
3. Controlling dimmers and fixtures - Page 129
Pearl 2008 Manual - 16th July 2007
Flip button alternates between them. This allows you more freedom to
make movements without hitting the pan stop.
1> Select the fixtures to flip.
2> Press ML Menu twice (option A should be Flip)
3> Press A [Flip].
• The other functions on the ML menu are described at the end of
the chapter.
3.1.7 “Killing off” a fixture or dimmer
Sometimes during a show you might want to “kill” a fixture or dimmer
from the stage output. This may happen if a camera is having problems
with a light shining straight into it, if a lamp blows and you want to
keep the rig symmetrical or if a fixture loses position.
The “Locate/Reduce intensity” button allows you to temporarily dim or
turn off any fixture or dimmer. Programming is not affected and you
can later restore it to normal operation. You can do this in program
mode or run mode. You have to hold down the AVO button to access
the function to stop it being accidentally pressed.
1> Hold down the AVO button and press “Locate/Reduce Intensity”
(in the lower right corner).
2> Put the fader for the fixture/dimmer channel to be reduced up to
full (if it was already full, take it to zero then up to full).
3> Reduce the fader to the intensity level you want.
4> Repeat from 2 to reduce other fixtures.
5> Press Reduce Intensity to finish.
• To restore the fixture, do the above but leave the fader at full. The
fixture will stay “reduced” until you restore it.
• Make sure you turn off Reduce Intensity when you have finished,
otherwise you will end up reducing intensities when you don’t
want to, and wondering why none of your fixtures are coming on.
• To cancel all reductions, put all faders to zero, then press AVO and
the Reduce Intensity button and put all faders to full, then press
the button again to end.
• If the Swop buttons are in “mimic” mode (see page
185), they will
show the programmed output of the channel, not the reduced
output.
• To see what reductions are set, select the “Stage Intensities” view
or the “Stage Fixtures” view from the VDU Views menu.
3.1.8 Entering intensity levels as numbers
You can set levels using the numeric keypad as you would on a
theatrical lighting desk. If you are used to doing this, it can be faster
when plotting dimmer levels for a scene than using the select buttons
and the wheels.
1> Press the Channel button
2> Type the dimmer or fixture handle number (not the DMX channel)
on the keypad.
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