Instruction manual

Palettes
Solution & Solution XL Operating Manual – Issue 1.0 Page 123
Palettes
Introduction
The Solution & Solution XL desk provides four sets of 400 palettes. The
palettes are stored under the headings of Colour, Beamshape, Position and
Effects. This chapter deals with Colour, Beamshape and Position palettes.
The following chapter deals with Effects.
Automatic Palettes - In Setup, there is an option to generate a set of
automatic palettes based on the fixture types in the schedule. The desk
generates a number of colour, beamshape and position palettes – see Auto
Menus in the Setup chapter for details.
User Defined Groups - In addition to the Automatic palettes, you can also
create your own palettes.
Palette Windows
Each set of palettes has it‟s own palette window. To display one of the palette
windows on the monitor, hold down the SHIFT key and then press the
appropriate attribute key (COLOUR, BEAMSHAPE or POSITION).
The palette window contains a soft button for each of the 400 palettes. Each
soft button contains the following information:
Palette Number, content flags that indicate the attribute(s) that are
programmed in the palette (I = Intensity, C = Colour, B = Beamshape, P =
Position, E = Effects) and name.
Figure 105 - Colour Palette Window
Recording a Palette
Set up the required fixture data in the programmer.
Press the COLOUR, BEAMSHAPE or POSITION key to make the MFKs
palette selection keys.
Use the PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN keys to select the required page.
Press and hold down the corresponding palette MFK for two seconds. The
LED in the palette MFK is lit when the palette has been recorded.
Note – Recording Palettes
In Tracking-Advanced mode, only the tagged fixture parameters of the
selected attribute (eg Colour) are recorded into the palette.