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Fire Show
– Select the SHOW button (if necessary) to navigate to the Show Page. Here you can
fire a manual or scripted show. There are three separate firing pages, as shown below. Use
the Left (Back) arrow and Right (Next) arrow keys to switch from one page to another. This
can be done while the show is running because all three screens can be firing at the same
time. Once the system is armed you can fire the show. Turning the key back to the SAFE
position is one of the fastest and easiest ways to SAFE the firing system.
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Manual Show
– To fire a manual show, use the navigation buttons to land on the manual
firing page. To change the FM that is being selected, use the Numpad to select any FM to
fire or use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to go to the Next and Previous module in
numerical order. To change the shot that is being fired, use the Channel Selection buttons.
Use the FIRE button to fire the shot. On each press of the FIRE button, the system will
automatically advance to the
next shot and, when
appropriate, advance to the
next module.
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SMPTE Show
– To fire a SMPTE
show, use the navigation
buttons to land on the SMPTE
firing page. Set the cue of the
show if necessary, cues will
advance automatically for each
button press. Once SMPTE has
been connected and is playing,
the SMPTE time should begin
to roll on the CM. If a valid
show file has been loaded,
pressing the FIRE button will
allow the show to fire. The
show will not fire unless the
FIRE button has been pressed.
It is recommended to have at
least 30 seconds of pre-roll
before the first cue to ensure that the SMPTE timecode has been captured by all FMs.
The SMPTE timecode can be tested pre-show in the MENU->SMPTE function page.
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Internal Clock Show –
To fire a show with the internal clock, use the navigation buttons
to land on the INTRL firing page. Set the cue of the show if necessary, cues will advance
automatically for each button press. If a valid show file has been loaded, use the FIRE
button to begin the show. If the show has been running and you need to pause the show,
press the PAUSE [||] button. The FIRE button will restart the show where it was paused.
With a Internal Clock show, the show starts at time 00:00.0 at the time the FIRE button is
pressed. Note that to fire a SMPTE show and an INTERNAL show at the same time, they
must be defined in the choreography as different Cues or Scripts. A choreography file can
have any number of defined Cues, each may be one or more timed events in sequence. To
change the Cue, simply enter the cue number on the Numpad on the SMPTE or INTRL main
page.
Figure 7
