Defining An External Dimmer - Compulite Spark User Manual

Keypresses
1. Press F2 Select Device
2. Use the arrows (F2 and F3) to
select the device
3. Press F1 ParamsTo Wheels
4. Select the wheel you want to
start with by pressing F4 Select
Wheel.
5. Use the arrows (F2 and F3) to
select a wheel bank.
6. Press F1 Select Param
7. Use the arrows to select the
parameter.
8. Press F5 Enter & Next
9. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until all of
the parameters are assigned.
10. Press F1 Enter
11. Press F6 Store & Exit

Defining an external dimmer

The definition function contains another useful item: the external dimmer assignment.
The purpose of this function is to allow the dimmer of a lamp controlled through a
conventional dimmer frame, but fitted with moving accessories, to become one of the
moving light parameters.
Some examples of these types of devices are VL5, VL5E, and conventional projectors
mounted on yokes. The default definitions of Varilite 5 and 5E include external dimmers.
There are 4 steps when defining an external dimmer:
1. Define the device as having an external dimmer.
2. Patch the device to a spot number.
3. Assign the Out address.
4. Patch the spot number to the dimmer, in the Channel Patch menu.
The steps below define yokes with external dimmers and then assign the yokes to spot
numbers. In the example the external dimmers are dimmers 100 and 101 and the yokes
are assigned to spot numbers 5 and 6.
The Mix Output Menu
Results/Comments
The wheel set up is displayed.
Each press moves the cursor to another
wheel.
The Parameters window is now active
(framed in red).
The cursor moves to the next wheel in the
wheel bank and selects the next parameter
in the parameter window. The parameter
window is still the active window.
Returns control to the wheels display.
Store the wheel set up and return to the top
of the command chain.
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