Wholehog III

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Wholehog III
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Internal Specs

• Embedded 500MHz G4 PowerPC processor running
  Linux OS (not a PC)
• 2Mbyte L2 cache
• 256Mbyte SDRAM as standard, expandable to 1 Gbyte
• 40 Gbyte high performance internal hard disk
  drive with battery backup to save changes and
  shut down console in the event of a power
  failure
• 100/250Mbyte internal ZIP drive (accessed inside
  elbow rest)
• 650/700Mbyte internal re-writeable CD-ROM drive
  (accessed inside elbow rest)
• 100-240v AC auto-switching power supply

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Wholehog III

• Setting up the Console
• The console does not produce DMX directly
• It is designed to work as part of a network,
  linked to other
• devices including DMX Processors, Timecode
  Processors,
• and backup consoles, etc.
• DMX Processors
• Also known as DP-2000s, are used to connect DMX
  devices
• such as fixtures, dimmers, etc. to the network
• Special Cat-5 Crossover Ethernet cable is
  required when
• connecting a single DMX Processor directly to
  the console.
• When multiple devices are being connected to the
  console, an
• Ethernet switch will need to be used. When
  using an Ethernet
• switch, crossover cables are not necessary.

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Wholehog III

• Rear Panel Detail
• Ethernet Port
• Mouse Keyboard
  Ports
• 2 USB ports
• RS232 Port
• 2 Monitor Ports
• MIDI In and Out Ports

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Back Panel
Power Input. You can connect the Whole Hog III to
any power supply between 100 and 240V AC
LED reporting on power and battery level. In the
event of a power failure the Whole Hog III uses a
battery backup supply to save any changes and
shutdown the console
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Back Panel
Two PS2 connectors for mouse and keyboard. Two
USB Ports Audio in and Audio out
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Back Panel
-RS232 input for show control devices -Two
external VGA monitor inputs -Midi IN and Midi OUT
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Back Panel
The Ethernet port and LED indicators are on the
far left of the rear of the console. The Ethernet
port is how the console connects to a Whole Hog
III network. A network could be as simple as one
DP-2000, or more complex including several
DP-2000s, plus a Timecode Processor, and other
options. An Ethernet switch is necessary if more
than one device other than the console, is needed
in the system.
LED reporting on data status
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Distributed Processed DMX

• The Hog III does not have DMX outputs on the
  console
• Instead, all DMX is processed separately in an
  outboard unit called the DP2000
• Each unit processes 4 universes (2048 channels)
• This outboard design allows you to add additional
  DP-2000 units, to increase the DMX universes,
  and the Refresh rate will remain constant.

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Wholehog III

• Setting up the Console

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Playback Wings
USB Playback wings can also be added to the HOG
III for extra playback faders on the Console.
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MIDI / Timecode Processor

• This unit has VTC and SMPTE Timecode inputs and
  outputs, along with MIDI In, OUT, and THRU
• You can connect multiple units to a single
  network or console, and assign different MIDI or
  Timecode sources to different cuelists.
• The console also has the same MIDI capabilities,
  but VTC and SMPTE Timecode require
  one of these units
• The MIDI / Timecode Processor unit is a 1u Rack
  mount unit that contains LTC, VITC, Midi
  IN/Out/Thru and an RS232 port

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Wholehog III

• Front Panel Detail
• 2 Touchscreens
• 4 Encoder Wheels
• 2 Vertically Mounted Wheels
• Wheel 1, on the right of the console is the
  I-wheel, it controls the Intensity of the
  fixtures
• Wheel 2, on the left of the console is the Rate
  wheel, it overrides the speed of a Cue.
  
• NOTE Wheel 2 is a Spring Wheel

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Wholehog III

• Front Panel Detail
• Programming Section with
• Editing Buttons Record, Copy, Move, Delete,
  and Update
• Cue editing buttons Macro, Page, Cue, List, PIG,
  Setup, Time, Effect, Set
• Fixture and Parameter buttons Group,
  Fixture, Position, Color, Beam
• Other Cue editing buttons HighLight, Blind,
  Clear
• New Additional Buttons include Open,
  Intensity, Back, Live, Scene, Control, Fan
• Keypad
• Trackball

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Wholehog III

• Front Panel Detail
• Playback Section with
• 10 Playback Masters
• GO, Halt/Back, Assert, Release and Choose
  buttons
• Grand Master with DBO
• Large Central GO and Halt/Back buttons

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Programming
The Trackball controls the onscreen mouse
pointer, and when in Pan and Tilt mode, also
controls a fixtures movement. The button to the
upper right of the Trackball will toggle it
between the Trackball, and the mouse. Trackball
mode is indicated by a blue LED inside the
Trackball illuminating.
The function of the four buttons can be
configured in the Preferences window.
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Programming

• Dedicated Intensity Wheel. The two buttons above
  and below the wheel will adjust the Intensity by
  10 increments.

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Programming

• Arrow Select Keys
• Use these keys to move the Selection box around
  within a window

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Playback
Rate Over-ride Wheel This is for direct control
of the current fade running on the chosen
playback.
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Playback
The ten Playback masters can hold single cues,
or cuelists with
multiple cues, as well as Scenes Each master has
a Play and Pause / Back button Flash Buttons are
below faders
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Playback
Main Playback Control will effect whatever Master
has its CHOOSE button illuminated.
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Important Buttons to Know

• The Flying Pig
• Known as PIG
• Acts as a Ctrl/Shift key
• Used in conjunction with
  other
  buttons
• The SET key
• Used to Access the keyboard
• Used to enter information into boxes such as Time
  values, or Naming items
• Select a box, press SET, enter information and
• press ENTER

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Wholehog III

• Adjusting Brightness
• Touchscreen Brightness/Contrast
• Press and hold down the Setup
  key and adjust the
  
  parameter encoder wheel
• Wheel 1 Left Backlight
• Wheel 2 Right Backlight
• Desklights and LED Levels
• Adjust by holding down the Setup key and adjust
  the parameter encoder wheel
• Wheel 3 Desklight Level
• Wheel 4 LED Brightness

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Wholehog III

• Quickstart
• Starting a New Show
• Patching
• Basic Cue Programming
• Basic Cuelist Playback

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Wholehog III

• Starting a Show
• 3 Options available at Startup
• Launch New Show
• Launch Existing Show
• Connect to Show

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New Show

• Pressing LAUNCH NEW SHOW will open the screen
  shown .
• The show can then be named and a destination can
  be selected for the show file

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New Show

• Library Window
• Select a library to use for the show. You can
  use the standard library in the Libraries/System/
  folder, or choose a custom library
• Contact FPS for fixture libraries of new
  fixture types not found in the current library

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Windows

• Windows can be opened several ways
• From a Toolbar
• Some windows have dedicated buttons on the Main
  Toolbar
• Holding the Open Key
• Open Help
• Open Fixture
• Open List
• Open Choose
• Open IPCB Palette buttons
• Open Group, Effect, Fixture buttons
• Open Park

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Windows

• Windows can be opened several ways

From the Command Line
Specify the window to be opened using the command
line,
then press the Open Key POSITION OPEN, opens the
Position Directory POSITION 2 OPEN, opens
Position 2 window CUE 4 OPEN, opens the editor
window for cue 4 Double Pressing Keys Some
windows open by double pressing the appropriate
key POSITION POSITION, opens the Position
Directory This can be disabled by setting
the double press time to 0
in the Console Key window in the Preferences
window
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Wholehog III

• Setting Up the Console
• Console Setup Window
• Preferences Window

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Control Panel Preferences Windows

• Many options for customizing the console are
  found in these windows
• Control Panel
• Press Setup
• Touch Control Panel on the toolbar on the right
  Touchscreen
• Preferences Window
• Press Setup
• Touch Preferences on the toolbar on the right
  Touchscreen

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Control Panel Window

• Displays
• Monitor resolution, enable LCDs, enable
  touchcscreens, calibrate touchscreens
• Keyboard
• Model and layout
• Wings
• Printers
• Time and Date
• Autoload
• Loads show
• upon startup
• Network
• System Info

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Preferences Window

• Console
• Appearance
• Sensitivity
• Key timings
• Trackball settings
• Edit
• Programming Defaults
• Default Timing
• Default Naming
• Playback
• Cuelist, Scene,
• Misc Playback defaults
• Note Preferences can be imported between shows

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Using the Command Line

• Entering Syntax Commands
• The Command Line appears at the bottom of the
  right touchscreen
• Build up a series of keystrokes, and the command
  is acted on when Enter is pressed

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Patching a Show

• Patching is setting up the console with what
  type, and how many of each type of fixture you
  will be controlling, along with the DMX start
  channel for each fixture
• Patching is done in The Fixture Window
• To open the Fixture Window
• Hold down the OPEN key, while pressing FIXTURE

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Fixture Window
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Patching

• Fixture Schedule Window
• You must select which fixture type, and how many
  etc. in the Fixture Schedule window
• To open this window, press the Fixture Schedule
  button in the top left corner of the Fixture
  Window

Fixture Schedule button
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Fixture Schedule Window

• Each fixture is listed under its
  manufacturer
• Expand each manufacturer to view the fixtures by
  clicking on the adjacent button
• Highlight the fixture type to add,
• Press Set, type in the number of fixtures for
  this type to be used, and press Enter
• Repeat for all fixture types to be used in the
  show
• Press OK when finished
• The number column shows the number of
  fixtures of that type are currently in the show

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Patching

• User Numbers
  A Unique ID, or User number can be assigned to
  each fixture allowing for better organization of
  the fixtures.
• To do this, select the group of fixtures you
  want to renumber. You can drag and select.
• Then hit Set and type in the starting number,
  and press Enter.

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Patching

• Steps to Patch a Fixture
• Select a Fixture or Fixtures
  
  
• Press _at_,
• The window shown will appear
• Select a DMX processor
• and universe
• Type in DMX Start channel
• Press Enter

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Patching Fixture Window

• Fixture Schedule
• Library of Manufacturers and Fixture
  personalities
• Remove
• Removes fixture from entire show
• Patch _at_
• Opens the fixture patch window
• Unpatch
• Unpatches the selected fixture(s) w/o removing
  programmed show contents for that unit(s)
• Replicate Fixtures
• Allows you to create copies of fixtures,
  including the programming

• Change Type
• Changes one fixture type for another, and
  converts all programmed information that is
  applicable in the entire show
• Edit Fixtures
• Allows a fixtures defaults to be edited
• Auto Palettes
• Generates Groups and IPCB palettes for patched
  fixtures
• View by DP
• Shows detailed patch by DP-2000
• Jump Tool buttons
• Selects which fixture type to select if unique ID
  numbers have not been assigned

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View By DP Window
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Patching Fixture Window

• Fixture Column
• Actual fixture number that you have added
• This cannot be changed but you can reorder the
  way they are displayed
• Num
• User definable number that is used to select the
  fixture
• Note
• Any comments about type/location of fixture
• DP
• Displays the DP2000 a fixture is assigned to on
  the network
• Patch
• Displays the DMX Universe and DMX Address a
  fixture is assigned to on a DP2000
• Patch Type
• Displays information pertaining to fixtures with
  multiple parts

• Patch Note
• Any comments about type/location of fixture
• Swap Axes
• Pan/Tilt alignment can be swapped from the desk
• Invert Axes
• Pan/Tilt alignment can be inverted from the desk
• Intensity
• Allows a maximum for intensity to be set for a
  specific channel (i.e. desk channels)
• Color Calibration
• Displays information pertaining to if a fixture
  has been calibrated to the Color Picker
• Parked
• Displays information as to whether a fixture(s)
  has been parked at a specific value onstage

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Wholehog III

• Software Hierarchy
• Programming a Cue
• Playing Back a Cue

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Show Hierarchy

• Cues, Cuelists, and Pages
• Cues
• Fundamental building block of the Wholehog III
  show
• A Cue tells one or more fixtures to change
  settings for intensity, beam, color, and/or focus
  using delay and fade times
• Cuelists
• Organized lists of Cues
• Pages
• Pages are a group of Cuelists assigned to a set
  of Masters allowing organization of Cuelists
  within a show
• Each Page allows 10 Cuelists (more with Expansion
  Wings) to be referenced

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Programming Cues

• Steps to program a simple Cue
• Open the Programmer Window
• Select fixtures or a Group
• Adjust parameter settings using the wheels,
  keypad, or palettes
• Record the Cue

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Programming Cues

• Programmer Window
• Cues can be created and edited in the Programmer
  this window shows all selected fixtures and any
  adjusted parameters
• To open press the Programmer button below the
  Right Touchscreen

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Programming

• Selecting Fixtures
• If User Numbers have been assigned in the Fixture
  Window
• Type the User Number on the keypad followed by
  Enter
• If User Numbers have not been assigned
• Press Fixture button
• Select the fixture type from the toolbar on the
  bottom of the right touchscreen
• Type fixture (s) on the keypad
• Press Enter
• If Auto Palettes were generated in the Patch
  Window
• Press OpenGroup to open the Group Directory
• Press the desired Group button in the Group
  Directory

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Programming

• Keypad Functions
• Use the keypad to select Fixtures,
  Groups, Palettes, and Times
• Selects more than one item. Example Fixture 8
  Fixture 12
• Thru Selects a series of items Cyber 1 Thru 6
• Back Arrow Backspaces through previous item on
  the Command Line. Deletes selections as you
  backspace through them.
• Full Sets Intensity to 100
• _at_ Sets an Intensity level or a patch location.
  Example Cyberlight 6 _at_ 50.
• / Used for recording Cues to a designated
  Playback master Example Record 4/5 would record
  Cue 5 on Fader 4
• Enter Completes an operation

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Parameter Wheelsets

• Intensity
• Options for adjusting Intensity include
• 1. Press the Intensity key and use the 1st
  encoder wheel below right touchscreen
• 2. Use the dedicated intensity wheel on right
  side of console
• 3. Using the Command Line, type in a percentage
  on keypad followed by Enter

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Wheelsets

• Some fixtures have more parameters of a
  particular type than there are encoder wheels,
  those parameters are grouped into wheelsets
• Press the parameter key and the choices of
  wheelsets will be shown on the toolbar at the top
  of the slots toolbar
• Select the wheelset you wish to use by pressing
  it, or press the parameter type key
  repeatedly to cycle through them
• Note PIGkind (IPCB) steps backward through the
  wheelsets for the kind

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Parameter Wheelsets

• Color
• After selecting fixtures, press the Color button
  on the console to swap to the Color attributes
  available for those fixtures

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Parameter Wheelsets

• Beam
• Parameters include iris, gobos,
  frost, focus, zoom, etc
• Toggle the Beam button several times to
  access all available options
  for the selected fixtures

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Slotted Toolbars

• Slotted toolbars provide quick access to common
  library attributes for a fixture
• Press the attribute on the toolbar to access a
  second toolbar showing the discrete values for
  that attribute

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Programmer Editor Window

• Cells for discrete parameters like Gobo, Color,
  Effects Wheels etc., may have drop down menus
  available in the Programmer
• Select a parameter cell and press SET to access
  the specific menu for that attribute

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Modifying Parameters

• Different ways to control parameter types
• Parameter Wheelsets Intensity, Position, Color,
  Beam
• Toggle the IPCB buttons and use the Encoder
  wheels to set
• values for each parameter, or
• Select an IPCB Palette from the corresponding
  Palette window,
• if Palettes have been created
• Slots toolbar Parameters that have discrete,
  rather than continuous
• values can be controlled from the Slots toolbar
  this allows choices
• to be made at the touch of a button
• Spreadsheet a parameters value can be directly
  edited in an
• editors spreadsheet view
• Click on the cell, press SET, type in a value,
  and press Enter
• Click on the cell, press SET, and select from the
  pop down box

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Color Picker

• This allows you to choose a color from
  the window shown
• To open, press the COLOR PICKER button on
  the toolbar in the Color Directory window
• Pressing the Gel Swatch Book button will open a
  Gel Picker window based on Gel Manufacturer
  numbers

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Library Model

• Real World Value
• Fixture Parameters are displayed in units such as
  degrees for Pan and Tilt, Hertz for strobe,
  RPM for rotation, and even Kelvin for
  color correction.
• Real World Values speed up programming and allow
  several fixtures of different types to be
  selected and adjusted at the same time
• All programming information in cues is stored as
  real world values, allowing a fixture already
  Programmed into a show to be easily replaced by
  one of a different type.

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Programming

• Fanning Parameters over a Range
• Use Fan for several fixtures at once to create
  symmetrical looks
• Examples

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Fanning

• Fanning using the Parameter Wheels
• Select the fixtures to program
• Press and hold FAN
• Use the center and right parameter wheels for pan
  and tilt, opening and closing the fan (other
  parameter wheels may also be used)

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Other Methods of Fanning

• Fanning Other Parameters
• Create a rainbow effect by fanning Color mixing
  fixtures
• Create varied strobe rates by fanning the strobe
  settings
• Note these values can be stored as Palettes for
  easy recall while building Cues
• Fanning in the Programmer (next slide fig 1 2)
• In the Programmer, select a range of cells
• Set, thru , Enter
• The first fixture gets the first value, the last
  fixture gets the last value, and those fixtures
  in between get values evenly spread across the
  intervening range (works in reverse too)
• Fanning using the Command Line
• To fan intensities from the Command Line
• Ex (Studio Color) 1 Thru 5 _at_ 10 Thru 50, Enter

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Fanning from the Programmer
Fig 1
Fig 2
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Fanning Grouping

• Grouping options
• Part Fans
• Buddying (Ganging) Fans

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Programming

• Blind
• Hides the output of
  the Programmer from the Stage
• Using Blind allows you to program a Cue
  without having the Cue active onstage
• Clearing the Programmer
• Press Clear to empty the contents
  of the Programmer Editor Window

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Programming

• Record the look as a Cue
• Once you have the look ready to record as a cue.
• Press RECORD, followed by the CHOOSE button above
  the master you would like to store the cue
• The Cue will automatically be set with the
  default time specified in the Control Panel
• Repeat the process again to add more Cues to the
  same Cuelist

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Recording a Cue

• More ways to record to a Cuelist on a Master
• With a CHOOSE button illuminated, pressing RECORD
  followed by ENTER, will record the next cue into
  the corresponding master
• Press Record 1.5 Enter will record cue number
  1.5 to the master which has its CHOOSE button
  illuminated
• Press Record / Enter to specify a Fader/Cue
• Quickname
• Pressing Set immediately after recording a cue
  opens the Quickname prompt box

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Programming

• Cue State, Tracking, and LTP
• Although the programmer shows all selections made
  since pressing Clear, only the parameters which
  have changed since the last Record are recorded
  into subsequent Cues
• As a Cuelist is played back, any recorded
  parameter values will pass through from Cue to
  Cue this is Tracking
• During playback, the console calculates what a
  cue should look like (its STATE) based on the
  cues prior
• Example
• Cue 1 Fixture 1 Position, Intensity BLUE
• Cue 2 Fixture 1 Position Only
• Cue 3 Fixture 1 Position Only
• Cues 2 3 will appear BLUE as the Cues are
  played back BLUE will track through from Cue 1
• A parameter will change only when a later value
  for that parameter is encountered this is LTP

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Programming

• Tracking
• Modify the first cue in a range of cues using
  tracking and all consecutive cues are modified
  accordingly
• If a parameter remains untouched in a cue, any
  assigned or touched value for that parameter
  from other cues will override it the result
  could be that the cue, when played back, does not
  look the same as when it was recorded
• TIP Always assign (Touch) Hard values in a cue
  for those parameters you dont want to be
  overridden in the cue
• Tracking enables several Cuelists to be active at
  the same time, or for single parameters to be
  overridden during playback from other Cuelists

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Playback

• Masters
• Each Master controls one Cuelist
• All can run simultaneously or in any combination

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Playback

• Playback a Cuelist
• Bring the Fader up to Full (it controls Intensity
  by default)
• Press the GO button above that Master
• Press the Halt/Back button at any time to freeze
  the fade

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Playback

• Masters Detailed
• Each Master contains 4 buttons and 1 fader
• Choose
• Selects the Master during programming operations
• GO
• Starts a Cue fading and starts the Cuelist
  executing
• Pressing GO while a Cuelist is running skips Cues
  or exits a loop
• Halt/Back
• Freezes any crossfading cues, and stops the
  Cuelist from running
• Pressing GO resumes fading and execution of cues
• Pressing Halt/Back after a Cuelist has stopped
  fades backward through the Cuelist
• Fader
• Controls Intensity by default
• Flash
• Momentarily puts the Intensity of the fixtures
  controlled by this playback
  to the full programmed value,
  or the
  percentage of the programmed value set in the
  Options window
  

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Playback

• Main Controls
• Masters can be linked to the Main Controls by
• Pressing Choose above that Master
• Holding any number of Choose buttons
  simultaneously
• Main Controls consist of
• Go and Halt
• Goto
• Choose
• Release
• Skip Forward/Skip Back
• Assert
• Rate Wheel
• Left-Hand Parameter Wheel

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Playback

• Releasing a Master
• Pressing Release will release
  the Chosen playbacks control of
  fixtures, making the
  playback master inactive
• PIGRelease will release all active Cuelists
• To release a Cuelist that is not the Chosen
  Cuelist
• Press and hold Choose above that Master
• Press Release

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Playback

• Goto
• Advances to any Cue in the selected cuelist using
  crossfade time
• Goto can be used on the Command Line
• Goto Cue Enter
• Goto Cue Time Enter
• Goto Cue 0 Enter
• Skip Forward/Skip Back
• Steps forward or backward through the Cuelist

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Playback

• Assert
• Reasserts control of fixtures to the chosen
  Master, if other playbacks have taken control
  under the LTP rule.
• Similar to replaying the current cue of the
  chosen master, which is still playing, but the
  state has been changed by other playbacks which
  have been played after this cue was originally
  played.

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Crossfade Rate Overrides

• Rate Wheel/ Left Hand Parameter Wheel
• A cuelist can have its playback/fade rate
  increased or decreased while on a Master this
  affects all cue timings in the list
• Affects the Chosen Master only

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Grand Master

• Working with Master Controls
• The GM inhibits the intensities of all fixtures
  on the console, including those in the
  Programmer, with the exception of those
  that are Parked
• By default it resides on Master 1 of each Page
• The Flash key below the GM fader acts as a
  non-latching blackout key
• If you lose your GM, then it has probably been
  obscured by cuelists loaded onto later pages
• The GM can also be controlled using the GM key
• Hold down the GM key and turn the first parameter
  wheel, the I-Wheel or Fader 1
• The GM key LED shows the state of the GM
• Off GM at 100
• On GM at 0
• Slow Flashing GM between 0 and 100

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Wholehog III

• Editing Existing Cues
• Use Open/Update
• Using the View Cue button
• Press Open then Record, Cue, Insert/Replace/Merge
  
• Merge
• Use Update

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Editing Cues

• Cue Editor Window
• To open an Editor for an existing Cue CUE OPEN
• Press the EDIT button
• Make all changes required to the cue
• Press UPDATE to record the changes back into the
  same Cue

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Editing Cues

• Opening the Cue Editor Window using
• the VIEW CUE button
• With a Cuelist Window open,
• Pressing the VIEW CUE button on the Cuelist
  window toolbar will open the Cue Editor window,
  containing the cue currently playing
• Press the EDIT button on the Cue Editor window
  toolbar in order to make
  changes to the cue
• Make all changes
• Press UPDATE

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Editing Cues

• Once a Cue has been opened, and changes have
  been made, if the Editor window is closed without
  first using Update to save the cue modifications,
  this prompt window opens

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Editing Cues

• Insert/Replace/Merge Window
• When recording, copying or moving a cue, if
  the destination location already has a cue
  recorded in it, you will be prompted with the
  options of Replace, Merge or Insert
• Replace Overwrites the cue information in that
  destination
• Merge Incorporates the copied information into
  the destination cue. If the same
  fixtures and parameters are in both cues, the new
  values being merged will take priority
• Insert creates a new destination cue before the
  one chosen, using a point number if
  necessary

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Merge

• From the Programmer or Cue Editor Window, press
  Merge Cue Enter to merge directly into the Cue
• Using Merge allows edits to be merged into
  multiple cues simultaneously
• Merge 1-3 Enter will merge the values into cues
  1-3

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Auto Update

• Updating a Cue while it is active onstage
• When a cue is playing, parameter values within
  the Cue can be changed and updated without having
  to open a Cue Editor Window
• Select the fixture(s) in the Programmer
• Make any parameters changes
• Press Update
• Select the desired Cue from the Update Select
  Window
• Press Enter

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Groups

• Groups are prerecorded fixture selections,
  allowing for quick selection of multiple fixtures
• To create a Group
• Select the fixtures desired
• Press Record,
• Press empty Group square
• or
• Type the Group followed by Enter

You can then name the Group by pressing SET,
typing in a name, and then press ENTER
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Palettes

• Palettes are prerecorded values for parameters
  that can be easily recalled and used while
  programming
• Palettes can be made from any combination of
  fixture types, and they can be made for any IPCB
  parameter of any fixture
• Editing a Palette updates all Cues referencing
  that Palette instantly (example Position
  Palettes for a touring show)

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Palettes

• Creating a Palette
• Select the fixtures, and adjust the parameters to
  be included in the Palette
• Press Record, then
• Press an empty button in the appropriate Palette
  Directory,
• or
• Press an IPCB button followed by a then Enter
• RECORD COLOR 6 ENTER
• Note if you leave out the Palette location, i.e.
  Record, Position, Enter the Palette will be
  recorded in the next available button in that
  directory
• Name the Palette by pressing SET and typing a
  label on the keyboard, the press ENTER

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Palettes

• Using a Palette in a Cue
• Select the fixtures you want to apply the Palette
• Open the Palette directory where the palette is
  stored,
• then select the palette from the Directory by
  pressing the appropriate square,
• Or
• Use the Command line syntax
• Select Fixtures, press the IPCB button, the
  palette
• number, then Enter
• 1 THRU 12 COLOR 6 ENTER

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Viewing Palettes within Cues

• You can toggle between the Programmer
  window displaying the Palette name, or the actual
  values for the fixtures using the Show Palettes
  button

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Palettes

• Masking Like the HOG II the HOG III also allows
  you to record a palette with masking options.
  These option are, use I P C B E T. The new
  features with these are that you can use timing
  as a mask and also an effect.
• There are now 3 ways of using a mask when
  recording a palette.
• Press Record, then select which parameter kinds
  from the masking toolbar
• You can now mask using the command line. so you
  choose the parameters to include before recording
  the palette
• Colour Position Record Colour 3 Enter This will
  record colour and position information into
  colour palette 3
• You can also use a selection to include in your
  mask. By default all the fixtures in the
  programmer are recorded. Now you can specify
  which fixtures to include in the palette
• Group 2 Record Position Enter This records only
  the settings for the fixtures in Group 2 and
  records them into the next available Position
  Palette

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Palettes

• Timing Fixture and individual parameter timings
  that have been set in the programmer can be
  recorded when you record a palette, and then
  applied when the palette is used. The default
  setting is not to include timing in a palette. To
  use timing in a palette you should use the Time
  option in the masking options when recording.
• You can also set an overall palette timing when
  recording a palette. For example you can record a
  colour palette with a fade time of 6 seconds.
• Set the parameters of the fixtures as required
• Time 6 Enter sets their fade time to 6 seconds
• Colour Time Record Colour 1 Enter Records
  colour and timing info into colour palette 1.
• Note timings will only be recorded if USE T is
  selected in the record toolbar

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Palettes

• Editing palettes
• Palettes can be edited in an Editor window. The
  easiest way to do this is to open the palette in
  the preview editor. To do this select the palette
  via the touchscreen and then press OPEN. This
  will open the palettes contents into a preview
  editor.
• Alternatively you use the command line to open
  this COLOR 1 OPEN
• Once in the preview editor press the EDIT button
  to select this for editing.

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Palette Editor Window

• After all changes have been made, press UPDATE to
  update the palette

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Highlight and Lowlight Palettes

• Right Click on a Palette to assign it as Hi/Lo
  Light Palette

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Copy, Move, Delete

• Copy/Move an Object within a Directory Window
• Object X Copy/Move Object Y
• Delete an Object from a Directory
• Delete Object X
• To delete a range of objects from a starting
  point in the directory/list through the end of
  the directory/list
• Delete Object X gt Enter

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Views

• Desktop Views
• Stores arrangements of windows for quick access
• Views are managed by the Views Toolbar at the top
  of the Left touchscreen
• Views are stored in the Views Directory
  To open the View Directory
• Press the VIEW button followed by OPEN

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Recording a Desktop View

• Arrange the windows on the console screens to
  your liking
• Press Record, while pressing a button on the
  Views Toolbar

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Naming a View

• On the Toolbar
• Press SET together with the appropriate button on
  the Views toolbar the Quickname window will open
• Enter a name, and click on OK
• In the Views Directory
• Open the Views Directory
• Select the View button to be named
• Press SET and the Quickname window will open
• Enter a name, click on OK

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Recalling a View

• Press the appropriate VIEW Button on the toolbar,
  or on the buttons above the left touchscreen,
• or
• Press the View button on the toolbar in the far
  right corner of the Left touchscreen, then type
  in the View on the Keypad, followed by Enter
• or
• Open the View Directory, turn off Guard, then
  press the View button in the Directory Window

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View Directory in Spreadsheet View

• Pile On Windows
• By default, when a desktop view is recalled, it
  replaces the previous one so that all windows not
  part of the new view are closed.
• Views can be set to Pile On instead
• Open the View Directory
• Select Spreadsheet view
• Select a views cell in the additive
  column
• Press the Set key
• Select Yes and press Enter

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Wholehog III

• Cuelist Window
• Choose Choose
• Open Choose
• Cue Timing Overview
• Wait Time
• Options

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Cuelists

• Cuelist Directory
• All Cuelists are stored in the Cuelist Directory
  and can be referenced on Playback Masters
• Viewing the Directory window
• Press OPEN List to open the directory
• Cuelists can be named within the Cuelist
  Directory using SET

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Deleting a Cuelist

• Delete a Cuelist from a Fader
• Hold Delete while pressing Choose
• Adding an existing Cuelist to a Fader
• Type in List Move Choose the list is the
  Cuelists number in the Cuelist Directory window

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Cuelists

• Cue Timing
• Three timing elements for every cue
• One or more Fade Times
• Time parameters will use to get to the new values
  of the cue
• One or more Delay Times
• Time between pressing GO and when the cue begins
• Wait Time
• Length of time the cue will wait before it
  automatically plays
• The time starts counting when the previous cue
  is played
• A Cue can have multiple Fade and Delay times but
  only one Wait time

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Cuelists

• Cue Times Explained

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Cuelists

• Setting the Wait Time
• Select a Cues wait box and Press Set several
  options appear along the top of the Cuelist
  window
• Halt, Wait, Follow, Timecode, Manual, H,M,S
• Select an option in the Wait toolbar, or
• Type in a Wait time value
• Press Enter
• NOTES
• Type in Follow to add a Follow a wait
  time
• Times for multiple cues can be set simultaneously
  by selecting first Wait time box, holding down
  PIG, and selecting the last Wait time box in the
  range of cues being edited

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Cuelist Options
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Cuelists

• Link Cues
• Links are used to create Loops, or to interrupt
  the normal flow of the cuelist by jumping to a
  different point
• To create a Link cue
• Press Insert Link from within a Cuelist Window
• Link Cues are inserted after the current cue,
  the current cue is indicated by ARROW
  in the Wait column

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Link Cues
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Cuelists

• Link Cues
• You will enter the cue to Link, or jump to in
  Fade column. Press SET and enter the cue number,
  and press ENTER
• You can enter how many times the cues will loop
  in the DELAY column. If left empty, it will loop
  continuously.

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Deleting Cues

• 2 options
• Cue Delete Enter, or
• List Cue Delete Enter
• To delete a range of cues
• List Cue thru Delete Enter

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Copying Cues

• To Copy a Cue into the Programmer
• Cue Copy Enter
• To make a copy of a cue in the same cuelist
• Cue Copy Cue Enter

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Wholehog III

• Recording Cues with Time
• Fade
• Delay
• Default Timings

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Recording Cues with Time

• Fade Time
• Length of time for a Cue to execute the specific
  parameter changes within the cue
• Every cue built is assigned a default Fade time
• The Default Fade Time in a new show is 2 seconds
• Default Timing for all cues can be assigned in
  the Preferences Window under the Edit tab

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Recording Cues with Time

• Delay Time
• Length of time after the Go command is sent
  for a cue, until the parameters start the new
  command or fade time.
• The Default Delay Time for all new cues is 0
  seconds

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Timing Fade, Delay, and Path

• While in an Editor Window
• Select the Time button to toggle the Editor
  window to the Time view
• Select the cell to be edited, press Set,
  enter a value, and press Enter to enter timing

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Recording Cues with Time Individual Parameter
Timing

• Building Multi-Part Cues
• Each fixture can have its own Fade and Delay
  time for each of its parameters
• This allows for very dynamic and complex cues to
  be created
• Example
• Studio Color moves with a 5 sec Fade Time, and 0
  seconds Delay
• After changing position, the color may have a 6
  second fade to another
• color, this will need a 5 sec Delay on the
  Colour to allow for the move,
• After the color change the fixtures may dim to
  50 with an 8 sec Fade
• Time, this will need at least an 11 sec Delay
  Time on the Intensity.

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Recording Cues with Time

• Different Times for Different
  Fixtures
• Creating a peel off
  effect
• 1. Create a cue with the starting position,
• 2. Create the second cue but do not record it
  yet,
• 3. Change the Programmer View to DELAY.
• 4. Default is 0 seconds, and the first fixture
  will use that,
• 5. Select 2nd fixture, and assign a 1 second
  Delay time to the Pan Tilt
• 6. Select 3rd fixture, and assign a 2 second
  Delay time to the Pan Tilt
• 7. Continue for all fixtures, each with Delay
  times 1 second apart
• 8. Record as a cue each fixture will now start
  its move one second after the previous fixture

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Recording Cues with Time

• Entering Time for Cues
• During the cue building process, you may
  enter the Fade and / or Delay times from
• the command line.
• Pressing TIME, X, ENTER, will assign a fade
  time to the cue when it is recorded
• Pressing TIME, TIME, X, ENTER, will assign a
  Delay time to the cue when it is
• recorded.
• Pressing TIME, X THRU X, ENTER, Will fan the
  Fade times through the fixtures selected.
• Pressing COLOUR, TIME, X, ENTER, will assign
  time only to the color parameters
• Pressing POSITION, TIME, TIME, X, THRU, X,
  ENTER, will fan the delay times for the Pan
  Tilt parameters

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Default Timing

• Setting Parameter Default Times
• Under Preferences/Edit/Default Timing
• Set individual default times for each parameter
  (Kind Timing) or a Global default time for all
  parameters

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Fanning Times

• To type in a range of Fade or Delay times within
  an Editor window for a selected set of fixtures
• Select fixtures
• Select entire column of Fade or Delay Cells for
  the desired parameter
• Press Set
• Type Time X gt (thru) Y
• Press Enter
• Fanned Fade uptimes with a Split Downtime
• Time gt/ Enter

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Pages
Page

• Page Directory
• Hold Open while pressing Page or press
  Page Page
• Pages
• Useful way of organizing Cuelists in sets of 10
  per Page (without Expansion Wings)
• Cuelists are not stored on the Playback Masters.
  Masters reference the Cuelist Directory, and
  these references are stored on each Page
• Changing Pages loads a different set of Cuelists
  onto the Masters per each Page

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Pages

• Creating a New Page
• Press any empty Page button in the Page
  Directory, or
• Type Page Enter
• Press Set, type in a name, press Enter
• Note toggle on the Guard button in the Directory
  Window in order to name the Page without loading
  it
• Note Right click on a Page to set it as a
  Template Page

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Pages

• Changing Pages
• 3 Methods
• Press Next Page button (hold PIG and press
  Next Page to move backwards through the
  Directory)
• Type Page Enter
• Open the Page Directory and touch a Page button
  in the Directory Window

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Pages

• Options When Changing Pages
• Preferences/Playback Defaults/Misc
• Release All releases all cuelists on the old
  page and replaces them with the cuelists on the
  new page default option
• Holdover if Active keeps active cuelists on
  their Master until they are released manually
• Temporary Page Holdover hold down a Masters
  Choose button while changing Pages
• Leave in Background leaves the old cuelist
  running in the background and attaches the
  incoming cuelist to the Master to get to the
  background list, go back to the page where it is
  recorded

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Effects Directory

• To open the Effects Directory Window
• Open Effect
• To use an Effect
• Select fixtures
• Press the desired effect in the Directory Window
• All settings for that effect are controlled
  within the Programmer Window on the 4 encoder
  wheels
• Wh1 Effects Rate
• Wh2 Effects Size
• Wh3 Effects Offset
• Wh4 Effects Length

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Effects

• Detail
• What they are
• Pre-recorded circles, ballyhoos, figure 8s, gate
  chases, etc that can be used for all applicable
  fixtures
• How they work
• All effects can be added easily by selecting an
  effect from the Effect Library. All effects
  apply algorithmic calculations to a parameter
  setting called a Base Value
• How the library and custom effects differ
• The Library stores pre-recorded effects that can
  be adjusted via their Rate and Size as well as
  Offset and Fanning the effects across several
  fixtures
• Custom effects are generated by the Effects
  Engine built into the Programmer
• Every effect can be altered by changing the
  values in the Table column (ex Sine, Cosine,
  Step, Sawtooth, Ramp, Spiral, Tan and Random) as
  well as through adjusting the Offset, Rate and
  Size

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Effects

• Recording Effects in Cues
• Steps
• 1. Select the fixtures for the effect, set
  intensity levels and other parameter settings as
  desired
• 2. Press OPENEffect (if directory is not open
  already)
• 3. Touch any effect (example Circle)
  in the Effects Directory window
• 4. Press Record and record this as a cue

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Effects

• Adjusting an Effect
• Rate
• Rate for an effect can be adjusted with the left
  encoder wheel
• RateAdjusts the settings in proportion so that
  the effect is maintained as it speeds up or slows
  down
• Size
• Size of an effect can be adjusted with the second
  encoder wheel
• SizeAdjusts the settings in proportion so that
  the effect is maintained as it increases or
  decreases in step length

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Effects

• Adjusting an Effect Offset
• Offset refers to where in an effect cycle a
  fixture begins the effect
• Offset
• To offset effect parameters for selected
  fixtures, use the Offset
  wheel
• TIP Give each fixture a slightly different
  Offset value
• Using Fan
• A quick way to evenly spread offsets across a
  range of fixtures
• Hold FAN while turning the Offset wheel
• Fanned offsets are indicated by ,
• Fans also work on Rate and Size
• Grouping is useful when fanning Offset

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Effects Engine

• Applying an Effect