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Version 1.3

Position Preset Type View

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Position View
Raw Position View
Encoder Bar Functions

To go to the Position Preset Type View, tap Position in the Preset Type Bar.
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Press and hold and press 2, for preset type 2 (= Position).

The position preset type view is only active if the selected fixture has a position attributes.

The position preset type view is fragmented in the position view and the raw position view.

To open the position effects view at screen 1, tap at in the title bar.
If an effect is running on a selected fixture, the position preset type view change into an effect mode and get a blue effect mode title bar.

Position View

The position view is the first tab of the position preset type view.

In the position view, you control the actual position values in degrees.

Important:
The pan and tilt sliders works absolute. A tap on the pan or tilt slider sets a new pan or tilt value and does not follow the already set pan or tilt values.
The respective encoders works relative to the already set pan or tilt values.

Pan Slider: To select the pan value, move the slider up or down.
Tilt Slider: To select the tilt value, move the slider up or down.
To bring the fixture type into the center position, tap Center.

Rightmost of the view are several buttons to adjust the position values.
There are two functions to adjust pan and tilt together.

Flip: To change the pan and tilt combination and point your fixture in the same direction, tap Flip. The values are active in the programmer.

Home: To bring the pan and tilt to the center position, tap Home. The values are active in the programmer.

There are six different align functions.
Align is a function to adjust the position values from the fixtures in the selected order. The Align buttons have the same function as the Align key. For more information, refer to Align Key.

Align >: To adjust from high to small.

Align <: To adjust from small to high.

Align ><: To adjust from the high to small to the middle and from the middle from small to high.

Align <>: To adjust from the small to high to the middle and from the middle from high to small.

Wings: This is only for pan attributes to split from the middle into two groups.
The first fixture type is in group 1 and follows the entered pan values.
The last fixture type is in group 2 and acts mirror inverted.

No align: To adjust equally. Align function is off.

Raw Position View

The raw position view is located in the second tab of the position preset type view.

In the raw position view, you control the raw position channel values in natural values of the selected fixtures.

Encoder Bar Functions

The default encoder speed is without decimal place.
To change the encoder speed to slow, press the encoder key encoder . The encoder speed is with decimal place.
To change the encoder speed to ultra slow, press and hold the key and press the encoder key encoder . The encoder speed equals one DMX step.

Pan (°)/Pan:
To select the value of Pan, turn the encoder left or right.
To open the calculator, press the encoder.

Tilt (°)/Tilt:
To select the value of Tilt, turn the encoder left or right.
To open the calculator, press the encoder.