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The Console mode of the LM-850 is where the user can set many parameters that affect the general
operation of the board. Note that Console mode may be accessed from any other mode without affecting
the normal operation of the channel faders and outputs. The Channel LEDs may change to indicate various
parameters, but output values will remain at their proper levels and chases will continue running normally
until the original mode is returned to, or until another mode is accessed.
Like the other modes, Console mode is entered by pressing the CONSOLE button to the right of the display
screen.
CHANNEL-TO-DIMMER ASSIGNMENT – CUSTOM OR DEFAULT
The dimmer assignment can be set to a Default setting where dimmer 1 is controlled by channel 1, dimmer
2 by channel 2, etc. (dimmers 55 through 108 are set to OFF), or to a Custom user-defined dimmer
assignment. This choice is made o the first Console page:
DIMMER ASSIGNMENT
CUSTOM default
where the current choice is written in upper-case letters. The assignment is switched by pressing any key
on the keypad, or by using the UP/DOWN buttons.
CUSTOM CHANNEL-TO-DIMMER ASSIGNMENT
A custom channel-to-dimmer assignment (soft patch) can be set up in the LM-850, which assigns each
dimmer to any console control channel. A console channel can control more than one dimmer, but a
dimmer cannot be controlled by more than one channel. For example, channel 12 could simultaneously
control dimmers 9, 13, and 70, but no other channel could access those particular dimmers. Up to 108
separate dimmers can be assigned in this way. The display for this second Console page is:
DIMMER 070
CTRL BY CHAN 12
The dimmer number is selected with the keypad or the UP/DOWN buttons, and is assigned to a control
channel by pressing the BUMP button of that channel, or by moving the cursor to the bottom line of the
display and using the keypad or UP/DOWN buttons to enter the channel number. The LED of the channel
controlling the currently selected dimmer will be lit. If another channel is selected to control this dimmer, the
LED of the first channel will turn off when the new channel is selected.
To minimize any delay of the MIDI dimmer output by excess data, unused dimmers should not be assigned
to a channel. A dimmer can be un-assigned by pressing the currently assigned channel's BUMP button,
thus toggling it off, or by keying in "00" as the channel number. When a new dimmer number is selected,
the Bank LEDs will switch to the bank containing its assigned channel. The soft-patch assignment is
automatically stored in the console's memory, and no separate store routine is necessary.
The custom soft patch can be very useful when transferring a performance from a large lighting rig to a
smaller setup (or vice versa). For example, say a band has a lighting show which relies on 54 dimmers,
controlled by the default dimmer assignment above (one fader per dimmer channel). If the band performs in
a smaller venue, where only minimal lighting can be accommodated, a soft patch can be set up where the
exact same lighting cues can control the smaller setup, thus avoiding the necessity of reprogramming any
part of the light show. If an amber stage wash is normally controlled by faders 1-6, and a red wash by
faders 7-12, yet only two dimmers are available for each wash in the smaller venue, then a soft patch could
be set up so that faders 1 and 2 controlled dimmers 1 and 2, faders 3 through 6 controlled no dimmers,
CONSOLE MODE
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