5 common terms, Common, Terms – Blizzard Lighting SnoKontrol (Rev B) User Manual

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SNOKONTROL Manual Rev B.

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2.5 Common Terms

The following are common terms used in intelligent light programming, so pay attention!

We’ll be using them throughout the manual.

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Blackout is a state by where all lighting fixtures light output are set to 0 or off,

usually on a temporary basis.

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DMX-512 stands for Digital MultipleX is an industry standard digital communica-

tion protocol used in entertainment lighting equipment. For more information read

the DMX Primer and DMX Control Mode Sections later in the manual.

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Fixture refers to your lighting instrument or other device such as a fogger or dim-

mer of which you can control.

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Programs are a bunch of scenes stacked one after another. It can be programmed

as either a single scene or multiple scenes in sequence.

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Scenes are static lighting states.

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Sliders are a delicious small burger or sandwich, but here they are used in the

same context as faders.

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Chases can also be called programs. A chase consists of a number of scenes

stacked one after another.

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Scanner refers to a lighting instrument with a pan and tilt mirror; however, in the

SNOKONTROL controller it can be used to control any DMX-512 compatible device

as a generic fixture.

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MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and is a standard for repre-

senting musical information in a digital format. A MIDI input would provide external

triggering of scenes using midi device such as a midi keyboard.

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Stand Alone refers to a fixture’s ability to function independently of an external

controller and usually in sync to music, due to a built in microphone.

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Fade Slider is used to adjust the time between scenes within a chase.

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Speed Slider affects the amount of time a scene will hold its state. It is also con-

sidered a wait time.

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Shutter is a mechanical device in the lighting fixture that allows you to block the

lights path. It is often used to lessen the intensity of the light output and to strobe.

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Patching refers to the process of assigning fixtures a DMX channel.

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Playbacks can be either scenes or chases that are directly called to execution by

the user. A playback can also be considered program memory that can be recalled

during a show.