Playing Back A Loop; Synchronizing Preset Playback; Figure 5-1. Preset Playback Indicator - High End Systems Studio Spot 250 User Manual

Playing Back a Loop

To play back a loop, you must set preset playback mode on for each fixture (see
"Setting Preset Playback (PLAY)" on page 4-39). When preset playback is set on, your
fixture will automatically begin playing back the first scene and continue through the
loop.
Note: You must program scene 1 to enable preset playback.
The fixture has two ways to indicate that preset playback is
on two ways. First, the LED will display a dot in the lower
right corner (see Figure 5-1). Second, during normal
operation, the alphanumeric LED cycled information will be
changed to display "PRST" instead of the fixture's software
version ("Vxxx").
If power is removed during playback, when power is
reapplied, the fixture will home and begin playback at the
first scene. To stop playback, you must manually set
playback mode off (see "Setting Preset Playback (PLAY)" on
page 4-39).

Synchronizing Preset Playback

After you have created one or more scenes for your fixtures, you can synchronize the
preset scene playback for all Studio Spot 250, Studio Color 250, Studio Spot,
Technobeam, Technopro, or Technoray fixtures in the link.
Note: Synchronizing preset playback is applicable for fixtures operating in
stand-alone mode only. Do not include a DMX controller in the link
while synchronizing preset scene playback.
Synchronizing playback allows you to set all applicable fixtures to a "master clock" so
that all fixtures have a definite, synchronized starting point when playing back their
sequences (or loops). It is the master fixture which determines the sequence length
for all the fixtures in the link, regardless of the number of programmed scenes or the
sequence length of the individual slave fixtures.
When the master fixture reaches the end of its last scene, all fixtures will restart at
scene 1 (regardless of whether the slave fixtures have finished playing their scenes)
and all the "clocks" will be reset to zero. For example, if a slave fixture has a shorter
sequence length, it will continuously repeat its sequence until the master fixture resets
5-10 Preset Programming
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dot indicates preset
playback is ON
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Figure 5-1. Preset
playback indicator.
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