III.
Programming
Chases
Creating a Chase
From Individual
Scenes
Obey 40 User Manual Rev. 8
Programming chases is saving scenes as steps in chases.
Programming chases is the third part of the programming for playback. There must be scenes
already saved in the board before chases can be programmed.
Creating a chase from individual scenes is saving individual scenes into individual steps in a
chase—the scenes can be saved into the steps in any order.
The general instructions for creating a chase from individual scenes are as follows:
1. Enter Program mode.
2. Press a chase button to select the chase to be created.
3. Use the bank buttons and the scene buttons to locate the scene that will be saved as a step in
the chase. The LCD display shows the current bank just above the word Bank.
4. Press <Midi/Add> two times to save the scene into a step.
5. Repeat steps 3–4 to add more scenes into steps, or steps 2–4 to add more chases.
6. Exit Program mode.
7. Reset faders to 0 and deactivate blackout.
Note: Scenes are saved into steps in sequential order—the first scene saved to the chase
goes into step 1, the second scene saved to the chase goes into step 2, and so on.
The specific instructions below describe creating <Chase 1> as a 3-step chase made up of
<SCENES 3> from bank 15, <SCENES 4> from bank 2, and <SCENES 8> from bank 1.
1. Enter Program mode.
2. Press <Chase 1>.
3. Press <Bank Up> or <Bank Down> until 15 shows in the LCD display just above the word
Bank.
4. Press <SCENES 3>. The lights show <SCENES 3> in Bank 15.
5. Press <Midi/Add> 2 times. The LCD display and fixture button LEDs flash to indicate a
successful operation.
6. Press <Bank Up> or <Bank Down> until 2 shows in the LCD display just above the word Bank.
7. Press <SCENES 4>. The lights show <SCENES 4> in bank 2.
8. Press <Midi/Add>. 2 times. The LCD display and fixture button LEDs flash to indicate a
successful operation.
9. Press <Bank Up> or <Bank Down> until 1 shows in the LCD display just above the word Bank.
10. Press <SCENES 8>. The lights show <SCENES 8> in bank 1.
11. Press <Midi/Add> 2 times. The LCD display and fixture button LEDs flash to indicate a
successful operation.
12. Repeat steps 3–11 as needed for other steps, or repeat steps 2–11 as needed for other steps.
13. Exit Program mode.
14. Reset all the channel faders to 0.
15. Press <Blackout> to deactivate blackout and allow DMX transmission from the board.
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