Table of Contents
Advertisement
Palette II Lighting Control Console
3. Programming Buttons Layout
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 dialogue boxes. (See Button Details
for more info.)
• [UPDATE] - Stores changes to Cues and Looks. Ex: [Update] [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].
• [CUE] - A recorded state that can be played back in time.
• [GOTO] - Places desired cue live on stage. Ex: [GOTO] [CUE] [1] [ENTER].
• [GROUP] - Specifies group selection. Ex: [GROUP] [1] [ON].
• [SHIFT] - Use in conjunction with other keys to open dialogue boxes.
• [ALT] - Changes the Softkeys to the upper set of softkey functions. (Refer to
page 21
for more information.)
Installation & Setup Guide
"Softkeys" on
19
Desk Layout
Advertisement
Table of Contents
