Instruction manual

Introduction
Page 6 Solution & Solution XL Operating Manual – Issue 1.0
Fixtures
The Solution & Solution XL desks can control up to 200 fixtures. Fixtures can
be a simple generic lamp or colour scroller, a moving mirror or moving head
(eg Goldenscan, MAC 250), or any other item controllable via a standard DMX
signal.
Moving heads, moving mirrors, LED and video systems controlled by DMX are
fixtures with multiple parameters. Within the Fixture Library, the Solution &
Solution XL is told which channels control which parameters of the fixture.
These are then grouped into Position, Colour and Beamshape.
Fixtures can be given a user defined name and number, for ease of reference
and may be patched to any of the DMX output channels (1 – 512) on any of
the DMX universes (1 – 4).
Fixture parameters can be manipulated from within the Program Window,
from where they can be added to memories, submasters, palettes or macros.
Dimmers are essentially a one channel fixture and as such further dimmers
can be patched as fixtures if required.
Memories
The desk allows you to record memories, for use in the Memory Stack
(Playback X). Each memory has a number, name (optional), trigger, a wait
time (auto cues) and a set of delay & fade times. Memories may be a Scene
or a Chase.
 Scene – A single set of dimmer and fixture parameter data.
 Chase – A number of steps, each containing a set of dimmer and fixture
parameter data, plus modifiers which determine how the chase runs when
played back.
Submasters
Submasters may be programmed directly with a scene or a chase or they may
contain a transferred memory.
 The Solution desk has 20 pages of 10 submasters.
 The Solution XL desk has 20 pages of 30 submasters.
Groups
The desk provides 400 user definable groups. Automatic groups for each
fixture type can be generated from the Setup area, if required.
Palettes
The desk provides 400 user programmable palettes for each of the attributes
(Colour, Beamshape and Position). The desk can also generate auto palettes
which provide basic colours, gobos and positions based on the fixture types
used in the desk.
Effects
The desk provides 400 user programmable effects. The desk can also
generate a number of standard effects which include intensity, colour,
beamshape and movement effects.
Macros
The desk provides 400 user programmable macros.
Operating Mode
The desk has a three seperate operating modes which can be selected for
various operators of different skill levels.
Lock Functions
The desk has a lock function which will prevent misuse of the desk. When the
desk is locked with Lock All, it is not possible to perform any operations on the
desk.
Audio Input
The desk has an audio input, which may be used to trigger chases with bass
drives.