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Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE FOREWORD 1. PALETTE Software License SET OUT BELOW ARE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU ARE PERMITTED TO USE THE BUNDLE OF SOFTWARE COLLECTIVELY CALLED THE PALETTE SOFTWARE ("PALETTE"). PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION CAREFULLY. IF YOU USE PALETTE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND AS SUCH, THIS DOCUMENT WILL CONSTITUTE A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN Horizon Control Inc.
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Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction About This Guide ............................................................................................................................. 1 Additional Documentation ............................................................................................................... 1 Customer Service and Support .........................................................................................................
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Chapter 3. Controls DESK LAYOUT Console Overview .......................................................................................................................... 14 presetPalette Lighting Control Console................................................................................... 14 classicPalette Lighting Control Console.........................................................................................
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE View ............................................................................................................................................... 27 Processor Keyboard Shortcuts........................................................................................................ 28 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION PALETTE Software Screen ...........................................................................................................
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Chapter 5. Operation SELECTING CHANNELS and SETTING LEVELS Channel Grid Overview.................................................................................................................. 56 Using the Keypad to Select Channels............................................................................................. 57 Using the Mouse to Select Channels .....................................................................................
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE INTRODUCTION 1. About This Guide Congratulations on your purchase of a Strand Lighting Palette Lighting Control Console. This guide provides important information regarding safety, installation, and operation for all console hardware components. Familiarizing yourself with this information will help you get the most out of your lighting system.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette 3. Customer Service and Support Our Goal At Strand Lighting, we are committed to providing you the highest quality in customer service. Our comprehensive resources are available to help your business succeed and ensure you get the full benefit of being an Strand Lighting customer. Whether your needs are telephone troubleshooting assistance or technical service, our full-time staff of experienced professionals are on-hand to provide support.
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LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette COMPONENTS 1. Included Items The PALETTE lighting control system includes the following items: • 1 x Mains Power Cable • 1 x USB Mouse • 1 x Manual • 1 x Console 2. Processor The PALETTE processor features standard controls associated with any computer. Keep in mind, the PALETTE processor runs a special type of operating system - Windows® XP Embedded. The processor will not accept nor run standard Windows-based applications.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 5. Software Upgrades Software upgrades are free of charge and are available at: www.strandlighting.com 6. Control Channel Upgrades The PALETTE control channel functionality included with your console is pre-authorized at the level initially purchased. However, the functionality can be easily upgraded at any time.
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LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette SOFTWARE OVERVIEW 1. PALETTE Software The PALETTE processor utilizes an embedded version of Microsoft® Windows XP to run a specially designed PALETTE lighting control software developed by Horizon Control, Inc. The PALETTE application works in conjunction with console hardware buttons/sliders/playback faders/and encoders to provide control of external devices, data management, and show file storage.
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LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette UNPACK 1. Site Requirements The console and its components require a sturdy, flat surface for installation. The surface should be able to support the weight of the console (including the processor, monitor, etc.) and should provide suitable ventilation. Also, the site should be clean (i.e. absent of any construction dust or debris) and dry. Before setting up, ensure that the installation site meets these requirements.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE HOOK-UP 1. Connecting Console Components Step 1. At console rear panel, connect monitor or touchscreen (sold separately). Step 2. At console power port, connect power supply cord (included). Step 3. At console lighting ports, install gooseneck lamps (sold separately) as required. Step 4. At console PS2 auxiliary ports, connect PS2-compatible peripherals (i.e. mouse, keyboard, etc.).
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette CONSOLE POWER UP 1. Power Up Procedure Once the console has been installed and all components connected, the console and processor can be powered up. To power up: Step 1. At front of console, press power on/off button. Processor will boot. Step 2. After boot up is complete, verify status by checking black status window at bottom of screen. If it says "Outputs Disabled" you will need to enable them to On-Line status. Step 3.
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Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE DESK LAYOUT 1. Console Overview presetPalette Lighting Control Console The following illustration provides an overview of console desk controls. Refer to subsequent pages for more in depth explanations of individual button and slider functions. Channel Faders - (configurable) 64 (96) proportional, fully overlapping sliders and associated Bump buttons.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 2. classicPalette Lighting Control Console The following illustration provides an overview of console desk controls. Refer to subsequent pages for more indepth explanations of individual button and slider functions. Submasters - 32 Faders that include intensity and other attributes. Dead Black Out Buttons (configurable) Provides a momentary or toggle full-stage black out.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 3. subPalette Lighting Control Console The following illustration provides an overview of console desk controls. Refer to subsequent pages for more indepth explanations of individual button and slider functions. Submasters - 128 Faders that include intensity and other attributes. Softkeys -12 Context Dead Black Out Buttons sensitive functionality (configurable) Provides a buttons. momentary or toggle full-stage black out.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 4. Programming Buttons Layout The programming section of the desk provides direct access to intensity channels, channel attributes, playback control, console setup and display options. Information [Live] - Brings Up the Output Screen of the Console [Blind] - Activates Blind Mode to allow modification of cues, looks or palettes without affecting stage levels or Loads Cue and Looks.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette [Cue] - Recalls specific cue or initiates Cue dialog box. [Edit] - Opens currently selected control for data entry (to change cue times, cue labels, etc.). [Look] - Recalls user-programmed scenes. [Group] - Specifies group selection. [Goto] - initiates goto Cue dialog box. [Shift] - Accesses secondary button functions when pressed. Numerical Keypad [Backspace] - Used to edit command line entries.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 5. Softkeys PALETTE Lighting Control Console Softkeys The twelve Softkeys provide context sensitive functionality, which will assist in navigating PALETTE software dialog boxes and execute actions linked to the [Tools] and [View] buttons. Dialog Navigation Function Depending on the currently active PALETTE software dialog box, each of the Softkeys will provide a related function.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette 6. Playback Controls Layout The playback section of the desk provides controls for executing active cues and fading between two pre-stored scenes. These faders consist of A/B and C/D pile-on, automatic timed sliders. Playbacks [Select] - Selects cue list to display and default record location. Amber LED will be solid when cue list is selected. will flash when you halt a cue or you are backing up.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE CONSOLE BUTTONS 1. Plus, Minus, @ (At), Full, Out Buttons • [FULL] and [OUT] will set the level of selected channels without having to press [ENTER]. • When editing split up/down times, use [FULL] to highlight the Wait time (start of line) and [OUT] to edit the Fade time (end of line). • Use [FULL] and [OUT] in dialog box edit boxes or combo boxes to take the value to its upper or lower limit.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette 6. Edit Button • Pressing this button allows changes to the highlighted cells in the cue list (times, labels, follows etc.) or in the patch displays. Move the blue highlighted cells using the [ARROW KEYS]. • If a range is selected, typing in a new value will change all cells to that value. • If editing a numeric column (like time), after pressing [EDIT] use the [WHEEL] to change the values.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 11. Load Button • Press [LOAD] then the desired Cue number to load a cue. • Press [S4] to load the entire State of the cue (all the cumulative levels that got you to the look on stage at that point in the cue list). • Edit the cue by changing levels, adding channels or releasing channels. • Either press [UPDATE] to Update the Loaded cue or press [REC] to record it as a new Cue or Look.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette 16. Number Buttons • By default, typing on an empty command line, these buttons will select channels or channels. • Use in conjunction with the other keys (+, -, Thru etc.) close to these to select ranges of channels. • While in dialog boxes, these keys fill in numeric fields. • To change cue times, use these buttons in conjunction with the [ARROW KEYS] and the [EDIT] button to open the blue box for editing. 17.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 20. Select Button • Press a Select button to determine which cue list cue will be written to by default when you record cues. The 'selected' cue list will have an Amber LED on. • Pressing this button is the same as using the mouse to highlight a cue list in the cue list directory. • To quickly record cues to a cue list (even if it is not the currently selected cue list) press [REC] then [SELECT].
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 22. Softkeys M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 Example of Screen Display The Softkey buttons are context sensitive to what you are doing. When no dialog boxes are open, they provide additional functionality that is not available with the hard buttons on the console.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 26. Up / Down Buttons • Use these buttons to raise or lower the selected channels' intensity by the pre-determined level in [S2] "Show Options." • Use with [SHIFT] to move the selected channel's intensity one percentage point. • In dialog boxes, these buttons will raise or lower number boxes by pre-determined levels (cue number by 10, time by 10, SMPTE by 1 minute etc.). 27.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette 29. Processor Keyboard Shortcuts The following processor keyboard shortcuts can be used in place of the console buttons, if desired. For instructions on setting up Cue List Control, refer to "QWERTY Keyboard Cue List Control" on page 51. Button + Plus Used in command line - Minus Used in command line * At Used in command line .
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION 1. PALETTE Software Screen The following pages are brief descriptions of the main PALETTE software screen and its elements. More thorough information is always available in the software’s Help Menu. Help Menu Channel Grid Cue List Directory Cue List Softkey Display Status Window Display Softkeys Attribute Grid 2. Cue List Directory The cue list directory shows what cue lists are programmed and ready for playback.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette 3. Cue List The cue list display allows instant access to altering cue and attribute timing as well as labels, wait, follow, and loop parameters. Blue Box is moved around by using [ARROW KEYS]. Pressing [EDIT] allows changing cells. 4. Channel and Attribute Grids The PALETTE software provides a real-time status of all levels and effects in a cue in an user-friendly display.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 6. PALETTE Control Panel The PALETTE software runs on a custom processor under the Windows® XP Embedded operating system (OS). An embedded operating system means that only the software necessary to run the console is installed. There are no extra user-configurable applications that are included in the OS. This protects the system and the operating software parameters, assuring that system integrity is never compromised.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Explanations of the icons (shown below) are covered in the following pages.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Accessibility Options • Use the Accessibility options in the Control Panel to change things such as: • Sticky Keys (one press on [SHIFT] - then one press on letter to get an upper case letter). • Change display to use High Contrast or change the cursor blink rate. • Enable MouseKeys to allow the arrow keys to move the cursor.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette To adjust the Time Zone (which is important if using Astronomical Events or want to synchronize the system with World Time Services), select the second tab and choose the appropriate time zone. Check Daylight Savings Time box for adjusting to time changes. Note: PALETTE must be restarted for the Time Zone change to take effect. The last tab determines whether or not PALETTE will look to World Time Servers on the Internet, such as time.windows.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Note: You can however, create your own folders and organize it as you like. It differs from regular XP in that the Right-Click menu is disabled. All of the functions that you need are available in the main menu (such as FILE|NEW|FOLDER or VIEW|DETAILS or TOOLS|MAP NETWORK DRIVE). Hardware Test Use this button in the PALETTE Control Panel to start a hardware test. The PALETTE software cannot be running to perform the test.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette Keyboard Options To change the repeat properties of the keys on the PALETTE processor's keyboard, choose Keyboard Options from the PALETTE Control Panel. Adjust the properties accordingly. Monitor Power Saver If the system is running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it may be a good idea to use the Screen Saver option in from the PALETTE Control Panel. It is, however, preferable to turn off your monitor when the unit is not in use.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE PALETTE Mouse Properties PALETTE's mouse has many options that can be adjusted by selecting the Mouse/Trackpad options from the PALETTE Control Panel. To setup mouse properties: Step 1. To enable or disable tap clicks or to change the button functions, select the "Taps and Buttons" tab. Step 2. To adjust the relative acceleration and speed of the mouse, select the "Motion" tab.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette Network Configuration If the PALETTE console can be connected to the facility's network, networking capabilities such as mapped network drives and Internet connection can be accessed. Most LANs have a DHCP Server (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) that automatically assigns network properties such as the IP address.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Step 4. Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and click "Properties." a. Choose "Use the following IP address" (typically 192.168.0.68). b. Type in the static IP address and appropriate Subnet mask provided by the network administrator. c. Type in a Default gateway if access to an outside of the LAN (i.e. connect to other networks or Internet) is required. d. Type in a Preferred DNS (Domain Name Server) for computer and website lookups. e.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette Outlook Express An e-mail application, Outlook Express, is included. If the console is connected to a Local Area Network that is connected to the Internet, e-mails can be sent and received mail directly from PALETTE. An Internet Service Provider's SMTP and POP3 server names, an account name, and password are required to set up the system. Upon first use, an Outlook Express wizard will open to assist in account set-up.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Read Release Notes Each and every update to the PALETTE software will have accompanying Release Notes that explains what is new or what has changed in latest release. After installation of the software, a dialog box will appear showing the release notes. Release notes can be read at anytime by selecting the "Read Release Notes" button from the PALETTE Control Panel.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette Step 3. Click "OK." The screen may blank for a moment or two and may ask you if you want to keep the settings. If you monitor cannot handle the new resolution after a short period of time, the settings will revert to their original state. Step 4. Inside of the PALETTE software, move the mouse over the line separating the channel Grid from the Cue List until it turns into the symbol shown at the right. Step 5.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Step 3. Choose the "Settings" button. Step 4. Adjust the settings as desired. You may change the "Use pictures in this folder" option to point to your own directory on the D:\ drive. Place any images in that folder you want to see when your screen saver is active. Step 5. Press "OK." Step 6. Press "OK" in the "Display Properties" dialog box.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette On-Screen Keyboard If you are using touchscreens with your console, you may want to launch the On-Screen Keyboard from the "Additional Apps" button in the Control Panel. Additional Applications This button is used to view and run additional factory-installed applications (or to set up touchscreens as detailed above).
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Printers and Printing Printing is achieved by connecting the PALETTE processor to a Local Area Network Printer, which saves you from having to move the printer close to the console. It also allows you to use any new printer you have successfully installed on your LAN without having to find printer drivers. Click on the "Printer" button in the PALETTE Control Panel to access the "Printer Tasks" dialog box.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette RESTORING THE SOFTWARE 1. Re-Installing PALETTE Software Application If it is necessary to re-install the PALETTE application onto the processor, follow the steps below. Note: The processor always looks to removable media first upon startup for software updates. Therefore, it is important not to leave the PALETTE Application CD or USB Key in the processor. This method does not archive the install, but you can always store the CD.
Palette 4. LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Setup • ACCESSORY - HARDWARE COMPONENTS Note: This chapter provides software operations which are necessary to configure console hardware components.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette ACCESSORY - HARDWARE COMPONENTS 1. Overview The PALETTE console is highly configurable and can be set up in different ways depending on your requirements. The Hardware Setup window provides setup options. Components such as slider and button array panels, Grandmasters, triggers, and console lights can be configured by pressing the appropriate tab in the window.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Preset Scene Mode Scene Mode allows you to operate the PALETTE as a common 2-Scene console. This is achieved by setting up two slider banks, one as Scene A and the other as Scene B, and assigning the A/B fader pair as the A/B Two Scene Master. If you set a slider bank to be either Scene A, B, C or D, the intensity level of the specified channels will be multiplied by the level of the appropriate Scene Master (see A/B C/D (X1 - X2) setup below).
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette • Disabled - If you chose this option, the sliders will do nothing. If you are just doing a "GO SHOW," this is the safest mode of operation as inadvertent moves on these faders will have no affect. • Preset Two Scene Master - In either case (A/B or C/D), the faders will act as the overall intensity masters for the A and B Scenes.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 4. Dead Black Out (DBO) The Dead Black out has multiple functions. Whenever it is enabled, it is like pulling the Grandmaster slider down to 0% in zero time. There are macros that allow you to control this feature programmatically. • Disabled - Select this option if you don't want to accidentally plunge your stage into darkness by pressing the DBO button.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette 6. Macro Editor and Commands Macros can contain Commands or Scripts, however, they are not keystroke recorders. Macros Commands are very powerful, user-definable routines that PALETTE runs when assigned to cues, time events, macro buttons, variables or triggers. Note: If you need more advanced show-control automation and logical branching, refer to "Macro Editor and Scripts" in the PALETTE Software Help Menu.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Any arguments (parameters) of the command will be listed. Double click on the Value column to set an appropriate value, then click OK. You can Insert as many individual commands as you like for each macro and order them by selecting their line and use [F5] and [F6] to move them Up and Down in the list.
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Palette 5. LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Operation • SELECTING CHANNELS and SETTING LEVELS • RECORDING A CUE OR LOOK Note: This chapter provides software operations which will get the system up and running. For complete software operation instructions, refer to the PALETTE Software User Manual.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE SELECTING CHANNELS and SETTING LEVELS 1. Channel Grid Overview Channel information is displayed on the Channel Grid (shown below) with the channel number on the top row of numbers and the level on the bottom row. Selecting a channel is the first step towards setting or modifying levels. Channels may be selected with the mouse or with keystrokes.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 2. Using the Keypad to Select Channels To Select Channels Using Keypad: Step 1. At keypad, enter number of channel(s) you wish to select. (Typing will be reflected in the Command Line.) Step 2. Use + (And), / (Through) and - (Minus) keys to select groups of channels. Step 3. Press [@] or [*] on the QWERTY keyboard to set a level in percent. Step 4. Enter percentage value.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE RECORDING A CUE OR LOOK 1. Channel Grid Overview Channel information is displayed on the Channel Grid (shown below) with the channel number on the top row of numbers and the level on the bottom row. Selecting a channel is the first step towards setting or modifying levels. Channels may be selected with the mouse or with keystrokes.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 2. Using the Keypad to Select Channels To Select Channels Using Keypad: Step 1. At keypad, enter number of channel(s) you wish to select. (Typing will be reflected in the Command Line.) Step 2. Use + (And), / (Through) and - (Minus) keys to select groups of channels. Step 3. Press [@] or [*] on the QWERTY keyboard to set a level in percent. Step 4. Enter percentage value.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette RECORDING A CUE OR LOOK 1. Recording a Cue Fast Description Step 1. Select channels and set levels. Step 2. Press [REC], Cue #, [ENTER] or [REC] [SELECT] on the Playback you want to use. Notes: • In Windows UI personality, [SHIFT] [RECORD] allows you to record via the dialog box. • If you want to keep the Record Cue dialog box open to add a label or change the record options, hold down [SHIFT] before pressing [SELECT].
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE The following properties are optional: [S1] - If needed, select the "Cue List" to record to. The default is the cue list you currently have selected. [S3] - Change the "Record" option if needed. The default option is to record your Live as exactly what you see on stage. To find out what the other options mean and when to use them, refer to the PALETTE Software Help Menu. [S4] - Enter a Cue Label.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette Step 5. Press [ENTER] to close the dialog box. If you are attempting to record over an existing cue and you have not selected "Update" as described in [S7] above, you will be presented with the following dialog box. • Update (see above) is the default. Pressing [ENTER] or [S2] will close this dialog box and update the existing cue, not losing old cue data.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE If you select "Block new values into cue range," each cue in the range will get the new values as determined by the Record Options you selected with [S3] in the "Record" dialog box. This may result in Redundant Data which may or may not be desirable (normally only desirable in multiple cue list environments where you want to be sure each cue will be in total control of those lights, regardless of what other cue lists are doing).
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette 2. Recording a Look (Submaster) Look Masters (Submasters) can be set up and recorded in either the Live (Active) or Blind. From Live Display: Step 1. Select [LIVE] button from channel Grid Tool Bar. Step 2. Select channels to be assigned to Look Master. Step 3. Set levels for channels. Step 4. Press [RECORD] then the Look # and press [ENTER] or press [REC] or press Bump button at desired submaster. Step 5.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE 3. Look Pages By clicking the icon in the top left-hand corner of your screen titled "Look," you will be taken to the Look screen. Here you are able to access all of your Looks pages and individual Looks within those pages. You have the ability to bring up each individual look by clicking on that Look and dragging up the Virtual Look Slider to the appropriate percentage, or by changing the percentage in the values column.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette If you move the blue box over to "Look Type," you now have the ability to set your Look to various types.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE APPENDIX A. Specifications 1.
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Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE APPENDIX B. PALETTE Software Tips 1. Helpful Tips and Shortcuts Below are some helpful tips and shorts to operate and program your PALETTE Control Console. Take a few moments to review these for future use. The tips are also available through the PALETTE software. • Use the HELP button to get help on any specific button or in any dialog box. To get help on buttons, press HELP then the desired button.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette • Opening the Hardware Setup allows you to assign Macros to the back panel triggers. Just short out Pins 1 & 2 or 1 & 3 to fire off the macros. • The Abstract Control Model gives you six different color spaces to select and fade your color mixing channels. • The Fan tool allows you to evenly spread out attribute values using one of the following functions: Center, Right, Left, Ends, Random, Random Positive, Sine and Tangent.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE • You can drag columns around in the Cue List to suite your needs. Double clicking on column separators will automatically size the column for you. • You can move any selected channels in a cue to a separate part by pressing the PART softkey and then update the cue. Move the Blue Box in the cue list to change cue part timing. PALETTE supports 26 different parts plus independent timing.
LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE Palette • If you build a look that you like on one moving light, you can use the COPY button to copy its attributes to any other light, regardless of make and model. This is on of the very powerful features of the Abstract Control Model. • If another cue lists steals away channels from your cue list, press SHIFT + GO to 'Assert' your cue list. The current cue will not advance.
Palette LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE • Press S4 - CONTROL PANEL to get to applications other than the PALETTE, such as MS PAINT, Internet Explorer and Media Player. • Running your finger along the very right-hand side of the track pad allows you to adjust the levels of the selected channels. • Why print to paper? Just e-mail your PDF output right from your desk. • There is a text editor built into PALETTE that allows you to take notes. Get to it using S4 - CONTROL PANEL.
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