Zero 88 SIRIUS 250, Operator'S Manual

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MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital
Interface) was originally designed
as a means of communication
between electronic musical
instruments, and enables the
exchange of data between MIDI
instruments and the lighting
control desk.
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MSB
Most Significant Byte. The upper
8 bits of a 16 bit word. (Used for
coarse control.)
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Multichannel fixture
For example, a single channel
(generic) fixture with either a
colour scroller or a gobo rotator.
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Pan
Direction of the beam, moving
between left and right.
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Pan reverse
Allows the control wheels to work
backwards so that if the fixture is
facing forwards in the rig, the
beam still moves to the left when
the control wheel is moved to the
left.
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Pan tilt swap
Maintains normal operation, even
when the fixtures are mounted on
the sides of the rig.
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Parameter
Each individual effect within a
fixture, e.g. gobo wheel, colour
wheel, pan and tilt are normally
controlled by a single DMX
channel. These are known as
parameters.
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Real time
1 second = 1 second.
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Ripple sound
The level of the audio memory
changes as the sound level alters.
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SMPTE time-code
The SMPTE (Society of Motion
Picture and Television Engineers)
time-code originally referred to the
system used in the motion picture
industry for synchronising pictures
and speech, so that when films
were edited the voice and the
pictures matched perfectly. The
SMPTE time-code is now also
used with other types of
equipment to help synchronise
events in real time. Therefore in
this case it allows synchronisation
between CueLine® and an
external SMPTE time-code source.
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Sound to light
The overall output level of each
audio memory in the set is
modulated according to the sound
level in four harmonic bands
(bass, tenor, alto, treble).
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Subfixture
The parts that comprise a
composite fixture. Taking a Par
Can with scroller as an example,
both the Par Can and scroller are
subfixtures.
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Tilt
Direction of the beam, moving
between front and back.
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Tilt reverse
Allows the control wheels to work
backwards so that if the fixture is
facing forwards in the rig, the
beam still moves to the front when
the control wheel is moved to the
front.
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Time-code time
Allows synchronisation between
CueLine
®
and an external MIDI
time-code source.
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Trigger
An event that causes (triggers)
another event to start.
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Variant
A fixture which is the same as
another fixture, only varying in
very limited ways. Changes
CANNOT be made to the data in
the fixture file.
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