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  • Page 3 Store described in this manual is furnished under license, and is protected by copyright law and international treaties. Trademarks used in this text: High End Systems is a registered trademark; and Power Line and Power Cue Store, are trademarks of High End Systems, Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products.
  • Page 4 Lamps are covered by the lamp manufacturer’s warranty. Any Product unit or parts returned to High End Systems must be packaged in a suitable manner to ensure the protection of such Product unit or parts, and such package shall be clearly and prominently marked to indicate that the package contains returned Product units or parts and with an RMA number.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Loading Scenes into the Power Cue Store ........
  • Page 6: General

    The Power Cue Store is designed to be rack mounted. It takes up one rack unit of space, is 7.3 inches (186 mm) deep, and weighs 7.7 pounds (3.5 kg). The 5-pin XLR DMX connectors and the mains input are mounted on the rear panel.
  • Page 7: Switching On

    When DMX signals are being received and neither manual nor external control is active, the Power Cue Store remains passive and allows the DMX signal to pass to the next DMX device. Pass-through mode is indicated by a dot beside DMX OK in the display.
  • Page 8: Configuring The Power Cue Store

    Configuring the Power Cue Store To enter configuration mode, the Power Cue Store must be receiving DMX data. After verifying that DMX data is being sent, press the CONFIG switch using a thin screwdriver or similar device. The display shows CnF.
  • Page 9: Loading Scenes Into The Power Cue Store

    Loading Scenes Into the Power Cue Store To load scenes into the Power Cue Store: Make sure the Power Cue Store is in pass-through mode by releasing manual and/or external control as discussed below: If the Power Cue Store is in manual control, press TAKE CONTROL.
  • Page 10: Scene Types

    Press STORE. The current Hold value appears in the display. Adjust the value with the slider. Hold is adjustable between 0-0.9 seconds, 1-59 seconds and 1-30 minutes. Press STORE until the display shows YES. Page 8 Power Cue Store User Manual...
  • Page 11: Resetting The Scene To Default Values

    Moving Between Scenes with the Auto Button If the AUTO button is pressed, the Power Cue Store steps to the next valid scene. If any other scene is selected, the display will flash alternately the number of the current scene and the number of the next-selected scene.
  • Page 12: Chase Sequences

    Moving the slider causes the Power Cue Store to fade from the current scene to the next valid scene at the speed that you move the slider. The display flashes alternately the number of the current scene and the next scene.
  • Page 13: Example Of Using Manual Control

    Example of Using Manual Control You can use manual control when, for example, DMX data is lost. In that case, Power Cue Store outputs scene 00 before switching to manual control. An example of manual control is shown below: A step-by-step discussion of the example follows: Press the AUTO button to advance to scene 01.
  • Page 14: External Control

    If START is latched on, the sequence will begin to run. If TOP is latched on, Power Cue Store goes back to the blackout state, and appears in the display. Power Cue Store remains in blackout until —-...
  • Page 15: Example Of Using External Control

    Fade or Hold time has expired. Example of Using External Control DMX data is lost and you activate external control. Power Cue Store invokes the Loss of Data key; in this example, it outputs scene 00.
  • Page 16: Remote Input Device

    Deleted or unprogrammed scenes are ignored. If an End scene is encountered, any fade or hold already in progress completes, and Power Cue Store waits for a STEP or START signal. When a start-of-chase scene (SoC) is encountered, the chase runs automatically, observing programmed fade and hold times.
  • Page 17: Memory Card

    Memory Card The memory card type is a Type 1 PC Card, 256KB SRAM. If the Power Cue Store is in external control mode, the memory card is ignored. Otherwise, when the card is inserted, the display shows Crd. To Store to Card To store all scenes, scene types, fade times and hold times to the card, hold the STORE key down for two seconds.
  • Page 18: Connectors

    Pin 2 Data - Pin 3 Data + Pin 4 Not used Pin 5 Not used Binary Address Lines Scene No. Ln. 1 Ln. 2 Ln. 3 Ln. 4 Ln. 5 Ln. 6 Page 16 Power Cue Store User Manual...
  • Page 19 BINARY ADDRESS LINES Scene No. Ln. 1 Ln. 2 Ln. 3 Ln. 4 Ln. 5 Ln. 6 Power Cue Store User Manual Page 17...

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