
Page 120 - 2. Patching
Pearl 2008 Manual - 16th July 2007
don’t want it any more.
• Some fixtures can only be patched at certain DMX addresses. This
is usually described in the fixture instruction manual. If this
information is included in the fixture personality, the Pearl will not
allow you to patch the fixture at an illegal address, and will offer
the next valid address instead.
• If you are patching a fixture which uses a separate dimmer
channel such as a VL5™, you can patch the dimmer channel onto
the same handle as the moving light part of the fixture, so you
can control it all together. This is called a Pending dimmer.
• Each manufacturer and fixture type has a shortcut number (shown
on the list), you can type this in on the keypad when patching to
jump straight to that manufacturer or fixture.
2.1.4 Checking the patching
Having set the Pearl, you need to ensure that your lighting rig is set up
to match the Pearl by going round your rig to set the DMX addresses.
You can display the DMX settings on the Pearl like this.
1> Press the View button next to the numeric keys
2> Press D [Fixture Patch]
3> The display shows a list of the
handles to which you have
patched fixtures or dimmers,
with the DMX line and address
(e.g. A24 is address 24 on DMX
line A).
4> The top handle on the list has an
arrow next to it. The lower part
of the display shows more
information for this handle,
including dip switch settings if
the fixture personality includes
this information.
5> Use the up-down cursor arrows
to change the selected fixture.
The left-right cursor arrows will
show you another page of
handles.
6> Repeat from Step 4 to view other
fixtures.
• Press View, then C [DMX patch] to display a list of all DMX
channels, what they are allocated to and the current output. The
cursor arrows scroll through the list.
• Press View then a handle Swop button to display the settings for
the fixture patched to that handle.
• You do not need to be in patch mode to view this information, you
can do it at any time.
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