The Ml Menu And Tracking - Pearl DLC-C003 Operator's Manual

3.2 Advanced options
3.2.1

The ML menu and Tracking

The "ML menu" (Moving Light menu) button allows access to some
handy features for moving lights.
If you press the ML Menu button again you will get a second set of
options
Option A "Locate Fixture" positions selected fixtures at central position,
with light coming out of them. The settings are not placed in the
programmer, so you need to change the values if you want to save
them. The "locate fixture" settings for each type of fixture are defined
in the personality file.
Option B "Locate Fixture no pan/tilt" turns on the selected fixtures but
does not move them to a central position. This is useful if you don't
want to disturb the positioning of fixtures but need to light them up.
Option C and D "Align Fixtures" and "Align <attributes>" are
described in section 3.1.6 on page 74.
Option E "Record group" is used to group fixtures for easy selection as
described in section 3.1.4 on page 72.
Option F allows you to turn the DLC-C003's 3D stage tracking mode
off or on. You can also do this from the graphics tablet (see page 118).
When tracking mode is on, the pan and tilt controls set the position on
the stage rather than absolute DMX values. You need to Define the
Stage (see next page) before you can use Tracking.
Option G is used to run "macros" which are used to strike lamps or
reset fixtures, etc. These features often require a sequence of levels to
be sent on different control channels, which the DLC-C003 can do
automatically if the macro is defined in the personality file for the
fixture.
The display will show a list of available macros for the fixtures which
are currently selected. If no macros are available for those fixtures, the
option will not do anything. The Personality File section on page 143
contains details.
On the second page of the ML menu... (press ML Menu again)
Option A "Flip" is described in section 3.1.6 on page 74.
Option B "Calculator" displays a screen on the VDU screen allowing
you to convert numbers from decimal to hex or to binary. This is useful
for working out dip switch settings. You need the VDU connected to use
this function.
Option C "Remove selected fix. from programmer" allows you to
remove from the programmer fixtures which are selected. This can be
useful if you have changed a fixture you didn't want to include in a
memory – just select the fixture, then use this option.
Option D "De-Select fixtures" deselects all fixtures but does not clear
the programmer.
Option E "Highlight enabled" causes the selected fixture to light up
when stepping through selected fixtures using the sequence buttons or
arrow buttons; other fixtures in the selection go off. If this option is
disabled, the fixtures do not change when they are selected or
deselected.
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