Chauvet Obey 40 - Manual (Page 14)

Page 14 of 160 Obey™ 40 User Manual Rev. 7
Control Descriptions
Button or Fader Description
<FIXTURES 1>–
<FIXTURES 12>
Buttons that select lights to control and set the default DMX addresses of the channel faders. The
corresponding LEDs indicate when a light is selected.
Note: These buttons are inclusive. Pressing one, then another, selects both lights. To
deselect a light, press it again and make sure the LED indicator is off.
<Strobe>
Button that controls one or more strobes, and its LED that indicates the strobe is on and the rate at
which it is strobing.
<SCENES 1>–
<SCENES 8>
Buttons that select a scene to save to, or playback from. These are used in conjunction with
<Bank Up> and <Bank Down>.
LCD Display
Display that shows various types of information about current selections and whether it is in Program
or Playback mode:
· Step/Time - shows the current chase and scene, except when the faders are moving. Then it
shows the value of the fader that is moving.
· Blackout - indicates that blackout is active and the board is not sending DMX signals.
· Step – shows the current scene in the current step of the current chase in Playback mode or
shows that the board is adding steps to a chase in Program mode.
· Program - indicates that the board is in Program mode.
· Music Trigger - indicates that the board is in Music Trigger mode.
· Auto Trigger - indicates that the board is in Auto Trigger mode.
· Chase - shows the current chase in Playback or Program mode.
· Scene - shows the current scene in Playback or Program mode.
· Bank - shows the current bank in Playback or Program mode.
<Bank Up> Button that moves up through banks of scenes, or up through the steps in a chase.
<Bank Down> Button that moves down through banks of scenes, or down through the steps in a chase.
<Chase 1>–
<Chase 6>
Buttons that select a chase to save to or playback from.
<Fog>
Button that controls one or more fog machines and its LED that indicates when the fog machine is at
full temperature.
Fader LEDs
LEDs that indicate that the current fixture selection’s faders has a custom assignment (Fade) or
reversal (Rev Channel).
Page LEDs LEDs that indicate which page of faders is active.
<Channel 1>–
<Channel 16> Channel faders that send DMX values to the products. Used in conjunction with <FIXTURES 1>–
<FIXTURES 12>.
<Page Select> Button that toggles between fader Page A and fader Page B.
<Speed Time>
Fader that adjusts the playback speed time—the time of the entire chase including all steps.
Playback speed times range from 10 minutes to 0.1 second. The LCD display shows speed times in
minutes and seconds while the fader is moving, but returns to showing the current chase, scene and
bank after the fader is moved.
The display shows time for the fader as follows:
· XX
̇XX - with the dot at the top, shows minutes and seconds.
· XX.XX - with the dot at the bottom, shows seconds and 10ths of seconds.
Fader is also used to adjust select and set options in Program mode.