THE LEDS, SLIDERS AND PADS, THEIR FUNCTIONS & USE cont.
RELEASE SLIDERS - The pad between sliders 6 and 7. Use it to disengage sliders from having overriding
controlling of CHANNEL LEVELS or KEYBOARD MASTERS in any of these four ways:
1. RELEASE ONE SLIDER:
a. Firstly ensure that the required OUTPUT SELECT pad or KEYBOARD SELECT pad is selected and ensured
that SLIDER ACTION is set to CHANNEL LEVELS or KEYBOARD MASTERS as required.
b. While keeping a finger on RELEASE SLIDERS, move the slider you wish to release. More sliders may be
released at the same time.
2. RELEASE UP TO 18 SLIDERS - while keeping a finger on RELEASE SLIDERS, press the required
OUTPUT SELECT pad to release up to 18 CHANNEL LEVELS from overriding slider control OR the required
KEYBOARD SELECT pad to release up to 18 KEYBOARD MASTERS from overriding slider control. More
OUTPUT PAGES or KEYBOARDS may be released at the same time.
3. RELEASE ALL ENGAGED SLIDERS - METHOD 1 - while keeping a finger on RELEASE SLIDERS, wipe
your finger over all 6 OUTPUT SELECT pads and all 18 KEYBOARD SELECT pads.
4. * RELEASE ALL ENGAGED SLIDERS - METHOD 2 - while keeping a finger on RELEASE SLIDERS, press
the SLIDER ACTION pad.
The 4 DIGIT DISPLAY will initially show "rEL’", then count the number of engaged sliders released. When you
finally remove your finger from the RELEASE SLIDERS pad, it will display "done". If none have been released or
no engaged sliders have been found to release, the final display will be "CNCL".
THE KEYBOARD - the bottom row of 18 pads.
These are used to switch on or off the Scenes / Scene Chases / Environments / Environmental Chases.
There are 18 monitor LEDs in the Keyboard pads which change colour to suit the function of the Keyboard:
Green for the 12 Scene Keyboards,
Yellow for the 3 Scene Chase Keyboards,
Red for the 3 Environment Keyboards,
Amber for the Environment Chases (Pads 1-6 of Environment Keyboard 3).
A Keyboard Pad can switch on a Scene at 100%. Should you want to fade that Scene up to 50% for example,
then this can be done by putting the 18 sliders in KEYBOARD MASTER mode and using the corresponding slider
instead. The Keyboard Pad’s monitor LED will fade up to 50% but will also blink to indicate that the slider has
overriding control of the Scene’s Level. The same is also possible of course for Scene Chases, Environments
and Environment Chases. To return control back to the pad or a program, the slider must be
released - see
RELEASE SLIDERS.
Other uses for the 18 Keyboard Pads:
1. During programming, to select the destination of a Scene / Scene Chase / Environments / Environment
Chase.
2. During programming of Scene Chases, to enter the Scenes that make the steps of the chase.
3. * For viewing, Channel Level, Scene, Scene Chase, Environment, n levels, fade timers etc.
4. * To engage the chase controls to a particular chase without switching that chase on or off.
5. * Entering your security code.
Four Digit Display: e.g. "C1-7" = Scene Chase Keyboard 1, Pad 7.
* This feature will be available in future software upgrades.
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