Auxiliary Control Jester Operating Manual
Jester Manual 73-403-00 Issue 3.2 27 of 52
Auxiliary Control
Introduction
The Jester provides 12(24) auxiliary buttons for you to control simple DMX devices
such as smoke machines, strobe lights and scrollers. Each auxiliary can be patched
to multiple DMX addresses, and can be defined with an ON and an OFF value.
Alongside these, auxiliaries can also be set up to function with a flash motion, a
latching motion, a solo motion, or be disabled.
Auxiliaries aren’t recorded into cue data, but are great for adding in effects with the
press of a button. Auxiliaries can be used in Preset, Program and Run modes.
Setting up Auxiliaries
1. To set up your auxiliaries, you must first enter Super User. To do this, hold down
SHIFT and press the MODE button for 1 second. Once in Super User, use the
cursor keys to navigate to
<Aux Setup> and press ENTER
2. Now press the FLASH BUTTON under the auxiliary you wish to change.
Auxiliaries are always associated with the PRESET A flash buttons.
3. The menu shown on the LCD and monitor allows you to alter the mode, on and
off values for the auxiliary. Select the area you want to alter, and press ENTER
4. Use the cursor keys to toggle the values of the selected field. The values set will
be output live, so you can check your settings. It is also possible to set the
numeric values using the preset faders. Again these are output live.
5. When you’ve finished altering your auxiliaries, navigate to <OK> and press
ENTER.
6. Press and hold SHIFT+MODE for 1 second to leave Super User.
For more information on setting up and patching Auxiliaries, see the Super User
section of the manual.
Using Auxiliaries
The use of Auxiliaries is always associated with the SHIFT button. By default, all
auxiliaries are in their OFF values.
In Program or Run modes, you can activate an auxiliary by pressing and holding
SHIFT, and pressing one of the PRESET A channel flash buttons.
If an auxiliary is set to <Flash>, the auxiliary will raise to its ON value and when you
release the flash button, the auxiliary will return to its OFF value.
If an auxiliary is set to <Solo>, the auxiliary will raise to its ON value and all other
outputs from the desk will be set to 0. When the flash button is released, all channels
will return to their previous values.
If the auxiliary is set to <Go>, the auxiliary will raise to its ON value and stay there.
To send the auxiliary to its OFF value, press it again. You can release SHIFT and
perform other functions with the desk in between activating and deactivating the
auxiliary, however SHIFT must be held to control the auxiliaries themselves (unless
they are locked-on, see below).
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