Common Terms; Product Dimensions - Chauvet Stage Designer 50 User Manual

Common Terms

The following are common terms used in intelligent light programming:
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Fixture: Any lighting or effect product, including but not limited to lights, fog machines, and
dimmers.
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DMX: Stands for Digital Multiplexing, an industry standard communication protocol used to
control fixtures. For more information, download the DMX Primer from
www.chauvetlighting.com.
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Channel: A single DMX value, from 0 to 255, assigned to a single function or set of functions
for a fixture.
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Blackout: A state where the light output of all fixtures is set to 0/off. Usually temporary. For
example: in theater, this allows stage sets to be changed or moved without being seen by the
audience.
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Fader: A component that moves smoothly up and down to set a desired value. Also known as
a slider.
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Step: A lighting state, in which the DMX signal is constant and unchanging.
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Scene: A set of one or more steps arranged one after the other.
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Chase: For this product, it is synonymous with Scene.
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MIDI: Stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, an industry standard method of digitally
representing musical information.
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Speed: The amount of time for each step in a scene.
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Beat: A pre-recorded speed.
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Fade: The amount of time it takes to switch between steps in a scene, in which one step fades
out while the next fades in at the same time.
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Playback: Programmable memory of steps or scenes that can be executed during a show or
directly by the user at any time.
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Page: Refers to either Page A_B for channel selection, or Page 1–4 for scene selection.

Product Dimensions

10.5 in
267 mm
Page 8 of 21
19 in
483 mm
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