High End Systems Universal Controller User Manual

Universal Controller

The Universal Controller

The Universal Controller allows you

to program and store a complex light

show in a few simple steps and play

it back with the touch of a button

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The Universal Controller

Provides designers
and operators with

the ability to

control

INTELLABEAM,

TRACKSPOT,

and EMULATOR

Fixtures from the

same Controller

Overview of Features

• 500 Recordable Pages

• 64 Programmable Presets

• Simultaneous control of multiple Fixture
types

• 16 Unique Addresses

• Master/Slave capabilities

• Edit and Copy functions

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Agenda

• Front Panel

• Programming

• Advanced Programming
Features

• Additional Features

•User Keys

• Menu Items

• Rear Panel

Universal Controller

Front Panel Overview

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Enable Key

• Activates Controller's power

• Activates all Fixtures connected to
Controller

Standby Key

• Closes GATES of all connected Fixtures

• Default mode upon power up

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Address/Preset Key

• 16 Addresses

• 4 Banks of 16 Presets

Power LED

• Always ON whenever AC is present in
Controller

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Adjust 1 (Up/Down) Keys

• READY STATE

– Controls MASTER DIM Level

• MENU STATE

– Select MENU Items

• PROGRAMMING

– Select Construct Parameters

Position Up/Down Left/Right

Arrow Keys

• READY STATE

– Select either the AUDIO ADVANCE or DELAY

RATE

• MENU STATE

– Select MENU Items

• PROGRAMMING

– Use as a DIGITAL JOYSTICK to position the BEAM

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Adjust 2 (Up/Down) Keys

• READY STATE

– Change PAGES

• MENU STATE

– Select MENU Items

LCD Window

• READY STATE

– Adjust the MASTER DIM Level

• MENU STATE

– Select MENU Items

• PROGRAMMING

– Displays Programming Prompts and Constructs

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Erase Key

• Use to Perform Several ERASE Functions

– PAGE ERASE

– FIXTURE ERASE

– PRESET ERASE

– UNITIALIZED PAGES

Record Key

• ADDRESS MODE

– records current pages for selected Addresses

• PRESET MODE

– Assign a program to a PRESET

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Select Key

• Initiate Programming Operations

Memory Card Slot

• PCMCIA Card

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User Keys

• Audio Advance features

• User Programmable Macros

Commonly

Used Terms

• Fixture

• Construct

• Parameter

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FIXTURE

• Lighting device attached to the controller

• INTELLABEAM, TRACKSPOT, and
EMULATOR are examples of Fixtures

CONSTRUCTS

Features of the Fixtures:

– Trackspot examples include COLOR, GOBO,

DIM, MSPEED, POSITION, GATE, XFADE,
& DELAY

– Intellabeams have an additional construct: IRIS

– Emulator constructs include ROTATION,

SCAN, PROGRAM, & SCALE

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Constructs of Each Fixture

PARAMETERS

• Values you assign to CONSTRUCTS

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Programming

Overview

• Recording a Page

• Recording a Loop

• Defining Fixture Types

• Position Memories

• Copy Features

PAGE

• Building blocks of SCENES

• One static look specifying Constructs for
one or more Fixtures

• Universal Controller has 1 large memory of
500 Pages

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Recording a Page

• 1. Select a Page using the Adjust 2 Up/Down Keys

• 2. Select the ADDRESSES to be edited

• 3. Press the MENU Key to access Constructs

• 4. Use Position Left/Right Keys to select
Constructs

• 5. Use the Adjust 1 Up/Down Keys to edit
Parameters

•6. Press Record

NOTE:

To Abort an operation press

SELECT again

Hands On Exercise

Programming a Page

• Program Page 1

– First Trackspot in Color 2, Gobo 8, Mspeed 92

– Second Trackspot in Color 5, Gobo 2,

Mspeed 96

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