Manual Control

There are four types of manual control for playbacks:

• Cues can be stored with manual timing. When cues have stored manual timing, the default behavior of the fader is to control those manual values.
• Cues can be captured for manual intensity control only. This is possible only when the associated cue has no manual timing values.
• Cues can be manually overridden using the [Man Override] & [Load] feature which captures all parameter transitions.
  • Element 2, Ion Classic, and Element Classic users will need to use [Live] {Fader Control} {Man Override}
• The fader can be set to manual master mode. See Master.

In each of these cases, follow time counts down from [Go]. The hang time will be kicked off when the fader reaches full or when the last parameter reaches its end state from timing, whichever comes last.

Manual Timing Control

Manual timing can be set for any parameter or group of parameters. A fader is then used to control the progress of a transition.

For example, assume the active cue contains an instruction to set red at 40 for channel 1. The pending cue contains an instruction to set color for channel 1 to blue and the color parameter has a manual time. Press [Go] to activate the cue. Channel 1 color does nothing. As you move the fader up manually, channel 1 color moves proportionally from red to blue. Any parameters with timing will start their moves at the press of [Go] and be unaffected by the manual control.

To program a channel manual time:

• [1] {Color} [Time] {Manual} [Enter] - assigns a manual time to channel 1. This must be recorded or updated to a cue, when in Live.
• [Record] [Cue] [5] [Time] {Manual} [Enter] - sets manual timing for a specific cue.
• [Record] [Cue] [6] {Color} [Time] {Manual} [Enter] - sets manual timing for a specific cue and parameter.

Manual Intensity Override

An intensity transition may be taken over manually and the transition captured by dropping the fader down until it reaches the percentage of cue completion (i.e. if the cue is 50% complete, when the fader is manually dropped to 50%, the intensity transitions will be captured and the intensity portion of the cue completed by moving the fader manually between 50% and full or anywhere in between). If the fader is dropped below 50%, the fader will fade all intensity values proportionally from their captured values to their previous values.

If a fade is captured and the faders are not reset to 100% prior to the next press of the [Go] button, the fader will automatically reset to 100% upon cue execution. Alternatively, you can set the fader to 0% before executing the next cue to capture the cue for manual intensity control when the [Go] button is pressed if the fader is set to proportional control. Intensity control is released from the fader when the cue is considered complete (when the fader is brought back to 100%). If the fader is set as an Intensity Master, the intensity control is maintained, even when the cue has completed.

If a pending cue has any manual control properties, you may either preset the fader to zero or the console will automatically set the fader to zero when the [Go] button is pressed.

Manual intensity override is not possible if there is any manual timing in the cue, as the fader is already occupied with that control.

Manual Override

Manual override allows the associated fader to control all parameters in a transition state on that fader. When [Man Override] & [Load] are pressed, all activity on that fader is frozen and the motorized faders move to match the current fade progression.

The fader is used to manually complete the cue transition for all parameters. If the fader is operating in a paired mode, the left fader controls the intensity upfade and all non-intensity parameters, while the right fader controls all intensity downfade actions. Manual control override automatically releases when the cue is complete.

A group of faders can be collected for manual override by pressing [Man Override] & [Load] (continue adding faders by pressing the associated [Load] buttons).