Zero 88 SIRIUS 500, Operator'S Manual

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Outputting a Scene
1 Set up one scene by setting the
required levels for each channel on
the PRESET A faders, and a
different scene on PRESET B.
2 Move the MASTER A to full and
MASTER B to off, i.e. both to the
top. The effect is live on the DMX
outputs. The green output lights
above the channel flash buttons
correspond to the desk’s
Brightness output.
Fading Between Scenes
1 Ensure that the PRESET
CROSSFADE is switched off.
2 To crossfade to PRESET B,
simultaneously move the
MASTER A and MASTER B to the
opposite ends of their travel.
3 The operator has direct control
over the speed of the scene
change.
4 As the faders are moved, the
scene on PRESET B fades in
whilst the scene on PRESET A
fades out. The crossfade is dipless.
Timed Crossfades between Scenes
1 Set the PRESET CROSSFADE to,
say 10 seconds.
2 To initiate the crossfade, move
MASTER A and B to the opposite
ends of their travel quickly. The
outputs crossfade between the two
scenes in the selected time,
independent of the speed at which
the faders are moved. The
crossfade is dipless.
Flashing a Channel
1 Ensure that the FLASH
FUNCTION is set to FLASH. (If it
is not on, press the FLASH
FUNCTION button until it is
selected.)
2 Set the FLASH MASTER to full.
3 Press and hold an individual
channel flash button. This channel
is now added into the scene at the
level set by the FLASH MASTER
until the button is released.
4 Vary the level set by the FLASH
MASTER to see the effect.
Soloing Channels
1 Change the FLASH FUNCTION to
SOLO by pressing the FLASH
FUNCTION button until the red
SOLO light comes on.
2 Press and hold an individual
channel flash button. This time the
channel comes on to the level set
by the FLASH MASTER, with all
other outputs reduced to zero.
3 Release the channel flash button
to return the desk to its previous
state.
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NOTE
Master Fader Levels
For each channel the level of the output is
determined by the channel fader, the
MASTER A or B fader, and the GRAND
MASTER, i.e. with all three set to 50%, the
total effect is 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5, so that the
channel is output at 12.5%.
Flash Buttons
The flash buttons flash individual channels
to the level set by the FLASH MASTER.
Channels can either be flashed high or low.
Pressing more than one channel flash
button causes those channels to act
simultaneously.
Solo
Solo can be particularly useful for creating a
sudden dramatic change, such as a
lightning flash or explosion effect.
Macros
The MACRO button will not operate flash
buttons as the Macro ‘button push’ action is
very fast.
MONITOR NOTES
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Brightness Display
The Brightness channel outputs are
displayed in bar graph and numerical
format (as shown in Figure 2-2, Desk
Output screen).
The numerical format of the DMX
channel output can either be shown
as percent (0-100) or as a decimal
(0-255). This is selected from within
Desk Set-Up (see the section on
Brightness Defaults on page 5-17).
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DMX patch and Output screen
Each channel is highlighted in yellow
when static, and turns green when
the output changes.
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Preset Mode
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