elektraLite CP100xt Manual Part One - Manual (Page 60)

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19 Press Yes to proceed with installing the new library
20 Press Enter and reboot the console for the changes to take affect
If written properly, your CP-100 will reboot and go straight to the CP-100 Main Menu. You may then
add your newly created fixture just as you would any other.
If you haven’t written this correctly you are probably getting error messages displayed in the LCD
display. They will warn you of bad commands that have been entered on certain lines of your
userlib.txt file. Simply take note of which line numbers are fouled, put your floppy disk back in your
computer and start counting down the lines of the userlib.txt file to see where your mistake was.
If you’ve completely screwed things up (which is HIGHLY unlikely here but VERY possible when
doing things in the following section) you will need to delete the userlib.txt file from the CP-100
itself. For doing that you will need your SVGA monitor and external keyboard hooked up to the
console. See “Deleting the Userlib.txt File from the CP-100 Console” at the end of this document.
Sample Fixture.
If you download from your CP-100 or if you have the software already on disk you can ‘look’ at the
Standard fixture library. The file is called stdlib.txt
Please refer to this text file, as you read
through the Syntax section.
vendor Clay Paky
type MiniScan
channel Color
steps 0 16 33 50 66 82 98 114 130
channel Gobo
master 127
htp
dbo
clear
hilite 128
steps 255 -68 -127 155 175 195 215 235 255
channel Pan
channel Tilt
Syntax
(We’ll come back to this sample listed above, once we have explained a few things. However keep
referring back the example because it will help you to understand the terminology and what it means).
Okay so you want to know how to create a perfectly defined new fixture entry with all the ‘bells and
whistles’ of a fully blown Formula One racing car. Well here it is.
Both fixture library files (the standard fixture file and the User library file) are plain text files. This
enables them to be viewed and altered on a computer by standard text viewers such as Microsoft
Notepad or WordPad or even Word itself. While you should never modify the stdlib.txt
file, it is
instructive to read it to see how library entries are structured, as a guide for building your own
userlib.txt file.
A block of text represents each type of fixture. The first block is the manufacturer or Vendor name.
Next is the model or Type of fixture that your are creating. After that we have the individual DMX