Rack [User][Power] - ETC sensor+ CEM+ Configuration Manual

R a c k [ U s e r ] [ P o w e r ]
The Rack menu includes menus for setting the rack name and patch settings. The Rack
menu is available only to those logged in at the User or Power User level.
S e t G r o u p / R a c k [ Power]
The Set Group / Rack menu allows you to set the rack number of your local rack and the
group number it belongs to. This should be done before creating a configuration. Care and
understanding should be used when making a change to these settings after a
configuration is already loaded.
S e t R a c k T y p e [ Power]
The Set Rack Type menu allows you to set the rack type of the selected rack. The options
of this menu are determined by the operating voltage specified during the rack configuration
creation.
S e t R a c k N a m e [ User]
The Set Rack Name menu allows you to set the name of the rack you are currently
browsing. Names are alphanumeric and can be up to 20 characters long (not all 20
characters will be visible on the LCD).
S e t P a t c h M o d e [ User ]
The Set Patch Mode menu allows a User to set the patch mode for a selected rack. The
patch mode can be set to "Standard" or "Advanced".
S e t P a t c h [ User]
The Set Patch menu allows a User to enable and disable DMX and EDMX inputs, set their
priority and create the patch for those input ports. The choices that appear are dependent
on the patch mode set in the previous menu.
In Standard patching, you set the first dimmer number to be addressed by a selected DMX
or EDMX address and the length of the DMX or EDMX stream to be used for that port - for
example: setting the first dimmer to 1 and the DMX Start to 101 and the DMX Length to 24
will cause dimmer #1 to respond to input levels on DMX channel 101, dimmer #2 to respond
to DMX 102, and so on until dimmer #24.
In Advanced patching, you set a discrete DMX or EDMX address for each dimmer number.
D a t a L o s s B e h a v i o r [User]
Data Loss Behavior can be set independently for each input port (DMX A, DMX B and
EDMX) in each rack in the Group. Data loss behavior options are: Hold Last Look, Wait &
Fade Out and Generate Event. When data is restored, the source look will fade in at a 2-
second rate.
• Hold Last Look: the CEM+ will hold any active dimmers at whatever levels they were
receiving when the data was lost. The dimmers will remain on until data is restored or
the CEM+ is reset.
• Wait & Fade: the CEM+ will hold any active dimmers at whatever levels they were
receiving when the data was lost for a user-defined amount of time and then fade those
dimmers to zero (or to the levels generated by the next highest priority source) in a
user-defined fade time. The maximum wait and fade time is 60:59 minutes.
• Crossfade To: this setting will play back Preset 128 when data is lost. The default fade
time for Preset 128 is 2 seconds. If this time is changed, both sides of the crossfade
(the fade into Preset 128 and the fade back into restored data) will use the new time.
V o l t a g e H e a d r o o m [ Po wer ]
This menu allows you to specify the threshold for the incoming voltage at which a warning
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