Highlight Function; Assigning Values To Fixture Attributes - Philips Strand Lighting Operation Manual

500ML Lighting Control Console
With Blind turned on, any change made in the programmer will not be output live. This enables you to prepare a look
for later use, or make changes to a different cue that is not yet played back.

Highlight Function

Pressing the Highlight key temporarily sets the selected fixtures to a "Full on, open white" state, and will set attributes
like Gobo, etc. to open. This function may be useful when you need to see the beam of a fixture on stage, while
focusing positions for example. It can also be used to quickly build groups.
Highlight only changes the attribute values in the output, not in the current cue or in the Programmer, and highlight
has the third highest priority when the console determines an attribute's output value. Only Group and Fixture
Masters and the Grandmaster have a higher priority.
Highlight remains active until you press the Highlight key again. It also applies to sub-selections, meaning you may
use highlight to find a specific light by stepping through the selected fixtures using the [LAST] or [NEXT] key.
Hightlight's status is indicated by a LED above the key.
To see how the Highlight function works:
1) Select Fixtures 501 through 512
2) Press the [HIGHLIGHT] key
may change to the highlight value set in the library.
3) Hit the [NEXT] or [LAST] key to step through the fixtures.

Assigning Values to Fixture Attributes

500ML Lighting Control Console groups common fixture parameters into four groups:
• [I] - Intensity Parameter (Dimmer, strobe, duration, etc.)
• [F] - Focus Parameters (Pan / Tilt position)
• [C] - Color Parameters
• [B] - Beam Parameters (Gobos, Zoom, Focus, etc)
Note: Remember, the programmer takes precedence over the underlying playback. Press the [CLEAR] key three
times to empty the programmer contents.
(Figure 154). The lights will keep their position on stage, but other attributes
Figure 154: Programming Keys - Highlight Button
Figure 155: IFCB Buttons
Operation Guide
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Programmer Options