Dell Emphasis Lighting Control System User Manual

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Emphasis Control System Quick Guide

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In Emphasis Visualization, you can click on a fixture symbol to select its channel. See
the Emphasis Visualization User Manual for more information on selecting fixtures
using the mouse.

Select dimmers:

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Press [x] to select a single dimmer for dimmer check, or in Patch or Park
displays.

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Press [x] [And] [z] to select non-consecutive dimmers in Patch or Park.

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Press [x] [Thru] [z] to select a range of dimmers in Patch or Park displays.

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Press [a] [Thru] [g] [Except] [c] to select a range of dimmers, except dimmer
[c] in channel patch or park.

You can use [Except] multiple times to remove multiple dimmers from the selection:

[1] [Thru] [1][0] [Except] [5] [Except] [7], selects dimmers 1-4, 6 and 8-10 in Patch or

Park displays.

Set Levels

Once channels or fixtures are selected, you will want to set a level. Levels indicate the

intensity level for conventional channels, or the attribute setting for fixtures. Emphasis

Console displays channel levels as a two-digit percentage from 00 to FL (100%).

N o t e :

You can view the raw data for 16 Bit channels (pan and tilt) in the fixture box (see

Moving

Light Control, page 26

), otherwise the percentage equivalent is displayed in the channel

area of the Emphasis Console displays.

Channel levels can be set directly, or by reference to a focus point (see the Emphasis

Console User Manual for more information on focus points). Direct levels are recorded into

focus points, and can be recorded into cues and submasters.

Direct Levels

The simplest way to set a channel level is to do it directly using the [At], [Full] and [Level]

keys, or the level wheel/trackpad. This is most frequently used for setting levels for

channels that control intensity (dimmers).

When you use fixtures, you can set levels directly by channel, or by using the encoders, or

the arrow keys and trackpad.

If you are selecting fixtures using the mouse in Emphasis Visualization, you can set levels

using the right-click menu or the Design tools. See the Emphasis Visualization User Manual

for more information on selecting fixtures and setting levels within Visualization.

Set levels using [At]:

Step 1:

Select channels using the procedure described in

Select Channels, Dimmers

and Fixtures, page 23

Step 2:

Press [At] [x], where [x] is the two-digit percentage. You can repeat pressing [At]

[x] until you have achieved the output you like without re-selecting the channels

each time, unless you record those levels or otherwise deselect the channels.

N o t e :

[1] [At] [5] [Enter] sets channel 1 to a level of 50%. Using this syntax, you

can skip the zero in levels like 10, 20, 30 and so on. If you want to set a level lower than

10, you must enter the leading zero - [At] [0][5] to set 5%.