Dove Systems IQ 512 - Manual (Page 4)

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Making A Scene!
On power up, the X and Y crossfaders should be all the
way up to make the channel faders live. To set the next scene,
press the hold button. The hold button lights and the display says
"HOLD MODE, Move Xfaders Down". Don't move the crossfad-
ers yet! Adjust the channel faders to the settings for the next scene.
The lights on stage will not change. When it is time to move to the
next scene, move the X and Y crossfaders all the way down, fading
into the new scene. The X scene is always the "old" held scene,
while the Y scene is the scene you are bringing up. With this in
mind, it's possible to delay the fade out of the old scene or to delay
the fade in of the new scene (perhaps even doing a fade to black
between scenes) by delaying the motion of the X or Y crossfader.
Experiment with it a bit to see how it works. In most applications,
you can just grab both X and Y crossfaders and move them to-
gether.
Once the crossfaders have been moved to the down position,
the hold button goes out and the display returns to the normal
IQ512 display. At this point, the channel sliders are once again
"live." To set up a new scene, hit hold again, set the new look, then
move the crossfaders up.
The general sequence is: hit hold, set up scene, move cross-
faders down. Hit hold, set up scene, move crossfaders up. Repeat
as necessary.
Lights Out!
You can instantly black out all lights by hitting the blackout
button. The display will say "Blackout Enabled," and the blackout
button will flash. Hit the blackout switch again to bring the lights
back to their previous levels.
You can "fade to black" using the GM (Grand Master) con-
trol. Sliding the GM control down dims all lights proportionally
until they are out. When the GM control has turned off all the
lights, the blackout switch will light and the display will say
"Grand Master = 0." Slide the control back up to fade the lamps
back up.
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Using the Menu
The setup menu in the IQ512 is modeled after the Lynx web
browser. The right arrow key "follows a link" or takes you further
into a menu selection. The left arrow backs you out of the current
menu. The up and down arrows scroll through menu selections. To
enter the menu, hit the right arrow key.
Setting Default Patch
After messing with patching, you may want to restore the de-
fault one-to-one patch. To restore the default patch, follow these
steps:
♦
Press the right arrow key to enter the menu.
♦
Press the down arrow key until the display says "Load de-
fault patch table."
♦
Press the right arrow to select this option (load default
patch table). The display will say "Confirm Load Default Patches."
♦
Press the right arrow to confirm that you want to load de-
fault patches. The display will show the model number and soft-
ware revision. It will then test the memory that holds the patch
table, clear the patch table, and load the default values into the
patch table. The display will then say "Load default patch table."
You can hit the left arrow key to exit the menu or an up or down
key to choose another menu option.
Clearing the Patch Table
Prior to putting in your own patch settings, it's nice to start
with an empty patch table. Follow these steps:
♦
Press the right arrow key to enter the menu.
♦
Press the down arrow key until the display says "Clear
Patch Table."
♦
Press the right arrow key to select this option (Clear Patch
Table).
♦
The display will say "Confirm Clear Patch Table."
♦
Press the right arrow key to confirm that you want to clear
the patch table. The display will say "Clearing Patch Table," then
say "Clear Patch Table."
♦
Press the left arrow key to exit the menu or the up or down
keys to select another menu option.