Digilite Pulse MX - Console Connection; Expansion Functionality

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PULSE EX
9.2 CONNECTION TO THE CONSOLE
The expansion is connected to the console via the single cable provided (6 pin phone cable with a “pin
to pin” connection) and does not require a power cable. Connecting is very easy:
• Make sure that the console is switched o
• Connect the connection cable between the Exp.1 (or Exp.2) switch and the socket on the rear panel
• Switch on the console
It is possible to connect up to maximum two expansions per console.
IMPORTANT: connect the expansion to the console exclusively using the cable provided. The use of unsuitable
cables may cause permanent damage to the expansion.
9.3 HOW THE EXPANSION WORKS
Each expansion gives the operator an extra 12 playbacks. Each playback is made up of a cursor potenti-
ometer and three keys.
It is a fully congured system with two expansions capable of transmitting 48 cue lists contemporane-
ously: 24 are controlled by the console playbacks and 24 are controlled by the playbacks of the two
expansions.
Page organisation
The connection of the expansions does not modify the amplitude of the pages of the console which
continue to contain 24 cue lists each; the presence of expansions simply allows you to control two pages
at the same time: the current page thanks to the console playbacks and the following page through the
expansions. If only one expansion were connected, this would allow you to control the rst 6 cue lists of
the following page.
To use the expansions as conveniently as possible, we recommend always setting the current page on an
even page; this way, even pages are on console playbacks and odd pages are on expansions
The advantage of this type of organisation consists in being able to easily access all cue lists of a show
designed and prepared for the use of expansions even when these are not present.
Sliders and keys
Each expansion controls 12 playbacks, each of which has 3 keys and a slider. The slider is the cue list’s
master of intensity, that is to say it reduces all HTP channels controlled by the cue list.
The key above the slider performs the playback’s ash function: when you press it, it instantly sets the
slider value at 100% and keeps it that way for as long as it is pressed.
The trigger key, located right under the slider, is the equivalent of the console’s playback key: when
pressed, it activates the rst cue on the cue list contained in the playback or it activates the following cue
if the cue list had already been activated (Go function). It can be used together with the Release e Select
keys, respectively to release and select the cue list.
The selection/pause key, located in the rst row of keys at the bottom, has two dierent task, depending
on whether the cue list is on or o. If the cue list is o, it is used to select the current playback (without
having to use the Select button).
When the cue list is active, it transforms into a play/pause key: when pressed once, it “freezes” any on-
going eects or fade-ins and fade-outs; when pressed a second time, it “unfreezes” the evolution of the
cue which starts again from where it had been suspended.