Zero88 ILLUSION 500, Operating Manual

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The Illusion 500
This section provides a summary of the
Illusion 500 lighting desk, highlighting
its main functions.
Graphical Interface
All setup, programming and playback
information is displayed graphically on
the monitor screen. Continuous
on-screen help text is provided at the
bottom of the screen.
Function keys on the front panel
enable quick and direct access to the
main setup, programming, playback
and information screens.
The mouse interface allows the user to
move quickly around the screens,
select items, choose options etc.
Control Channels
The Illusion 500 Lighting desk has 512
channels of control which can be
configured into the required number of
dimmer channels and fixtures.
The desk is therefore capable of
handling dimmer channels, scrollers
and intelligent moving light fixtures.
Dimmer Channels
Dimmer channels can be patched fully
or proportionally to the DMX channels .
Each channel may be patched to up to
10 different DMX addresses.
Dimmer Channels can be excluded
from memory data, if required. This
allows data for particular channels to
be loaded directly onto submasters
(eg. house lights, orchestra lights etc.)
A dimmer channel may be associated
with up to three other dimmer channels
or fixtures.
Dimmer channel data for memories
and submasters is programmed and
edited from the Program Window
(PW).
Fixtures
A Fixture is an object requiring one or
more DMX channels and can be a
scroller or moving mirror or moving
head intelligent lights (eg Goldenscan,
MAC 250).
Moving light fixtures typically contain a
number of parameters (intensity,
colour, gobo, pan, tilt etc.). These
parameters are defined in the Fixture
Type Data - see below.
Each assigned fixture can be named.
Fixtures can be patched to the DMX
channels (1-512). Each fixture may be
patched to up to 10 different DMX
addresses.
A fixture may be associated with up to
three other dimmer channels or
fixtures.
Fixture Parameter data for memories,
submasters and palettes is
programmed and edited from the
Program Window (PW).
Fixture Type Data
The Illusion 500 desk contains 20
Common Fixture Types which are
stored on the desk itself.
The desk also has special Scroller
Fixture Types. When assigning these
fixtures the user can specify the
number of frames in the scroller.
All other fixture types are assigned
from the fixture library file which is
stored on floppy disk.
The latest fixture library can be
downloaded from the Illusion Support
website.
Program Window (PW)
The Program Window (PW) is
displayed on the monitor and provides
the main user interface for setting up,
editing and previewing dimmer channel
and fixture parameter data.
Dimmer channel and fixture parameter
selection is achieved via the numeric
keypad and associated keys on the
front panel or the mouse.
Dimmer channel and fixture parameter
levels can be set using the control
wheel, numeric keypad, external
keyboard or mouse.
Groups
The Illusion 500 desk provides 20 user
programmable groups.
A Group is a number of selected
dimmer channels and/or fixtures.
Groups are programmed via the PW
and can then be used as a quick
method for selecting channels or
fixtures when programming memories,
submasters or palettes.
Palettes
The Illusion 500 desk provides up to
200 user programmable palettes for
each LTP attribute (Colour,
Beamshape and Position).
Palettes are programmed via the PW
and can then be referenced when
programming memories or
submasters.
Operating Modes
The Illusion 500 desk provides two
operating modes:
Partial Mode - The default mode of the
desk which includes full tracking and
partial programming of memories,
submasters and palettes using a
‘tagging’ method to identify the dimmer
channels and fixture parameters that
are programmed in the data.
Full Mode - In this mode, all dimmer
channels and fixture parameters are
automatically recorded into memories,
submasters and palettes.
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