Programming; Entering Program Mode; Create A Scene; Edit A Scene - Chauvet Obey 40 User Manual

Programming

A program (bank) is a sequence of different scenes (or steps) that will be called up one after another.
In the Obey™ 40 30 programs can be created of 8 scenes in each.
ENTER ING PROGRAM MOD E
Press the PROGRAM button for 3 seconds until an LED dot next to the label PROG blinks. This
indicates that the user is in programming mode.
CR EAT E A SC ENE
A scene is a static lighting state. Scenes are stored in banks. There are 30 bank memories on the
controller and each bank can hold 8 scene memories. The Obey™ 40 can save 240 scenes total.
Action
1) Press and hold the PROGRAM button for 3
seconds.
2) Select a FIXTURE (fixture) to program.
3) Compose a look by moving the FADERS.
(Changes in fixture attribute such as colors
and gobos.) Press PAGE SELECT to
access Channels 9~16 on the faders.
4) To program another FIXTURE press the
FIXTURE button you have just finished
programming then select another FIXTURE
button to program.
5) Repeat steps 2 ~ 4 until you have your look.
6) Move the SPEED and FADE sliders to
adjust the speed and fade time of the
scene.
7) Tap MIDI/ADD button to prepare to store.
8) Choose a BANK (01~30). Use the Up and
Down arrow Bank buttons to change if
necessary.
9) Select a SCENES button to store. All LED's
will blink 3 times. The display will now
display the bank and scene number that is
stored.
10) Repeat steps 2 ~ 8 to record more scenes.
( Read Important notes on the right ->)
11) To exit program mode, hold the PROGRAM
button for 3 seconds. The controller will
default to a BLACKOUT when exiting the
programmer.
E D IT A SCE N E
Action
1) Press the PROGRAM button for 3 seconds.
2) Locate the scene in the program BANK.
Use BANK UP/DOWN to navigate program
banks.
3) Select the SCENE in the program BANK to
edit.
4) Adjust FADERS to change the look.
5) Press the MIDI/ADD button then the
SCENE button again previously selected for
editing.
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Notes
Deselect Blackout if LED is lit.
A FIXTURE button represents one lighting fixture.
You can access channels 9~16 by pressing the Page
Select button. This is necessary for fixtures that use
more than 8 channels of control. When switching
pages it will be necessary to move previously moved
faders up then down to activate.
Pressing the same Scanner button again will hold the
parameters changed for that fixture in the program
scene.
There are 8 scenes available in every bank.
Notes
Deselect Blackout if LED is lit.
! Remember the scene number on the controller that
you will edit, otherwise, you could overwrite the
contents of another scene.
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Revised: 2008-06-13 15:54:24