Specifications

Avolites Rolacue Operators Manual - page 31
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If you want to run the desk in Wide mode, repeating the above directions on
the SWOP buttons will 1 to 1 patch Channels 31 - 60 (61 - 120 on the
Sapphire) onto the top set of Preset Faders, leaving the original 30 (60)
Channels patched on the bottom Preset Faders.
If you need to patch more Dimmers or Fixtures than this allows, see Section
5.22 Advanced patching.
5.9 Fast patch
If you wish to patch a number of Dimmers or Fixtures in consecutive order
you can do this as follows.
Make sure the desk is loaded with the Fixture type you want to patch, and
type in the start address of the lowest Fixture if you have preaddressed the
lights.
• Press the ADD button of the Handle where you want the first Fixture
patched.
• Press the ADD button of the Handle where you want the last Fixture
patched.
• Release the first button pressed, then the second button.
The desk has
patched the selected Fixtures consecutively in the direction of the button presses
.
5.10 Patching more than one Dimmer onto a Preset Channel
The desk will allow you to do this in the normal way. This means that bringing
up the Preset Fader will bring up two or more Dimmer Channels. When
VIEWING the patch, View by Channel will only display one of the DMX
Channels on the desk channel, so use View by DMX or Screen 12 (patch by
Handles) to see what you are doing. See Section 9.1 More about the Screen
- using VIEW.
5.11 Patching Dimmer Channels in with Intelligent Fixtures
Some devices such as par cans with colour changers on them or VL5
TM
Wash Luminaires use a Dimmer to drive the lamp in the Fixture. In this case
you want to be able to patch a Dimmer channel in with the rest of the Fixture
so that it can be accessed as one unit.
Just patch the Fixture in the normal way onto a Handle, and the Dimmer
channel associated with it onto the same Handle.
5.12 Changing the DMX address of patched Dimmers or Fixtures.
You can repatch the DMX addresses connected to the Handles by repatching
the Dimmer or device originally on the Handle but with the new DMX address
entered. Any Programming involving the Fixture will be preserved.
You need a Personality Disk with the appropriate Personality File on it in
the disk drive to do this.
When changing the DMX address of a Dimmer or Intelligent Fixture, if you try
to choose a DMX address that is currently in use by a different device type, a
warning is given. If you choose to continue with the repatch, the desk will
make the patch, and the displaced Fixture that formerly occupied the DMX
Address will be Parked. The Handle will still exist, but without any DMX
Channels patched onto it.