6 Eos Family v2.9.0 Operations Manual
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Parameters and Parameter Categories
Element divides fixture parameters into four major parameter categories: Intensity, Focus, Color,
and Beam.
These are the parameters in each category:
Intensity- Intensity
Focus - Pan and Tilt
Color - All color parameters (such as color wheel, CMY, scrollers, and so on).
Beam - Any parameter not covered in the other categories.
Note: Throughout this manual, non-intensity parameters will be referred to as NPs.
Record Targets
A record target is any data location that you can store data using a [Record] command.
Examples of record targets are cues, palettes, and macros.
Cues
A cue is a record target comprised of channels with associated parameter data, discrete
(channel/parameter level) timing, cue timing, and cue attributes (such as preheat, follow or
hang instructions).
Tracking vs. Cue Only
Element is, by default, a tracking console. This means two things. First, tracking relates to how
cue lists are created. Once data is in a cue list, it will remain a part of that cue list, at its original
setting, until a new instruction is provided or until it is removed from the cue list using filters or
null commands.
Secondly, tracking relates to how changes to cue data are handled. Unless otherwise instructed
by a Cue Only command, changes to a parameter in a cue will track forward through the cue list
until a move instruction (or block command) is encountered.
It is possible to change the default setting of Element to “Cue Only” in
About Setup (on
page132)
. This prevents changes from tracking forward into subsequent cues, unless overridden
with a track instruction. See
Track (on page140)
for more information.
Element also has a [Cue Only/Track] button that allows you to record or update a cue as an
exception to the default setting. Therefore, if the console is set to Tracking, the button acts as
Cue Only. If console is set to Cue Only, it behaves as a Track button.
Tracking Mode
When you create a new cue, any unchanged channel parameter data from the previous cue is
tracked into the new specified cue. Any changes in this new cue will also track forward into
subsequent cues until a move instruction or a block flag is encountered. In the example below,
the gray boxes indicate tracked values and the white boxes indicate move instructions.
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