
2. Patching - Page 117
Pearl 2008 Manual - 16th July 2007
CHAPTER TWO
2. Patching
This chapter contains: Fixture handles; patching dimmers; patching
moving light fixtures; checking the patching; changing the DMX
address; moving a fixture to a different handle; deleting a patched
fixture; patching options.
Patching is the process where you tell the Pearl
• What type of lighting units you have connected to it
• What DMX addresses they are operating at
• Which DMX output line each unit is connected to (there are 4)
• Which “handles” (control sliders) you want to use to access them
You can either patch the DMX channels on your console to match your
lighting rig, or set up the console first and then set the lighting rig to
match.
The Pearl must be in Program mode before you can patch.
2.1 Create
2.1.1 Fixture handles
The Pearl can control up to 240 intelligent
fixtures or dimmer channels. To do this it has
4 pages of 60 control “handles”. The handles
are located in 2 rows of 30 along the top of
the console. Each handle consists of:
• a slider, used to set the intensity of the
fixture or dimmer patched to the handle,
• a “Swop” button which is used in program
mode to select the fixture
• a “flash” button which is used to select
Palettes and to flash the channel in Run mode.
The top bank of 30 sliders does not have buttons and is accessed using
the Swop button of the slider below while the AVO button is held down
acting as a “shift” key.
Tiger: The Pearl Tiger only has the bottom
row of handles (1-30). However the
top handles (31-60) may still be
accessed using the 1-30 Swop buttons
while holding the AVO button..
The fixture page buttons are located just to
the right of the wheels. Fixtures 1-30 are on
page 0--, Fixtures 101-130 on page 1--, 201-
230 on page 2—and 301-330 on page 3--.
You can change the fixture page at any time.
The Pearl also allows you to allocate fixtures
Handles (Preset faders)
Pages of fixtures buttons
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