Zero 88 FLX Lighting Console
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User Manual
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Using groups
Groups can be used via syntax, or via the built in touch
screen. Using syntax, all the commands explained within
the “controlling intensities” section can also be used with
groups. Here are two examples:
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Group 1 @ 4 5 Enter
…
This sets all the intensities of the channels within group 1 to 45%
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Group 1 And Group 3 @ 8 0 Enter
…
This sets all the intensities of channels within group 1 and group 3 to 80%
If you wish to recall a group with all the recorded
intensities, use the same syntax as above, but press the
Group
button twice, which will display “Intensity Group” in
the command line. When doing this, the “@ 50” will no
longer take the selection of fixtures to 50%, but instead to
50% of their recorded values.
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Group Group 1 @ @
…
This sets all the intensities of the channels within group 1 to their
recorded values within that group.
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Group Group 1 @ 2 5 Enter
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This sets all the intensities of the channels within group 1 to 25% of their
recorded values (so if the intensity of a fixture is recorded at 40% within
Group 1, this syntax would recall them at 10%).
Alternatively, Intensity Groups can also be used like any
other referencing palette, affecting only the selected
fixtures rather than all the fixtures recorded within the
Group.
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Group Group 5 Enter
…
This recalls the fixture intensities from Group 5 to only the currently
selected fixtures. The fixture selection does not change by using this
syntax.
Using the built in touch screen, you can select and
deselect groups directly just by touching them. There are
two modes available -
“Single Select” and “Multiple Select”,
selectable via the buttons along the top of the window.
In
Single Select
, only one group can be selected at a
time. Selecting a group will deselect any other channels,
unless syntax commands are used.
And
and
Except
keys are shown on the touchscreen for convenience and
work identically to their equivalent front panel keys.
When
Multiple Select
is active, touching multiple groups
will select all of those groups. FLX will keep adding to the
selection until another command is entered (like changing
the intensity, or selecting a palette). After that, those
channels will remain selected until you press on another
group, which will start the selection again. The previous
channels being deselected can be avoided by typing “and”
first, and then selecting another group.
Intensity Groups can be recalled by simply double-tapping
a group on the touch screen. This also selects the fixtures
within that group (in line with the single select / multiple
select setting). If
all
fixtures are already at the Intensity
Group levels, double-tapping the group will turn the
intensities off (0%).
Groups window with various fixtures current selected highlighted in blue
The
Clear Selection
button is highlighted blue when there
are channels selected. Pressing it will deselect them all.
Referencing intensities
When a fixture is taken to its
full
intensity stored within a
group (using any of the previous methods), ZerOS
references the recorded value back to the group’s
intensity, so if the group is updated, the cues will
automatically be updated to the new intensity too.