User guide

Basic Set-up Procedures
Before commencing...
... Make sure that you have reserved sufficient Channels for HTP Only
usage — refer to page 14 for further details. This is important since you
cannot increase the number of reserved HTP Channels once you have
started patching Lamps.
Defining a Lamp Type
 Press the lamp entity button (located in the Main Keypad Control
Area — see page 68).
 Using the Main Keypad, specify an individual Lamp number or a
grouping of Lamps (for further details, see Object Grouping on
page 72).
 Press the next button; Lamp Entity Screen 1 will now appear on
the Main LCD Display. For example, pressing lamp 25 next will
give:
Lamp 1 Type: Mac 2000
Chan:0 DMX:0
Auto Group:No Position Point:0 Deg Up
Screen Pos:A-01 [Tracking] [Patch]
 Using the cursor buttons, move the flashing cursor to the Type
field.
 Rotate the select wheel to scroll through the available Lamp
Types.
 When the required type is shown, press the enter button to store a
copy of the default Lamp Palettes into memory.
You must now patch the Lamp to one or more Desk Channels. Ventura will
not allow you to control a Lamp or include it in a Cue until it is patched.
Patching a Lamp to Desk Channels
In order to control a Lamp, it must be assigned or ‘patched’ to one or more
Desk Channels. This can be achieved either automatically or manually,
using Lamp Entity Screen 1.
Automatic Patching
 Press the [Patch] button (soft function 3).
Ventura will now search for a suitable range of unused Channels and
will enter the first Channel number into the Chan field. The [Patch]
function cannot be used if a Lamp has already been patched, either
automatically or manually.
Manual Patching
 Specify the first Channel number to be used by the Lamp using the
Chan field.
It is important to remember that you are specifying the first Channel of
anything up to 36 Channels that will control all functions of the Lamp.
Therefore, you must ensure that you do not specify a start Channel that
lies within a range used by another Lamp.
Setting a value in the Chan field will also patch the equivalent Dimmer (or
DMX) Channel — this value will appear in the Dim field. You can change
this value if you wish. For more information on Dimmer Patching, see page
103.
Advanced Set- up Options
For more advanced set- up information using the Lamp Set- up Screens,
refer to pages 81 to 82. In addition, you may wish to set- up the following:
 Lamp Groups (see ‘Using Lamp Groups’ —page 25),
 Lamp Positions (see ‘Positiong a Lamp’ —page 28),
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