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called. No scene can be recorded at step 0. If you don’t want a delay time at the start of the show, leave
the hold time as 00:00:00.0 and move on to step 1 by pressing the “+” switch.
To record a show step, press the “Scene” switch which will light the “Scene” LED. Choose the scene for
the step by selecting the scene page and pressing the desired scene number. Next select the time for this
step. The first step will usually be at 00:00:00.0 when using the real time display making this the start of
the show. When using the hold time display, the time that you select is the time that this scene will be held
until the next step is called. You can select a new time by moving the cursor to the hour, minute or second
number then press the + or - switch or use the data wheel to change the time. When using the real time
display, the time you select for each step is the time that the step will be played starting from the
beginning of the show. If for example you want a new scene to be called every 5 seconds, set the step
times to 00:00:00.0 for step 1, 00:00:05.0 for step 2, 00:00:10.0 for step 3 and so on. You cannot set the
time for a step to be any lower than the time of the previous step. If you set the time for a step to the same
time as the previous step, the scene will be called immediately following the previous one. This means
that you may not see any of the previous scene since it will be replaced immediately by the next one.
Once the scene has been selected and the time set, press “Enter”. The step number will automatically
advance to the next step and the time will automatically move up by 5 seconds when using the real time
display. This allows you to quickly enter a series of scenes that will be 5 seconds apart. You can go back
and change the times after the scenes have all been entered. You can enter up to 255 steps in the show.
When using the real time display, the last step will always be labeled “End” and can’t have a scene
recorded there. When using the hold time display, there is no “end” step but there is a “start” step 0 which
can’t have a scene. If you press “Enter” without selecting a scene, the step number will advance leaving
the previous step empty.
The time setting for a new step will automatically be incremented by whatever interval you last used
between steps. Whenever you change the time interval between two steps while writing the show, this
new time interval will become the default interval for any new steps you create. For example, if you set
the times between steps 2 and 3 to be 2 seconds apart, the default time interval between any new steps
you write will automatically be set to 2 seconds unless you change it. This allows you to select a time
interval and then enter a series of steps that will be evenly spaced apart. You can later edit the step times to
set any desired interval.
As you are recording a show you can move from step to step by putting the display cursor under the step
number and use the + or - switch to select a new step. You can edit the scene number or time setting for
any recorded step this way. Pressing “Enter” when editing the last scene step (1 step before the end step)
or when the “End” step is displayed will add an additional step to the end of the show. If you press
“Enter” while the step number is not at the end you will advance to the next step number the same as if
you incremented the step number using the “+” switch.
At any time while recording the show you can enter a name for the show. Use the right arrow cursor
switch to move the cursor on the LCD to the right, continuing past the time values. The screen will
change showing the name and the loop status for the show. Edit the name characters by putting the cursor
under each character then use the + or - switch or the data wheel to change the character.
The loop status allows you to set the show to loop continuously or play once through and stop.
After you have recorded all of the steps for the show, you can store it in memory. To do this, select the
page and number where you want to store it. Make sure that the “Scene” LED is off. If you select a show
number that is already lit, a message will appear asking if you want to write over the existing show. Press
“yes” or “no”. You can use the page switches to select from pages 1 to 16 which will allow you to store
up to 256 shows.
