Movements; Movement On Direct Dmx Or On Stage Calculation - MA SCANCOMMANDER User Manual

PAN/TILT via encoder
and Presets
PAN/TILT coordinates
Advantages and disad-
vantages of the two
operation modes
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3.3 Movements

Controlling the movement works basically like controlling any other function.
Positions, which are stored as presets, can be recalled by their buttons. The
scan selection block shows, which of the 16 scans will go to the new position.
When a preset is recalled with a x-fade time greater than zero, the beams will
change slowly and with a linear travel from their actual position to the new one.
In addition to encoder and preset playback, there are some functions which
are only available for Pan/Tilt.
(two different mode, trackball and mouse, followspot and circle movement)

3.3.1 Movement on direct DMX or on stage calculation

As noted in 2.4 and 2.5 on the Scancommander it can be selected between
adjusting the DMX values of pan and tilt directly or adjusting the stage position
where the scans are supposed to point to. Although it is possible to swap
between this two modes any time, it is highly recommended to select one of
the modes as basic for all programs.
DMX direct mode
Setting position:
- better control in extreme positions
far outside stage
- on moving head lamps, pan turns
the yokes while tilt turns the lamp
- the bump position of the yokes is
placed at the same side every time
the picture is recalled.
Movements on fade:
- depends on mechanical construc-
tion of the lamps
Adaptation to new stage setups:
- scans have to be mounted exactly
to the same position as before or
- all presets have to be adjusted
Follow mode:
- not possible
Display on the pan/tilt menu:
00 00
to
FF FF
(optional in % or hexadecimal)
Stage calculation mode
- synchronously control of all scans
within the stage
- linear movement of the beam even
when using moving head lamps.
- reaching the bump position of the
yoke, the head lamp turns around.
- linear movement of the beam within
the stage area
- adapting all programs by initializing
the 4 corners
- adjustment of single presets
- without any problem up to 50% out-
side stage
-99 - 99
to
99 99
the rhomb marks stage coordinates,
white ramp marks a fade to stage
coordinates