Vari Lite VL3500 SERIES User Manual

Vari Lite VL3500 SERIES User Manual Manual pdf 45 page image

OPERATION : LUMINAIRE T IMING302.9 678.00 19 0 31-July-2004 29Luminaire TimingTiming Channel InformationTiming channel control improves the timed moves of certain groups of parameters. We provide up tofour timing channels, one for focus (Pan and Tilt), one for color parameters, one for beam parameters,and one for gobo wheel position (spot version only).Types of timing control:• Timing Control Channel: the luminaire uses its timing channel value to calcu ate smoothcontinuous movement for a given time and transition.• Console Timing: the console calculates the time duration between the DMX increments to be sentfor a given time and transition.Guidelines:• Timing channels support time values of up to six minutes.• To use a timing channel instead of console timing, it i necessary to set the timing channel to thedesired value and set cue and/or parameter time to zero A combination of time controls canproduce unexpected results.• The default value setting in the profile should e 255 (proportional control) to allow smoothmovement when using console timing.• The timing channel data should chan e as a snap. A zero value will give the fastest move,however, without any smoothing this can appear "steppy" in console timed moves.Note: Some parameters have been excluded from the timing channels. Wheel spin and gobo rotationrate changes are not affected by timing channels.Table 3-16: VL3500 Spot Luminaires Channel Function / Timing Channel RelationshipChannel Function Timing ChannelFocus Time Color Time Beam Time Gobo TimePan Hi Byte/Lo Byte) Ti t (Hi Byte/Lo Byte) Blue Amber Magenta CTO Color Wheel Zoom Edge Shutters Gobo Wheels 1 and 2 www.carlosmendoza.com.mx