Elation COLOR SPOT 150 User Manual

Show Designer 1 Software Revision 3.11

9 SCENES RECORDING SCENES A “scene” is a recording of the state of the entire stage. Show Designer 1 keeps track of all the actions you perform to ma

10 PRESETS Presets provide fast and easy programming of scenes by giving you instant access to colors and beam settings without searching through c

11 At any time while recording the preset you can enter a name for the preset. Use the cursor switches to move the cursor in the display under each c

12 EDITING PRESETS To edit a preset that you have previously saved, press “record” followed by “preset”. Before making any channel changes, press the

13 After you have finished adding channels or presets to the step, press “enter”. Note: (The “fixture” LED must be turned OFF before pressing “enter”

14 Note: It can take up to 30 seconds to overwrite or erase a chase depending on how much of the memory is currently filled. After you have saved t

15 After you have finished editing the chase you can store it at the same memory location or at a new location by selecting a page and by pressing a

16 When you first start the record process, step 000, scene “Start” will be displayed. Step 0 is used to add a delay to the start of the show before

17 RECALLING SHOWS To run a show, press the “show” switch, and then select the desired page and number switch. You can only run one show at a time an

18 Show Designer 1 allows you to use MIDI note commands to call scenes and shows using a MIDI sequencer or MIDI keyboard so that you can synchronize

1 OVERVIEW The Show Designer 1 is a lighting controller based on the successful and simple to use Show Designer. The Show Designer 1 adds to the exi

19 USING THE COMPUTER PORT The RS-232 port on the Show Designer 1 can be used to connect to a personal computer in order to do memory backups and so

20 this point on, whenever you communicate with Show Designer 1 using your PC, call this Show Designer Hyper Terminal configuration. MEMORY BACKUP US

21 To copy the new software file from your PC to Show Designer 1, go to the Show Designer 1 menu selection labeled “update software”. Press “enter”

22 function “update software”, then press “enter”. If the proper file name is found on the disk, the Show Designer 1 will go into update mode and sta

23 The following is the list of lighting fixtures in the Show Designer fixture library, (*) next to the name means that factory presets are included

24 Robe Color Wash 575 AT Robe Color Wash 575 AT Zoom Mode 3 Robe Color Wash 1200E AT Mode 4 * Robe DJ Scan 150 XT * Robe DJ Scan 250 XT * Robe DJ Ro

25 Martin Robocolor MSD Martin Robocolor Pro 400 Martin Roboscan 1004 Martin Roboscan XR1 Martin Roboscan XR2 Martin Roboscan XR3 Martin Roboscan XR4

2 MENU The menu switch is used to configure the Show Designer 1 for your particular lighting setup. The left and right cursor switches, the + and -

3 on you will not be able to change the address. You must press, “enter” to record any change. The message “DONE” will appear for 1 second to confirm

4 CHANNELS is the total number of channels for the fixture. This can be any number from 1 to 32. When you change the number of channels be aware that

5 “Snap after fade” will cause the channel to jump immediately to the next scene level at the end of a crossfade. Use this setting for wheels and ef

6 port to send the memory file to. Read the section at the end of this manual on backing up the memory for more information. If you have the externa

7 locked and anyone presses the record switch. All other menu items that are not hidden will also be locked out in order to protect the memory. To l

8 If you are using the “multi fixture” feature of Show Designer 1, the channel faders can be used to control each channel of every fixture within th