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NUMBER SWITCHES 1-48
The large group of switches on the left side of the panel that are numbered 1-48 are multi-purpose. The function
switches that are just above these determine their purpose. Only one function is selected at a time and the LED
for the particular function will be lit when selected. The following is a description of each function.
The function switches can also be activated using the “F1 – F7” keys on an external keyboard.
FIXTURE
This switch allows you to select fixtures for programming. With the “fixture” switch LED lit, the number switches
1-48 are used to select an active fixture. When a fixture is selected it can be directly controlled using the faders,
the wheels, the joystick or by selecting a preset. A fixture does not have to be selected to be controlled by scenes
or shows. If a fixture is not selected it will only be disconnected from the manual controls, the fixture is not turned
off.
When a fixture is selected its name will appear in the LCD followed by the first 4 channels of the fixture along with
the current values of those channels. The four data wheels can then be used to adjust the levels for each channel.
Pressing the “fixture” switch at any time will enable the channel wheel display and the channel wheels. If a fixture
profile is installed for this fixture the display will show the names of the channels as well as the current channel
values as defined by the fixture profile. Use the left or right arrow switch to view the next group of four channels
in the fixture.
FIXTURE GROUP
The fixture group switch allows you to define and select combinations of fixtures. To create a fixture group press
“record” then “fixture group”, both LEDs will flash. Next press “fixture” to select which fixtures will be included in
the group. Use the number switches to turn the desired fixture LEDs on or off. Next press the “fixture” switch
again to turn off its LED. If you want to name the group, use the cursor switches to place the underline cursor
under the character of the name and use the data wheel to select characters or use the external keyboard. Finally
select the group number by pressing one of the number switches from 1-48. If a number switch LED is already lit
it means that a group is already recorded there. After you are finished recording, press “record” to exit.
Fixture groups are selected by pressing “fixture group” then selecting the desired group from 1-48. If you want to
turn on more than one group you must hold down the “add” switch while selecting.
To edit a fixture group, first select the group then press “record” and proceed as described in the preceding
paragraphs. Make any changes to the group then resave it.
DATA WHEELS
The data wheels are used to increment or decrement the values in the display fields directly above each wheel.
They are used for adjusting the channel values of the lighting fixtures as well as for general-purpose programming.
Pressing “fixture” will bring up the channel control display if there are any fixtures currently selected. From the
channel control display you can access all of the channels of the selected fixture using the left and right arrow
switches which are above the display. Pressing the left switch again after the lowest channel number is displayed
will show the selected fixture number and its name. Because only one fixture can be displayed at a time, the last
selected fixture is the one displayed if more than one fixture is active. If a “fixture group” is selected, the lowest
numbered fixture is the one that is displayed.
NOTE:
When more that one fixture is selected, only the fixtures
of the same type
that match the fixture in the
display will be affected by the wheels. This assures that the display correctly matches the output. Fixtures that
are selected that don’t match the type in the display will not be changed. To select a new type of fixture to edit
with the wheels, toggle the fixture number off and then back on to update the display to match that fixture. This
does not apply to the channel faders as explained in the next section.
DMX Control 1024 will display the channel names for some fixtures that are in the built in library. Not all fixtures
in the library are supported by this feature and will only display the channel numbers when selected. If a fixture
profile has been installed for a fixture, certain channels will also display current functional settings such as color
and gobo names as well as the channel name and function.
CHANNEL FADERS
Just below the number switches are 8 faders that can be used to control the individual channels within each
fixture. You can address up to 32 channels per fixture by using 4 banks of 8 faders. The bank switch to the left of
