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LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE INSTALLATION & SETUP GUIDE
2. Programming Buttons Layout
18 DESK LAYOUT
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The programming section of the desk provides direct access to intensity channels, channel attributes, playback
control, console setup and display options.
Information Keys
• [LIVE] - Switches the Screen display to view the live screen. The live screen shows the current level of channels
and the active cue list.
• [BLIND] - Activates Blind Mode. While in Blind, the channel grid has a Grey background. You can also see the
Blind button in the Channel Grid toolbar become highlighted. While in Blind, moving the blue box with the
[ARROW KEYS] will preview cues automatically.
• [LOOKS] - Activates the Looks display, where it is possible to add or modify Looks pages or see what Looks have
been recorded in a page.
• [PATCH] - Switches the Screen display to view the patch screen and information.
• [LEVEL] - Shows the output levels for the channels.
• [TIMES] - Shows Time values for the channels.
Action Keys
• [HELP] - Activates online help system.
• [TOOLS] - Press [SHIFT] [TOOLS] to change current tool functions such as color picker,
channel check, flash, etc.
• [MOVE] - Moves a Cue or Look.
• [COPY] - Copies fixture attributes, Cues or Looks.
• [DELETE] - Deletes Cues and Looks.
• [VIEW] - Accesses information about selected cue, channel, look, group, function key, etc.
• [RECORD] - Stores lighting state as a Cue or Look. Ex: [RECORD] [CUE] [1] [ENTER].
• [UNDO] - Allows undoing of the last level change [UNDO] [ENTER], the last record
[UNDO] [RECORD] [ENTER], update, goto or delete action. Two presses releases selected
devices or undoes selected commands. Also closes open dialog boxes. (See Button Details
for more info.)
• [UPDATE] - Stores changes to Cues and Looks. Ex: [Update] [Cue] [1] [Enter].
• [CUE] - A recorded state that can be played back in time.
• [GOTO] - Places desired cue live on stage. Ex: [GOTO] [CUE] [1] [ENTER].
• [LOOK] - A recorded state that can be accessed as groups, subs or palettes. Ex: [LOOK] [1]
[ON].
• [TIME] - Allows you to set the times for cues and other elements. Example [RECORD]
[CUE] [1] [TIME] [5] [ENTER].
• [GROUP] - Specifies group selection. Ex: [GROUP] [1] [ON].
• [SHIFT] - With Windows Console Personality not set, use in conjunction with other keys to
open dialog boxes.
• [ALT] - Changes the Softkeys to the upper set of softkey functions. (Refer to "Softkeys" on
page 20 for more information.)