User guide

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An Overview of ‘Lamps’
What is a ‘Lamp’
A conventional floodlight requires only one HTP Channel to control its light
output (intensity). However, automated fixtures and moving lights also
require one or more LTP Channels to control colour, gobo selection, and
movement, etc.
VENTURA uses the term ‘Lamp’ to define all of the Channels that control
one lamp unit. The console can handle up to 100 Lamps and these can be
controlled individually, collectively or in user- definable Lamp Groups.
VENTURA allows you to automatically configure the console to each of the
Lamps in your rig simply by specifying its ‘Lamp Type’.
Principles of Lamp Control
The diagram in Fig 5 and the following text, describes how Lamp
parameters and ‘attributes’ are organised and how their values are
defined.
Lamp Types & Lamp Library
For each VENTURA Lamp, a Lamp Type needs to be specified; this is a
reference, which identifies a model name and/ or number (e.g. Goldenscan
3).
The chosen Lamp Type calls-up a Lamp Definition from the Lamp Library.
The Lamp Library can contain up to 256 Lamp Definitions and is supplied
pre-loaded with a selection of commonly used lamp units. Periodic
revisions to the Library will be made available by Celco in order to
accommodate new Lamps.
Own Lamp Types can be created by an application called ‘Lamp Creator’
that can be downloaded from the Celco website.
The Lamp Definition provides VENTURA with all of the ’operating
parameters’ it needs to be able to configure and control the Lamp; this
includes the number of Channels that it requires and which Channels
control colour, intensity, movement and so on. The Lamp Definition also
includes default Colour and Beam Palettes.
LAMP No. 100
LAMP No. 1
LIBRARY DEFINITION
LAMP LIBRARY
absolute value
absolute value
absolute value
absolute value
absolute value
palette number
palette number
palette number
position number
COLOUR
COLOUR PALETTE
up to 38 preset/user-defined colours
OPERATING PARAMETERS
BEAM
BEAM PALETTE
up to 38 preset/user-defined beams
EFFECT
EFFECT PALETTE
up to 22 preset effects
up to 256 predefined Lamp Types
with their associated Palettes
POSITION
INTENSITY
POSITION PRESETS
up to 38 preset/user-defined positions
LAMP TYPE
Fig 5: Organisation of Lamp Data.