116 Event V3 Manual
Advanced Features
18.20 Setting Channels to Always Have a Back - Ground
Intensity - Preheat
Some lamps with large filaments (such as aircraft landing lights) are slow to turn
on. The turn on response of such lamps can be improved by maintaining a small
voltage to them which warms the filament.
18.21 To Set Channels to Preheat the Filament:
Press the Setup button to open the Setup menu.
Move the cursor to the UTIL (Utilities) field.
Press the 1 (On) button to open the Set Utilities menu.
Move the cursor to the HEAT (Preheat) field.
Press the 1 (On) button to open the Setup Preheat menu.
Move the cursor to the DIM# field.
Set a start dimmer number.
Move the cursor to the THRU (Through) field and set the end dimmer
number.
TIP: If you just want to set one dimmer, leave this field the same as the DIM# field.
Move the cursor to the AT field.
Set it in the range 1 - 10%.
Repeat steps from to for any other dimmers or groups of dimmers.
Press Exit to close this menu (press Exit twice to return to the standard
screen).
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TIP: Setting preheat to 5% for example, will cause the dimmer to output about 10
volts.
Setting preheat to around 2% usually does not cause any visible glow.
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