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Press the SETUP button to open the Setup Window. Press the CAL TOUCH soft button. When asked for confirmation press 1
on the keypad or press the CAL TOUCH soft button again.
Calibration works by finding the bottom left and top right corners of the screen. First press the bottom left of the touch screen
and then the top right. You may wish to use a fine but blunt object.
The shortcut CTRL + SET can be used to open the Calibrate window at any time.
6.3 Starting a New Show
To start a new show, go to the Setup Window and press the NEW SHOW soft button. This will clear the current show from
memory – shows that have been previously saved to disc will not be affected. You will be asked to confirm by selecting YES.
There is a choice of four modes.
• Normal - faders activate Cue Stacks. When recording, all data in the programmer is stored in recorded cues
• Theatre non-track - faders operate levels only. When recording, all data in the programmer is stored in recorded cues
• Theatre tracking - faders operate levels only. When recording only data in the programmer that has changed since the last
record is stored in recorded cues
• Hog II warp – like Theatre Tracking but with some extra features to make the programming more familiar to Hog II users.
In Theatre modes, fixtures return to their default values when not under control of a playback or the programmer. The keypad is
set up to enable selection of Palettes using Palette numbers, and Cue Stack timing defaults to being stepped timing rather than
chase timing.
The mode can be changed at any time by using the Programming Mode soft button in the Setup Window. In addition each
individual option / default value can be customised by the user and saved as their personal settings file.
Starting a show clears all patching, all programming and all palettes. It does not clear console specific options such as the
configuration of the DMX outputs or the calibration of the touch screen.