
2. Patching - Page 13
Pearl 2008 Manual - 16th July 2007
compatibility with earlier consoles. You should get into the habit of
saving your show regularly to guard against that unexpected moment
when the worst happens.
The USB socket is on the front edge of the console for the Pearl 2008
and on the rear panel of the Pearl Tiger (on a small number of Pearl
2008 consoles it is on the rear panel).
It only takes a minute or so to save the contents of the Pearl. You can
then reload it if you mess up the show by
accidentally changing something, or if some
helpful person steals the Pearl you can load
your programming into a replacement
console and the show can go on.
Backing up the Pearl to disk
Press the Disk button in the bottom
right hand corner of the Pearl
Insert a USB pen drive, or on the Pearl 2008 you can use a
formatted 1.44MB floppy disk.
Select B [Save show to disk].
The Pearl will ask for a filename for the show. Type this on the
QWERTY keyboard (your typing is only shown on the VDU screen)
then press Enter. If you don’t have a keyboard connected you can
use the 1-30 Swop and Flash buttons to enter letters, or just
accept the default showname by pressing Enter.
Press one of the softkeys to select the disk/USB drive where you
want to save the show.
The Pearl will save your current show onto the disk. The display will
tell you when the Pearl has finished.
The Pearl will not respond to any buttons or sliders while saving or
loading a show. The DMX output will be frozen in its last state.
If you need to reload the show, press Disk then A [Load show from
disk]. Select the disk/USB drive where you saved the show, then
press one of the softkeys to select the show you wish to load.
If you are using a USB drive, the next time you save the show, you can
use the same name again (just press Enter) and the Pearl will keep
backups of each version of the show that you save. When you reload
the show, you can choose which version you want to load, each backup
being tagged with the date and time you saved it.
If you are using a floppy disk, only the most recent version of the show
is saved.
2.10 Examples
How do I patch a 6 channel DMX dimmer pack to faders 31-36?
Press Patch, then A [Dimmer]. Note the DMX address where the Pearl is
going to patch (on the top line of the display). Hold down the AVO
button. Press the blue Swop buttons for channels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Let go of the AVO button. Because you were holding down AVO, the
dimmers are patched to the top set of faders, 31-36. Press Exit twice to
leave Patch mode. Finally set your dimmer pack’s DMX address to
Disk button
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