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Exterior 400 Image Projector user manual
Scene management
Once you have specified values for the effects and fade and wait times for the scene, you can store and
manage scenes using the commands available at the bottom of the
Stand-alone program
window (see
Figure 16):
When the program is run by applying the
Run program
command, scenes execute in a continuous,
ascending loop.
Synchronizing stand-alone operation
If you are running multiple fixtures on a data link, you can synchronize action so that all fixtures start their
programmed shows and start fading to the next scene at the same time.
Setting master and slave fixtures
In synchronized operation, one fixture is set as the master and the others are set as slaves. Each fixture
must be programmed with its own show. When the master fades to the next scene or starts its show from
the beginning again, it tells each slave fixture to fade to its next scene or start its show again. In other
words, each slave fixture will run its show repeatedly in a cycle, changing scene when prompted to by the
master, until the master finishes its own show and signals that all fixtures should start from the first scene
once again.
Before running synchronized operation, you must set fixtures to one of the following in the
Synchronized
drop-down dialog box (see Figure 14):
•
Single Fixture
– Operates in stand-alone mode independently of other fixtures
•
Master
– Sends trigger signals to other fixtures, or
•
Synchronized
– Sets fixture as a ‘slave’ that receives trigger signals from a master fixture.
No more than one
fixture
may be the master.
Any fixture on the link, regardless of its position, may be the
master. All other fixtures must be set as slaves.
Stand-alone programming tips
If you want to keep things as simple as possible when programming synchronized operation, ensure that:
1. Every fixture has the same number of scenes.
2. Scene times are a few seconds longer on the master fixture than on slave fixtures (this will ensure that
slave fixtures always have time to finish scenes before the master tells them to start the next scene).
It is important to note that the only commands transmitted by the master are scene change and show start
commands. No data about the
appearance
of the scene is transmitted between fixtures.
Store scene
Save settings in the current scene.
Add scene
Save settings in a new scene at the end of the current sequence of
scenes.
Insert scene
Save settings in a new scene before the current scene.
Tip: Think of
the Add and Insert commands as Save commands, to be used as the
last step after programming all effects.
Delete scene
Remove the current scene from memory. Scenes after the deleted
scene are renumbered.
Next scene
Step to the next scene.
Previous
scene
Step to the previous scene.
Delete all
Remove all scenes from the fixture’s memory.
Run program
Run the scenes in the programmed light show.
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