Sabre Abstract CE Series Manual
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If you move the control to zero, the unit will black out.Shutter (Futurescan 1CE, Gladiator Revolution and DuoColour CE)The shutter has three functions:closed (blackout) - control at zeroopen (white) - at 5% to 80%strobe (variable speed) - 80% to 100%. See “Gobo” above.The strobe effect will depend on the colour you have selected on channel 3 (and 1 on the DuoColour); if youselect white you will get a white/black strobe, otherwise you will get a “bicolour” strobe between two adjacentcolours.Although you can control the “shutter” separately, it is actually part of the colour wheel. If you have selected oneof the higher colours (the multicolour effect is the highest) the unit will take a short time to reach blackoutbecause it has to move the colour wheel past all the other colours to reach the blackout position.Standby functionIf all control channels of the unit are left at ‘zero’ position for more than about 10 seconds, the unitwill go into a power-saving ‘standby’ mode. It will turn off its motors, and units with halogen lampswill turn off the lamp. The unit will leave Standby mode and go back to normal as soon as anycontrol channel is moved off the ‘zero’ position.Compatibility with other units in the rangeAll units in the Abstract CE range are compatible with each other, even those which have differentfunctions, or more colours and gobos. You will find that some colours are repeated on the simplerunits; these match the extra colours or gobos on the more complex units.In stand-alone mode, you should use the most complex unit as the controller as more featuresmay have been provided on it.In DMX controlled mode you will probably want to use the different types of unit on different DMXchannels to each other to allow you to control all the features independently.Futurescan 1CE, Gladiator Rev., DuoColour CE: Using the Remote ControlThe remote control allows you to control the unit (and any other CE-rnage units connected to it) while it is instand alone mode. You can set the unit to blackout, to strobe, and to slow-scan mode.If you have more than one unit, make sure the remote control is plugged into the first unit in the DMX line using astereo jack lead. The remote control will not have any effect if the unit is receiving DMX (either from a controlleror from another unit in stand alone mode).When the unit is in blackout mode, the light will come on next to the blackout button. When the unit is inslow-scan mode, the light will come on next to the Slow button. Strobe mode is only effective while the button isheld down.Note: If you hold the button down for a prolonged period the unit may stop strobing automatically.DuoColour only: Colour Lock modeHold down the Slow button to enter Colour Lock mode. The Slow light will flash. You can select the colour bypressing the Slow button briefly. Hold the button down again to go back to normal. The unit is still able to strobewhile the colour is locked and may change to white while strobing.If you have problemsAbstract CE Manual file:///C:/files/Stagecraft/LIGHTING/futurescan/futurescan3...6 of 12 07/11/2010 6:04 PM |
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