elektraLite P100 Manual Part Two - Manual (Page 68)

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The important thing to remember about Feature Presets.
1. You make a feature presets by storing the information for one fixture.
2. You can assign the feature preset to other fixtures then once you have done this, you can take the
resultant look and store it to a cue or even a preset!
3. Unlike a regular preset, a feature preset is not assigned to the cue. It is assigned to a fixture or
fixtures.
4. Avoid Conflict: Just like with a regular preset; if a feature preset and a cue share dmx values for
the same feature (and remember, the value zero is a value) then the priority is given to the last one
used. So if you load a feature preset into the cue editor and then you move around the rotaries of
features which have a feature preset then you have just over-ridden the feature preset.
7. Fixtures with motor speed channels. When certain fixtures were developed, they utilised a
feature called a motor speed channel. This channel governs the time taken, for example, to move from
stage left to right. As the sophistication of lighting boards to control moving fixtures increased, the
introduction of more theater like functions permeated into the face of the boards. In particular, the
introduction of time fades between cues is a simple, normal function for a theater board. However
combine time fades between cues with different motor speed values in those cues produces very
bizarre results. The solution to this problem is, either run the fixtures without the motor speed and use
a time-fade to govern movement timing, or don’t use any time-fade in the cues and instead use the
motor speed to govern the movement timing. Just don’t use both!
8.Remember & Understand the Clear Concept. The clear button does not take all features of the
fixture to zero. Why? Well zero is a perfectly legitimate value for an L.T.P. channel. It means
something. It does not mean the feature is off. A feature is off when you are not controlling it. So
when you type
clear fixture 1 enter you will see “---” for all features except the dimmer channel. The
dimmer channel is an H.T.P. channel and with an H.T.P. channel, zero is off. So when you type clear
fixture 1 enter the fixture’s output is turned off but the pan, tilt, color, and gobo remain in their
current position but their features are turned (electronically) off.
9. Except. The except button speeds up a variety of different functions. For example, you’ve just
bought into position 20 fixtures all with different colors and gobos. You want to store the position as a
preset and the rest of the features as a cue. First, you create the cue without the pan and tilt feature
(they should be “---”). Then you should type
clear all features except 1 & 2 , where features 1 and 2
represent pan and tilt.You can now store pan and tilt values to a preset. This just speeds up the
programming process.
10. SOLO . If you want to pile “things” on top of one another, then have solo off. If you want to have
one cue on at a time, or if you want to record one entry into a macro at a time, then solo must be on.
The normal operating mode for the CP-100 should be with solo turned on. It is more the case that you
will want to move from one cue to another rather than to have multiple cues on together. If you do
have multiple cues happening together please make sure that your resultant dmx outputs do not clash.
For example if cue one is tilt fully to the left and cue two is pan fully to the right then the resultant
combining of cue one and two (solo button off) will be pan in the middle! This is perfectly correct but
it may not be what you were expecting! This becomes even more bizarre with different color mixing
values stored in two different cues. So be careful and make sure that solo is on for the majority of
time. So, when you turn on your CP-100 make sure the Grand master is up, the DBO is off, and the
solo is on.
11. High resolution fixtures. Increasingly manufacturers are using two channels for pan and tilt.
They call it high resolution or 16-bit resolution. All that is happening is that the fine channel is being
used to access 256 steps in between the normal 256 steps of the coarse channel. The CP-100
combines the coarse and fine channels into one, making it easier for the operator to program the CP-
100. So while you may have in you manual and literature for the fixture you are using, two channels