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SCENECONTROL 500 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Design, Manufacture and Installation of Theatrical Equipment Worldwide
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Rev 1: February 15, 2007
The velocity can also be directly set by touching one of the velocity numeric
fields, at the top of the window. Touching the percentage window will cause
a numeric keypad to pop up. The operator keys in the desired velocity in
percent of maximum speed, and then presses the DONE key to enter the
value into the system and close the keypad window. Touching the distance
per second window will open a keypad with distance units, permitting the
operator to enter the desired speed in feet and inches per second, or meters
per second. The selected value will automatically be converted to the
prevailing measurement system when the DONE key is pressed to enter the
value.
There are two components to the acceleration and deceleration parameters.
First is the rate of acceleration or deceleration. This is expressed in
distance per second per
second, and can be displayed
by “floating" the cursor arrow
over the acceleration or
deceleration numeric field
without clicking it). The accel and decel rates are the "slope of
the curve" on these parameters. For a given velocity, a higher
accel rate will equate to a shorter accel time, and a lower accel
rate will equate to a longer accel time.
The acceleration time is the amount of time needed for the set to get to the selected velocity at the current
acceleration rate. Touching the + acceleration adjustment button will increase the acceleration time, meaning
that the set will start more gradually. Touching the - acceleration button will reduce the acceleration time,
meaning that the set will come up to speed more abruptly. Similar to the velocity, the desired acceleration
time or deceleration time can also be directly entered by touching the numeric field associated with these
values. Once the desired sets have been selected, the operator can push and hold the GO UP or GO DOWN
pushbutton on the console to run the set.
If the set is variable-speed, and no changes have been made to the velocity setting, the set will run at the
default speed. The operator can increase the speed of the set during the move by pushing the joystick
(toward the GO UP button) - the speed increases proportionately, with full speed at this end of the joystick
travel. The operator can decrease the speed by pulling the joystick (toward the GO DOWN button) - the
speed decreases proportionately, with the axis standing still when the joystick is at this end of its travel.
The set will stop when the operator releases the pushbutton, or when the set arrives at its limit. The 3-D
display and the vertical position display will update to reflect the reported position of the set - however, the
display can't hurt anyone. While the set is moving, remember - WATCH THE PIECE!
SINGLE TARGET OPERATION - DETAILS
A Target move can be assigned to
either the violet or yellow GO TARGET
buttons. By default, the violet button is
the first to be activated, unless the
operator designates otherwise, by
touching the yellow button to make that
target button active. All of the
adjustments described below will be assigned to the active button, until the other target button is activated.
The adjustments we will describe will be assigned to the default temporary preset, named (Temporary).
