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Introduction
Page 8 Frog 2 Operating Manual – Issue 4.3
The Frog 2 Lighting Desk
The following section is a summary of the main functions of the Frog 2 lighting desk.
Graphical Interface
The desk operates a graphical interface which is provided by a touch screen in the front
panel of the desk and up to two external monitors.
All the setup, programming, playback and output information is displayed graphically on
the touch screen and/or the monitor screens.
The desk provides two VGA outputs on the rear panel of the desk. The monitors are used
extensively to display information and shortcut buttons.
An optional upgrade for the desk will allow you to connect two touch screens to the VGA
outputs to provide you with easier input facilities.
Keys on the front panel enable quick and direct access to the various monitor screens.
Cursor keys on the front panel or external keyboard will allow the user to move around the
‘active’ screen on the monitor or touch screen.
Command Line
The primary method of programming is via the command line, which is displayed on the
touch screen. Commands can be entered using the front panel keys, touch screen, control
wheels, external keyboard or by clicking on objects with a mouse.
Control Channels
The desk has 2048 channels of control as standard. These can be assigned and patched
as any number of Fixtures.
Fixtures
Fixtures can be a simple generic lamp or colour scroller, moving mirror or moving head
intelligent lights (eg Goldenscan, MAC 250), or any other item controllable via a DMX
signal. Fixtures of the same type (eg MAC 250) are grouped automatically by the desk, for
ease of programming.
On the Frog 2, dimmer channels are a simple fixture with one parameter. Moving heads,
moving mirrors, LED and Video systems controlled by DMX are fixtures with multiple
parameters. Within the Fixture Library, the Frog 2 is told which channels control which
parameters of the fixture. These are then grouped into Position, Colour and Beamshape.
Fixtures can be given a user defined name and number, for ease of reference.
Fixtures can be patched to any of the DMX output channels (1 – 512).
Fixture parameters can be manipulated from within the Program Window, from where they
can be added to cues, palettes, User Defined Faders, User Defined Keys, or macros.