three axes of motion – vertical position
(raise and lower), pitch (tilt upstage-downstage), and roll (tilt stage left – stage
right). When an acoustic panel is selected, indicators for vertical position, pitch and
roll will appear at the right of the screen.
The vertical position indicator is identical to all other sets. The pitch and roll
indicators show the current position and target values in degrees. To set a target
value, click and drag the end of the green indicator bar and drag it to the desired
position, or touch the Target: numeric field to enter the target with a keypad. The
target is entered in degrees of tilt; 0 degrees represents the panel flat (parallel to
the stage).
It is also possible to set relative target for pitch and roll. Use the Relative Move
button to call up a numeric keypad, and use this to enter a positive or negative
numeric value. This value will be summed with the current target value for all
selected panels to result in new target values for these sets.
The Match Previous button is used to change the current target to match the
previously selected target. The Match Current button is used to change the current
target to match the current position.
When the new targets for vertical position, pitch and
roll have been entered, the display graphics for the
set on the 3-D display will show the current set position as a blue solid figure,
and the target position as green wire-frame. The operator may run the
enabled set(s) by pressing and holding the active GO TARGET button to run
the set(s).
During the move, the position indicators on the Vertical Position, Pitch, and Roll
displays will move to indicate the set’s motion toward target; the blue solid on
the 3-D display will move to indicate the set motion toward target. This will
impress the folks looking over your shoulder – but I am confident at this point
that you will be watching the piece!
MULTIPLE TARGET OPERATION - DETAILS
A Target move can be assigned to either the violet or yellow GO TARGET buttons. By default, the violet
button is the first to be activated when the screen first opens. The operator may touch the yellow button icon
at the top of the screen to make that preset active. All of the adjustments described below will be assigned to
this button, until the violet target button is re-activated by touching it again. This will be a temporary preset,
which will have the name (Temporary).
Using the 3-D display, select a set (or sets) for operation by touching the graphic corresponding to the set on
the touchscreen. The set label will change from white to green to indicate that it has been selected. A
position display will also appear in the upper left portion of the screen.
As noted in the Shortcut section, the target can be adjusted by touching and dragging the green target slider
at the right of the position bar, or by to or – target buttons. The operator may also key in a numeric
position directly, by touching the Target position numeric field, at the bottom right of this window.
Touching the Target numeric position field will cause a keypad to pop up. The operator keys in a target
position on this keypad, using the appropriate keys to indicate whether the position being entered is in feet
and inches, or in meters (the control system will convert all values to the current display units). When the
value is keyed in, the operator touches the DONE key to enter the value into the system and close the keypad
window.
