elektraLite P100 Manual Part Two - Manual (Page 66)

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Caution: you only want to store pan and tilt values. You do not want to store any values for other
features like gobos,color,prisms,etc. However you must understand the fact that with a moving light
(or color changer) the value 0 is not off. 0 has as much importance to a moving fixture or color
changer as 100. For example the first color in a color changer maybe, say blue, to get to blue you have
to give a 0 value. However in your mind you think 0 should be off. The CP-100 solves this problem
for you by giving you a clear button (which is the equivalent of an off signal). So you can type
commands such as
clear features 1 thru 4 and 7 thru 16 or clear all rotaries . These commands in effect
turn off the features so that no DMX value will be stored. The fixture features display shows "---"
(three dashes) to show you you've cleared this feature.
Next, you will store a cue (cue 100 for example) with all the other features for the fixtures except pan
and tilt values. So here you will have the fixtures, for example, in red with the second gobo and the
third prism at 75% dimmer value. (
Caution: remember this time to clear the pan and tilt values. So
that the fixture features display has "---" for the pan and tilt channels).
Combine preset 1 with cue 100 and you're finished. Now you can go and create many more cues and
everytime you want the position to be in the center stage, all you do is add preset 1. It's that easy. now
let's say the singer doesn't like the center stage position and he wants to move over to the left. All you
do is change the one preset. Once you have edited it, the new values are sent to all cues that use
preset1. Global update!
Finally, some observations on the way the CP-100 treats presets. If a cue has features with dmx values
and you combine it with a preset which has different dmx values for the same features, then the preset
will defeat those dmx values in the cue when you add the preset to the cue. Further, a P will appear in
those features' dmx values which are from a preset. This way you can see that a preset is active.
However if you press “cue # enter” again, then the preset is over-ridden. To re-establish the preset
you must add it into the cue again. In order for you to avoid this constant adding the preset back in
you should clear from the cue, the dmx values for features that are used in both the preset and the
cue.
Presets are constructed using a fixture or multiple fixtures. In our example above we decided that
preset 1 would be constructed using 6 fixtures. Everytime you turn on this preset it will use those 6
fixtures.
The important things to remember about Presets are:-
1. They can be used by themselves or attached to a cue.
2. They use fixtures. That is to say presets are locked into the fixtures that make up the preset.
3. Avoid Conflict!! If both a preset and a cue have dmx values for the same features (and remember 0
is a valid dmx value) the dmx values last entered will override the previous dmx values.
4. A preset can have any feature of a fixtures in it.