High End Systems Power Cue DMX SET UP FIXTURES

SET UP FIXTURES

The Power Cue DMX contains a library of a great number of intelligent fixture personalities. Before you can use a fixture, it must first be assigned a personality and a DMX start address.

1.Press SetUp. Enter the passcode, if prompted.

2.Press Fixts. The Power Cue DMX can con- trol up to 16 fixtures. They will appear in the

display as nos. 01-16 and initially have no per- sonality, i.e. they are UNASSIGNED. You will next select a personality for each fixture you

wish to control.

4. Scroll to the fixture type you want to use. Press STORE.

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5.The Power Cue DMX automatically sug- gests a DMX start address. Press STORE to accept the suggestion or use the trackball or numeric keypad to select a different one. Press STORE. You are now back at step no.

3.Repeat steps 3 to 5 to assign the next fixture or press ESCAPE to go backwards through the menu levels. If you choose an address that conflicts with a previous selection, i.e. you have overlapping channel addresses, then the word overlap appears in the display in step 5 alongside the caption DMX ADDRESS to indicate that the address is invalid. Pressing STORE causes the message 'ASSIGNMENTERROR' to be displayed in step 3. above alongside the fixture number.

Contents

Page Power Line CONTENTS I. Introduction II. SetUp III. Programming IV. Run Mode Contacting High End Systems Product Modification Warning Warranty Information GENERAL PRINCIPLES Memory Card FRONT PANEL LAYOUT AND FUNCTIONS Display and softkeys, STORE/YES and ESCAPE/NO buttons Alphanumeric pad Push buttons Touchkeys Page keys Trackball Master slider Blackout switch REAR PANEL LAYOUT AND FUNCTIONS Power supply (PSU) input PC Card slot DMX output Auxiliary Control Input Page SET UP PASSCODES TIP •Press Setup •Enter current code •Press Pswd •Select menu to protect •Enter current code •Enter new code SET UP CHANNEL NAMES NOTE: •Press SetUp •Press ChnName •Scroll to a channel and press STORE •Type a name •Press STORE SET UP KEYS Latch and Add Flash and Add Latch and Swap Flash and Swap Latch and Solo, Global SET UP FIXTURES •Press Fixts •Select from and press ASSIGN •Select fixture type and press STORE •Set DMX address and press STORE SET UP GROUPS •Press Groups •Press button for Group •Select channels to include SET UP CHANNEL TYPES The Attributes Page SET UP CHANNEL TYPE •Press ChnTyp •Set the attributes •Press STORE SET UP PATCH - THE FADER PANEL not • Press SetUp • Press Patch • Choose Type Item and Method SET UP COMMS RS232 functions not yet implemented •Press Comms •Press ESCAPE PROGRAMMING SCENES - AN OVERVIEW (A) PROGRAMMING A SCENE WITH MOVING LIGHTS •Press Prog/Edit •Press Scene •Select a memory •Press Fixture •Continue over page PROGRAMMING A SCENE WITH MOVING LIGHTS - CONTINUED •Select fixtures •Adjust attributes •Press STORE to save PROGRAMMING A SCENE WITH MOVING LIGHTS - CONTINUED •Name the scene •Press ESC to exit STORE to program another scene SAVEPALET EXPLAINED What Is TRANSPARENCY? How Does OVERLAY work •SavePalet •Transparency and Overlay PROGRAMMING SCENES USING PRESET FOCUS •Press Prog/Edit •Press Scene •Select a Memory •Select Fixtures •Press Preset AUTO CHECK 16 BIT MIRROR FADES MIRROR LOCKS •Auto Check •Mirror Locks •16-bitMirror (B) PROGRAMMING CHANNELS INTO A SCENE - GENERIC LIGHTING EITHER •Press Scene •Select a memory •Press Chans •Select channels •Press STORE (B) PROGRAMMING GROUPS INTO A SCENE - GENERIC LIGHTING •Select a memory •Press Group •Select Groups •Select level •Press STORE SELECTING SCENE ATTRIBUTES - GENERIC LIGHTING 5(a) MOVING ZONE 5(b) SOUND-TO •Press Attrib •Select Type and attributes •Press STORE 5(c) STATIC SCENE COPYING AND CLEARING SCENE MEMORIES 4(a) •Press Copy •Select the scene to copy •Select the new scene memory and press STORE PROGRAMMING A CHASE Note: •Press Chase •Select a chase memory •Select a scene for each step. Set step SCENES, CHASES, CHANNELS AND LOOKS ARE LOADED ON TO PUSH EITHER 4(a) STORE OR 4(b) BUTTONS OR TOUCHKEYS FOR PLAYBACK PRIORITY RULES FOR PLAYBACK •Press Prog/Edit •Press Key •Select a pushbutton or touchkey •Select Scene, Chase Channel or Look 5(a) SELECT XREF BUTTONS OR TOUCHKEYS FOR PLAYBACK - CONTINUED 5(d) •Select effects to go on the key •Name the key LOOK REAL TIME SHOW PROGRAMMING •Press Show •Choose a Show button •Press RealTime •Record the Show NOTES ON SHOWS DELETING A SHOW DATA ENTRY STYLE SHOW PROGRAMMING Page RUN MODE - GENERAL FIND •Press Find •Press Scene Chase etc •Press ESC when finished VIEW •Hold View pressed •Press the key to view •Release View when finished LEVELS Page CAPTURING A LOOK Page ADJUST Page LIVE •Press Live •Choose fixture(s) •Choose an attribute •Press Escape when MEMORY CARD TYPE USING THE CARD FORMATTING THE CARD COPYING DATA THE CARD COPYING DATA FROMTHE CARD Restore 1. 'Backup card Found'Press STORE/YES 2. Note: DO NOT INTERRUPT CARD TRANSFER SYSTEM SUB-MENU System LOADING A NEW OPERATING SYSTEM Newsys STORE/YES ERASE 2. 'REALLY CLEAR MEMORIES?' Press STORE/YES PREV/NEXT 'Memory Erased ESCAPE OPTIONS MENU Options INC/DEC Page NOTES ON USING MIDI Page EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS (A) POWER SUPPLY INPUT (B) DMX OUTPUT (C)AUXILIARY CONTROL INPUT (D) AUDIO INPUT (E) RS232 (F) MIDI GETTING HELP •Version no •Serial no