Specifications

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• On the Keypad enter the DMX number you wish to reduce.
This MUST be
an HTP channel or the message REQUEST DENIED will be presented since an LTP
channel cannot be reduced.
• Select the Preset Bank you wish to put the Reduction Fader on.
• Press a Preset SWOP or ADD button to create the Reduction Fader.
⇒ If you are only using a few Dimmer Channels you can create Reduction
Faders on the Preset Faders above the Dimmer Fader, you then have
access to the Dimmer Fader and the Reduction Fader simultaneously.
5.21 How many Fixtures or Dimmer Channels can I control?
5.21.1 Maximum numbers of Intelligent Fixtures?
There are two restrictions on how many Fixtures can be controlled.
These are :
a) The total number of DMX addresses required, which cannot be more than
512 for either desk.
b) The total number of Intelligent Fixtures which cannot exceed the number of
Handles on the desk (30 on the Pearl, 60 on the Sapphire).
This means that you can control up to 30 Golden Scan 3’s (which use 6 DMX
Channels each) on a Pearl because you have 30 Handles and the total
number of DMX Channels required is only 180, or you could put up to 60 of
them on a Sapphire, because you have 60 handles and the number of DMX
Channels is still less than 512.
You can only control up to 25 Cyberlights on either desk, however, because
they need 20 DMX Channels each and more than 25 Fixtures will exceed the
512 DMX Channel limit.
See following sections on how to maximise the number of Fixtures and
Dimmers that can be patched.
5.21.2 Maximum numbers of Fixtures and Dimmers on the same desk
Provided that you still do not exceed the DMX limit of 512 Channels, you can
also control the same number of Dimmer Channels as you have handles. The
normal limit on a Pearl is therefore 30 Intelligent Fixtures and 30 Dimmer
Channels, and the limit on a Sapphire is 60 Intelligent Fixtures and 60
Dimmer Channels.
The Dimmer Channels associated with certain types of Fixtures like VL5
TM
Wash Luminaires and lamps with Colour Changers are counted in with the
Fixtures as they will be patched in with the Fixture and do not count towards
your Dimmer Channel total. They do count towards the 512 Channel
maximum however.
5.21.3 The maximum number of Dimmer Channels with no Intelligent Fixtures
Ideally you will not try to attempt to patch more Dimmer Channels than there
are Handles to control them, which gives you the freedom to run in Normal
Run mode or Two Preset mode, but if you are confident with the desk you
can cheat.