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scroll through all the fixtures that have been defined. Press OK to
calibrate the fixture that is currently selected.
• Point the beam to each of the 5 calibration points by using faders 1 and
2 for pan and faders 3 and 4 for tilt. Fader 5 will focus the fixture.
Press OK when the beam is exactly over the desired calibration point
or press cancel to go back to a previous screen..
• Once the beam is pointed at the five stage marks the system finds the
3D position and orientation of the fixture. The next screen that appears
allows you to verify the calibration: if you press a number from 1 to 5
the beam will be directed at the corresponding stagemark using the 3D
information. If the calibration failed make sure that you pointed the
light to the correct calibration point numbers. If the problem persists,
repeat the calibration for that fixture only using five different calibra-
tion points; even a small displacement of one or two of the points may
suffice.
• You are done! Now you may calibrate another fixture following the
same procedure.
Calibrating followspots from the PC
In the 3D window right-click on any fixture and from the pop-up menu
that appears select "all fixtures". On the inspector window (the small
floating window on the top right) click on the "Calibrate" button. The
fixture calibration wizard will appear.
STEP 1 - Again, you have two options to define the five followspot
calibration points:
i) Use the five stagemarks previously measured for an automatic
TrackPod calibration in the stage set-up (see Figure 5). This is the
fastest and most accurate option.
ii) Define new followspot calibration points. This option should only be
used if a) you cannot perform an automatic TrackPod calibration and
therefore there are no stagemarks, or b) the lightbeam of a fixture cannot
reach all five stagemarks because of stage props or pan/tilt limits.
To define new followspot calibration points you must mark the stage
floor with a similar numbering than that used for the TrackPod calibra-
tion. Followspot calibration points 2, C and 4 should be in a straight line
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