Lightronics TL2448 - Manual (Page 6)

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TL - 2448 LIGHTING CONTROLLER
Version 0.6
OWNERS MANUAL
12/27/2007
www.lightronics.com
Lightronics Inc. 509 Central Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23454 757 486 3588
SETUP AND PRELIMINARY OPERATION
CONSOLE RESET
The TL-2448 may be cleared or reset using the menu system. It is recommended that the reset procedure be
used anytime you begin to set the board up for a new application. This is also a good idea when having
operational difficulties since it will configure the unit to a known set of conditions. If you have scenes, cues or
chases stored in the unit, be sure that they are written down before you reset the board since they will be lost
once the reset is performed.
You can reset the console by using the
SETUP menu. Executing the ERASEALL submenu function will cause
the following actions to occur:
A one to one channel assignment scheme will be invoked for patch page 1.
Patch page 2 will be completely cleared .
All cues will be set to point to factory default banks/scenes.
Conventional and moving light scenes will be cleared.
Chase pattern 1 will be set to point to the factory default bank/scene. Chases 2 – 36 will be cleared.
CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS (PATCHING)
DEFAULT CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS
Execution of an ERASEALL on the console results in a 1 to 1 patch for dimmer channels 1 - 48. The pattern is
repeated beginning at dimmer channel 49 (It is assigned to console channel 1 again). The repeat continues up to
dimmer channel 256. Beginning at dimmer channel 257 - assignments are made to moving light fixture channels.
The moving light channels may be re-assigned to conventional dimmer channels.
You can assign console channels to dimmer channels other than a 1 to 1 correspondence. For instance you may
want to have the lights connected to dimmer channels 1 and 2 assigned to console fader 3. (You can have
several dimmer channels patched to a single console fader but you cannot assign a dimmer channel to more than
1 console channel at a time.) This channel assignment or “patch” information can be saved in the console as a
“patch page”.
PATCH PAGES
The TL-2448 contains 2 patch pages. In situations where the console is used for different applications, multiple
patch pages can save time that would be spent re-patching each channel for a given application. The current
patch page may be toggled between the two pages by using the MENU system.
TO CHANGE THE CURRENT PATCH PAGE
1. Enter
the
SFTPTCH submenu and push to select the PAGE= n choice. It will begin flashing.
2. Push
MENU to toggle the choice between patch pages 1 and 2.
ASSIGNING CURRENT PATCH PAGE CHANNELS
Channel assignments are always applied only to the currently selected patch page.
Enter the
SFTPTCH menu and select REPATCH. The following submenu will be shown:
Patch Dimmers 0000
DIM 000 CON= 00