Working With Fixtures; Selecting Fixtures; Selection Order; Selecting Fixtures Using Keypad / Command Line - Philips Strand Lighting Quick Start Manual

500ML Lighting Control Console
QuickStart Guide

2. Working with Fixtures

Selecting Fixtures

Before you can start altering any values or programming, you need to select the fixtures you would like to work with.
There are four different ways to select your fixtures.

Selection Order

The order in which you select fixtures determines how sub-selection and fanning are applied to them. For example,
applying a fanned value or an odd sub-selection to them after selecting fixtures 501 thru 505 will appear different
than if you selected fixtures 501 + 503 + 502 + 505 + 504.
The selection order matters during programming and is recorded as part of groups, but is not recorded in presets or
cues.
Note: Because the 500ML console records the selection order as part of groups, you can select the group and use the
Next and Back keys to sub-select each fixture in a particular order. By controlling the selection order when you
record the group, you can work through a series of fixtures in the order they are physically positioned in the rig,
instead of in numerical order. If used in a controlled manner, this can be a very powerful way to generate very nice
effects as well.

Selecting Fixtures Using Keypad / Command Line

Figure 26: 500ML Console - Command / Programming Keys
To select fixtures using the command/programming keys, simply do so by typing their user numbers as assigned in
"Adding Fixtures to a Show" on page 18. You may use the [THRU], [+] and [-] keys to further extend your selection
to include some or all fixtures.
Figure 27: Command Line Interface - Fixture Selection
Fixture selection examples:
• [501] [THRU] [ENTER] will select all fixtures following fixture 501 until a different fixture type starts, or a gap in
the numbering scheme is detected.
• [501] [+] [502] [ENTER] will select fixtures 501 and 502.
• [501] [THRU] [510] [ENTER] will select all fixtures from fixture 501 to 510.
• [501] [THRU] [510] [-] [503] [ENTER] will select all fixtures from fixture 501 to 510 except 503.
Note: You do not need to press the [Fixture] key prior to the fixture numbers, as the console assumes you will select
a fixture when entering numbers. To deselect all fixtures, just type [0] [ENTER] on the keypad.
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