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Inserting a Step
To insert a step anywhere in the effect, specify the step you wish the new step to be inserted before.
[Effect] [1] {Step} [4] {Insert} [Enter] - Inserts a new step before step 4. If step four does not
exist, it also creates the steps necessary to have "step 4" and then places a step ahead of it as
well.
Inserted steps result in all succeeding steps to be bumped one place lower in the effect. In the above
example, by inserting before step 4, step 4 would become step 5, step 5 would become 6 and so on.
The inserted step would become the new step 4.
Deleting a Step
To delete a step from a step-based effect, specify the effect in the command line and press delete:
[Effect] [1] {Step} [4] [Delete] [Enter] [Enter]
[Effect] [1] {Step} [4] [Thru] [8] [Delete] [Enter] [Enter]
Absolute Effects
Absolute effects are a listing of sequential actions that channels are to take. They differ from step
effects in that there is no on/ off state, rather they define progressive behavior from one action, to
the next, to the next, and so on. The best example of this is that palettes and presets can be used as
actions in absolute effects.
Absolute effects differ from relative effects (which are also progressive) in that you are specifying
exactly what actions you want the lights to take, rather than mathematical offsets from the current
state (relative effects).
Absolute effects also do not contain an embedded channel list. Therefore, the effect must be applied
to channels in order to be played back.
Absolute effects are displayed in a chart with the following columns:
Action - displays the action number.
Param - displays the parameter (if other than intensity) controlled by the action.
Step Time -time from triggering the associated action to triggering the next action.
Time - the time for the action to fade in.
Dwell - the duration of the action before moving to the next action.
Level - indicates either the level of the parameter specified in the effect, or the referenced
value for the channel(s) to perform (Palette or preset as defined in the command line).
Creating and Using Effects
assigned to intensity palette 1. The range will wrap to fill any available steps.
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