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500ML Lighting Control Console
Operation Guide
Keyboard Settings............................................................................................................................................................. 33
Setting Time and Date ...................................................................................................................................................... 34
Network Settings............................................................................................................................................................... 35
Working with Shows................................................................................................................................................................. 37
To Create or Load a Show ........................................................................................................................................................ 37
Creating a New Show ....................................................................................................................................................... 37
Loading an Existing Show................................................................................................................................................ 38
Importing Shows from a USB Key................................................................................................................................... 38
Show Files................................................................................................................................................................................. 40
Show Quicksave ............................................................................................................................................................... 40
Show Autosave Feature .................................................................................................................................................... 40
Save Show As - New Showfile......................................................................................................................................... 41
Exporting a Show to USB Key......................................................................................................................................... 41
Closing a Show ................................................................................................................................................................. 43
Deleting Shows from Console Memory ........................................................................................................................... 43
Showfile Settings ...................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Setting Button Backlight................................................................................................................................................... 45
Setting LCD Intensity ....................................................................................................................................................... 45
Setting TFT Touchscreen Intensity................................................................................................................................... 45
Setting Desk Lamp Intensity............................................................................................................................................. 45
Set Encoder Sensitivity & Acceleration ........................................................................................................................... 45
Programming
Fixture Setup............................................................................................................................................................................. 47
Adding Fixtures to a Show ............................................................................................................................................... 47
Patching Fixtures .............................................................................................................................................................. 49
Configuring Existing Fixtures .......................................................................................................................................... 50
Change User Number........................................................................................................................................................ 52
Change Fixture Name....................................................................................................................................................... 53
Inverting Pan / Tilt (Reacting to Grandmaster Fader)...................................................................................................... 53
Change DMX Patch.......................................................................................................................................................... 54
Unpatch............................................................................................................................................................................. 56
Manual Patch .................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Auto Patch......................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Change Fixture Type ........................................................................................................................................................ 57
Clone Fixtures................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Delete Fixtures.................................................................................................................................................................. 63
Working with Fixtures .............................................................................................................................................................. 63
Selecting Fixtures ............................................................................................................................................................. 63
Selection Order ................................................................................................................................................................. 63
Selecting Fixtures Using Keypad / Command Line ......................................................................................................... 64
Selecting / Deselecting Fixtures Using Fixture Pool Window ......................................................................................... 65
Selecting Fixtures Using a Previously Recorded Group .................................................................................................. 65
Selecting Fixtures using Selection Toolbar ...................................................................................................................... 65
Deselecting all Fixtures .................................................................................................................................................... 65
Fixture Sub-Selection ....................................................................................................................................................... 66
Fixtures with Values Selection ......................................................................................................................................... 66
All Fixtures Selection ....................................................................................................................................................... 66
Even / Odd Fixture Selection............................................................................................................................................ 67
Half Fixture Selection....................................................................................................................................................... 67
Random Fixture Selection ................................................................................................................................................ 68
Invert Selection................................................................................................................................................................. 68
Last and Next Button - Stepping Through Fixtures.......................................................................................................... 69
Selecting Fixture X out of Y............................................................................................................................................. 69
Assigning Names to Fixtures............................................................................................................................................ 69
Using the Configure Fixtures Window............................................................................................................................. 70
Using Fixture Groups........................................................................................................................................................ 70
Using the Edit Fixture Window........................................................................................................................................ 70
Editing Fixture Libraries................................................................................................................................................... 70
Creating a Fixture Dimmer Master................................................................................................................................... 70
Edit Fixture Window ........................................................................................................................................................ 72
Working with Groups................................................................................................................................................................ 73
About Groups.................................................................................................................................................................... 73