Theatrelight CUEMASTER, Quick Operation

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CUEMASTER OPERATION 77
GLOSSARY
ADD MODE Mode in which pressing a channel Flash key adds the channel to the other lighting.
ANALOGUE A smooth changing voltage (as opposed to digital)
ASSIGN Allocate a recording to a Scenemaster or Scenemaster.
AUTO-FADE Applied to Scenes or Cues which fade at a pre-recorded fade time.
AUTO-SPEED Applied to Chases which step at a pre-recorded rate.
BACKUP SCENE Memory lighting scenes used primarily as backup lighting.
BLACKOUT All lights out on stage.
BLIND Not showing on stage.
BO Blackout; all lights out on stage.
BPM Beats per minute: applied to music rhythms.
CHANNEL One of the controlled output lines from a lighting desk; or a dimmer channel.
CHASE A repetitive pattern of lighting changes.
CROSS-FADE A smooth change from one lighting state to another.
CUE An action or time event which results in new lighting on stage; the lighting state following the cue
DBO Dead Black-out: no light on stage.
DIMMER A power controller which changes the brilliance of lights connected to it.
DIPLESS Applied to a cross-fade where a dimmer up at the same level on both the new and the old lighting
states does not change level during the cross-fade.
DMX-512 A method of transmitting dimmer levels digitally over a two wire cable. (Digital MultipleX, 512 dimmers)
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory: otherwise know as Flash Memory.
EMI Electro-Magnetic Interference. Electrical noise.
ERASE To clear and reset the memory.
FADER A slider control.
FADE- SCENE In the Cuemaster, a set of recorded levels and a fade time which may be automatically faded.