Blackout Configuration; Setting Up The Blackout Function - GLP SCAN OPERATOR FX II User Manual

4.9 Blackout configuration

4.9.1 Setting up the Blackout function

You can program the Blackout function freely according to your desires. You can set
whether each channel of any fixture will be overridden, and if so, with which value.
It is possible to configure the Blackout function so that it only closes the Shutter of all
fixtures but the movements and effects continue to run.
The Blackout Function can be set up with the following steps:
1. Activate PROGRAM Mode (PROGRAM key)
2. Now select the bank 31 and/or the position, where the bank 31 would be. The
display will now show "Overlay". You can now configure the Blackout function like
a normal scene.
3. If you want to provide a new Blackout function, then you can continue directly
with step 5, if you follow the following reference.
Hint:
If you want to overwrite a few channels only (for example the Shutter channel of
the lights), it is advisable to press the "Release" key first, which sets all channels
to "Off". Afterward only the channels that should really be overwritten, can be
turned on.
4. However If you would like to edit the existing Blackout function, load it now by
pressing the Blackout key once.
5. Select the desired fixture with the appropriate Fixture key. Several Fixtures can
be selected at the same time.
6. Use the scenes keys, in order to switch the channels on or off individually. The
display will show a short message saying "Channel XY: On "or" Channel XY: Off".
"On" means that Blackout overwrites this channel fo the selected Fixtures.
7. With the Faders you can set the desired values. You might Output values,
which are not to be overwritten (status "off"), as well. This can be sense full for
programming, for example if you would like to switch on a dimmer, in order to see
that the Shutter is really "closed". The Blackout function will ignore these values
later, if they were stored with the status "off".
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