Zero88 ILLUSION 500, Operating Manual

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Introduction
This Manual
This manual describes the operation of
the Illusion 500 lighting desk.
This chapter contains a general
overview of the desk followed by a
description of the front panel controls
and displays, details of the layout and
contents of the monitor screen, use of
mouse and remote switches.
The quick start tutorial chapter is
provided to help you get the desk up
and running quickly and lead you
through the basic functions on the desk
such as assigning and patching
dimmer channels and fixtures and
recording and playing back memory
and submaster data.
For detailed descriptions of each of the
major desk functions (setup,
memories, submasters, cueline etc.)
refer to the appropriate chapter(s) in
the manual.
The manual concludes with chapters
on the Super User functions, other
features and the technical specification
of the desk.
Conventions
Throughout this manual the following
conventions are used.
References to controls, buttons and
lights on the front panel appear in
capital letters, for example:
GRAND MASTER, GO, PAUSE.
Data entry via the numeric keypad and
associated keys is shown in bold type,
for example:
CHANNEL 1 @ 50 ENTER
Options and data fields which appear
on the monitor screen are shown in
italics, for example:
Floppy Disk, Illumination, Desk Setup.
The colours specified in this manual for
various items displayed on the monitor
screen refer to those defined in the
Normal display scheme.
If a diffferent display scheme is
selected, the colours displayed on the
monitor may be different to those
specified in this manual.
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Figure 1 - 1: The Illusion 500 Lighting Desk
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