User`s manual

VARI❋LITE VL3015LT SPOT LUMINAIRE USER’S MANUAL
34 13 December 2012 02.9698.0002 0
VL3015LT Spot Luminaire Timing
VL3015LT Spot Timing Channel Information
Timing channel control improves the timed moves of certain groups of parameters. We provide up to
four timing channels - Focus (pan and tilt), Color Time (color parameters), Beam Time (beam
parameters), and Gobo Time (gobo wheel operation).
Types of timing control:
• Timing Control Channel: the luminaire uses its timing channel value to calculate a smooth
continuous movement for a given time and transition.
• Console Timing: the console calculates the time duration between the DMX increments to be sent
for a given time and transition.
Guidelines:
• Timing channels support time values of up to six minutes.
• To use a timing channel instead of console timing, it is necessary to set the timing channel to the
desired value and set cue and/or parameter time to zero. A combination of time controls can
produce unexpected results.
• The default value setting in the profile should be 255 (proportional control) to allow smooth
movement when using console timing.
• The timing channel data should change as a snap. A zero value will give the fastest move,
however, without any smoothing this can appear "steppy" in console timed moves.
Note: Some parameters have been excluded from the timing channels. Wheel spin and gobo rotation
rate changes are not affected by timing channels.
Table 3-12: VL3015LT
Spot Luminaire Channel Function / Timing Channel Relationship
Channel Function
Timing Channel
Focus Time Color Time Beam Time Gobo Time
Pan (Hi Byte/Lo Byte) 
Tilt (Hi Byte/Lo Byte) 
Cyan 
Magenta 
Yellow 
CTO 
Color Wheels 
Zoom 
Edge 
Beam Iris 
Gobo Wheels 1, 2 and 3 
Variable Frost 
3-Facet Prism 