GeniusPro/Lightpalette Operator's Manual - Strand Lighting

Glossary of Terms
Profile
Proportional
A means of altering the default linear characteristics of intensity and attribute fade
times. Profiles are also used to alter the default linear relationship between
channel levels and console output levels
Level Wheel mastering which changes channel levels by a proportion of each
level. For example, proportionally mastering up by 20 would set each channel to
1.2 times its previous value so a channel at 10% would go to 12%. See also Shaft
Remainder Dim
(REM DIM)
Causes the channels in the current selection to remain at their current levels while
all other channels are set to zero.
Remapping
The process of changing the fuction of a console key, wheel or rollball or reassigning
the function of a console VDU.
Reporter
See Console Reporter
Scroller
Shaft
Soft Block Cue
Soft Key
Split Delay
Split Fade
Solo
State screen
Step
A device that changes the colour of one or more fixtures. A scroller is normally
controlled by an output from the console which in turn is controlled by a channel
attribute. See also dimmer, output, and attribute.
Level Wheel mastering which changes channel levels by a fixed amount. For
example, shaft mastering up by 20 would add 20 to each channel level so a level
at 10% would go to 30%. See also Proportional
Lightpalette cue type which records explicit levels for every channel in the
system, so that any changes made to cues before the cue will track only up to the
cue. Once set to off, channels in a Soft Block Cue will continue to track changes
in previous cues.
One of a row of keys below each LCD whose function is indicated on the the
LCD.
Different delay times before fade up and fade down
A fade time with different up fade and down fade times assigned to it.
A facility for temporarily inhibiting the levels of all channels that are not
currently selected, allowing the selected channels to become the current lighting
state.
The screen that shows state information for the X playbacks, submaster faders,
and effects playbacks. See also Levels screen.
A recorded lighting state used as part of an effect. There can be up to 99 steps in
an effect.
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