Presets; Recording Presets; Recalling Presets; Erase Preset - American Pro TECSHOW NAVIGATOR PLUS+ Manual Del Usuario

7.PRESETS

Presets provide fast and easy programming of scenes
by giving you instant access to colors and beam set-
tings without searching through channel levels with the
faders. Presets also save memory because many scenes
can reference the same preset. For example, if a preset
defines a pan and tilt location for several scenes, only
the preset needs to be edited in order to modify the
pan and tilt for all of those scenes. If you ant to use the
same color or gobo for a group of fixtures, use a preset
instead of setting the channels for ach individual fixture
with the faders. This will save scene memory.
NAVIGATOR PLUS allows you to record up to 32 pages of
16 presets for a total of 512 presets. Unlike scenes, which
record the look of the entire stage, presets are used to
record only several channels worth of information. This
allows you to record things like color or gobo or beam
position only. Presets can then e recalled and layered
to make a scene.
In addition to the 32 pages available for the presets
that you create, there are 2 pages labeled "F1" and F2".
These pages are for "factory presets". These are presets
that are already programmed for you hen you install
certain fixtures. The "F1" page is for colors and the "F2"
page is for gobos and beam effects. Please note that
not all fixtures are supported with factory presets.

7.1.RECORDING PRESETS

Before recording a preset you must first do some pre-
paration. In order to be able to view certain channels
like color or gobo you will first need to set dimmer levels
and the pan or tilt positions in order to see the color
or gobo selection. Do this by selecting the fixture or
fixtures to be used in the preset and then position the
beams and turn up the dimmer levels. These things will
not be recorded into the preset if they re done before
pressing "record".
To start recording a preset press "record", its LED will
flash. Next press "preset", this LED will also flash. The
page display will show the current page and any num-
ber locations that already contain presets ill be lit. Ad-
just the channel or channels that you want to include in
the preset. These adjustments will be recorded into the
preset so take care not to change any channels that
you don't want included.
Note: When recalling a preset, if some channels are
affected that weren't intended as part of the preset,
chances are that a fader or the joystick was bumped
while recording and those channels were accidentally
added to the preset. If this happens, go back and rere-
cord the preset.
While recording a preset you can turn a fixture on or
off by pressing the "fixture" switch. Use the umber swit-
ches to toggle any fixtures on or off. Pressing "fixture" a
second time will turn off the fixture LED allowing you to
finish recording the preset.
At any time while recording the preset you can enter
a name for the preset. Use the cursor switches to move
the cursor in the display under each character then use
the + or - switch or the data wheel to select characters.
To save the preset, select the page and number where
you want it saved. If you select a number that is already
lit, a message will appear asking if you want to write
over the existing preset. Press "yes" or no". You can use
the page switches to select from pages 1 to 32 which
will allow you to store up to 512 presets. You cannot re-
cord over or edit the factory presets on pages F1 or F2.
Note: It can take up to 30 seconds to overwrite or erase
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a preset depending on how much of the memory s cu-
rrently filled.
After saving a preset, the record LED stays lit allowing
you to continue to record more presets. Any channel
changes that were made since starting the record pro-
cess will be included in any new presets. To tart a new
preset from scratch, toggle the "preset" LED off and
then back on while the "record" LED is till flashing. This
will clear out the edit buffer.
To exit record mode, press "record", all LEDs will stop
flashing.

7.2.RECALLING PRESETS

To play back a preset, first select the fixtures that you
want to control with the preset. The fixtures must have
been included when the preset was recorded for an-
ything to happen. Next, press the "preset" switch, elect
the page of the desired preset then use the number
switches to select from the presets on that page. Unlike
scenes, you can have several presets on at the same
time as long as each preset is controlling different chan-
nels or fixtures. If two different presets are trying to con-
trol the same channel, the last preset hat was selected
will have control of the channel. If a preset has been
completely overridden by another, it ill be automatica-
lly switched off.
A fixture must first be selected before the preset is tur-
ned on even if it that fixture was included in the reset
when it was recorded. This allows you to put every fix-
ture into a preset but use only selected ones s needed.
For example you could create a preset called "Red"
that sets all color channels of every fixture o the co-
lor red. Then when calling that preset, you would only
select the fixtures that you want to be red hen call the
"Red" preset.

7.3.ERASE PRESET

To erase an existing preset, press "record" then "preset"
then "erase". As when recording a preset, all LEDs that
contain a preset will light. Next select the preset to era-
se. That preset name will appear in the display along
with the message "Erase this?". Press "yes" or "no". If you
press "yes" the preset will e erased. You can then select
additional presets to be erased or you can press "re-
cord" again to exit record mode.
Note: It can take up to 30 seconds to overwrite or erase
a preset depending on how much of the memory s cu-
rrently filled.

7.4.EDITING PRESETS

To edit a preset that you have previously saved, press
"record" followed by "preset". Before making any chan-
nel changes, press the preset number of the one you
want to edit. The message "Edit this existing Preset?" will
appear in the display. Press "yes" and the preset will be
called up and you can add to it or modify it by chan-
ging any channel levels. After making changes you can
store it at the same or at a new location by pressing any
preset number. You can also use this method to copy a
preset to another location by saving it without making
any changes.

7.5.COMBINING PRESETS

You can add existing presets to any preset you are cu-
rrently working on. While in preset record mode press
the "add" switch followed by any preset number that
has a preset on it. The channel settings will be added to
the preset you are currently recording. You can add as
many presets as you wish. You can use this to mix seve-
ral smaller presets into a single larger one. If two presets