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D-16 / Feb 2003
OPERATION
Display
The four character DISPLAY shows the input that is selected by the fader.
The display can also be made to show the current status of the fader’s input
with regard to its presence in the caller feed or mix-minus outputs.
Fader
The fader is the sliding mechanism that determines how strong is the
presence of the input in some of the various console outputs (in other outputs
the fader will have no effect; see the paragraphs below).
If the fader is all the way down (that is, pulled toward the console operator),
the signal will not be present in any of the four main buses (PGM, AUD,
MONO1, and MONO2, to which it is assigned. As the fader is moved up (that
is, pushed away from the console operator) the signal will appear more
strongly in all of the main buses to which it is assigned.
The fader position will not affect the strength of the signal in the cue output.
Whether or not the fader position affects the strength of the signal in the
caller feed or mix-minus buses to which it is assigned depends on the mix-
minus status for that input.
The installer may have set up the system to allow the fader position to
control the ON/OFF status of the fader’s signal. This Fader Start feature, if
enabled, causes the fader to turn ON when moved up from the full down
position, just as if the fader’s ON button had been pressed, and causes the fader
to turn OFF when moved down to the full down position, just as if the fader’s
OFF button had been pressed. The fader’s ON and OFF buttons still act
normally. If the fader’s source is mapped to a port, the port’s START and
STOP functions are also activated by the Fader Start function. And if the
fader’s ON button is set to reset the TIMER, the reset is also activated by the
Fader Start function.
ON and OFF Buttons
The ON and OFF BUTTONS determine if the fader is ON or OFF. The
lighted buttons normally show the status of the fader.
If a fader is OFF, or if its selected input is “OFF”, that fader’s signal will
not be present in any main bus output, regardless of the status of the BUS
ASSIGN BUTTONS or the position of the FADER. If the fader is OFF its
signal will still be present in the cue output if it has been assigned to cue. But
if the fader’s selected input is “OFF” its signal can not be present in the cue
output. Presence of the signal in the caller feed or mix-minus buses depends
on the mix-minus status for that input.
If a fader is assigned to CUE, pressing the ON button will unassign the
fader from CUE. The same will happen if the fader’s remote ON button is
pressed (if the fader is mapped to a logic port).
The installer may have set up some sources to restart the timer when the
ON button of the fader to which the source is assigned is pressed.
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