Updating palettes

Hi there -

To record palettes, set the channels into their required positions (or colors or whatever) and then use RECORD & FOCUS (or COLOR or BEAM or PALETTE) or set the palette type to the Direct Select bank of your choice and then use RECORD & Direct Select key (1-10) for the position you want to store.

To update new values into a palette, select the channel(s) in question and use # RECORD & FOCUS (or COLOR or BEAM or PALETTE) where the # is the number of the palette you want to update, or use UPDATE & Direct Select key for that palette.

Does this help?

Thanks!

Sarah

I understand that, and can update focus positions in focus palettes by using UPDATE and the direct select key for that palette.

But....updating focus only in an all palette, (ie. pallette 5,) is the way to do it to select the channel (ie. 101 ch/id), then 5 UPDATE + FOCUS?

or will this just update focus palette 5? 

Hi there -

The way to do that would be to apply a MASK, then update the Palette with # RECORD & PALETTE (UPDATE & Direct Select may also work, but I haven't tried it with a mask applied).

To apply the mask, select your channels, then press MASK once to turn the mode on, then press and hold MASK, then press COLOR, then press BEAM (to suit your example) to mask out all the color and beam parameters. You can also mask individual parameters using MASK & Wheel Key. You can see which parameters are masked in Live Attributes or in the LCD above the encoders, masked parameters display "---" instead of a value. In the ML display on Congo you can also see indicators like F, F- F+, where F means no mask is applied in that attribute category, F- means some of the parameters are masked, and F+ means the entire category is masked.

I hope this helps -

Thanks -

Sarah

Another option is to use the "Focus Mode" and "Update Palette" soft keys under the "Device" soft key from the main menu.

I am not in front of Congo as often as I would like...so my menu keys might be a little off.

With Focus Mode on, you get a list of palettes on the main LCD.  You can use the trackball in list mode (green) to scroll to the palette to be updated and left click to select it.  All fixtures recorded to that palette will be activated.  You can use HiLight to adjust focus and then Update Palette softkey to update it.  The next palette in the list will be advanced.  Left click to select and repeat.

I hope that helps.

John

Adjusting Focus when the lights are in various colours etc is what the [Highlight] key is for.

Highlight is a toggle mode that bumps selected fixtures into Open White and high intensity.

It's designed for exactly this situation - you've got a load of fixtures in *some look*, but need to adjust the Focus of them.

Quick way of trying this:

• Select a group of moving light channels.
• Hit [Next] to step onto the first one.
• Hit [Highlight]
  • The fixture goes to Open White.
• Adjust the Focus
• Hit [Next]
  • The first fixture goes back to its old colours/gobos/zoom etc
  • The next fixture goes to Open White
• Hit [Highlight]
  • Everything is back to normal, you can # [Record] & [Palette] or whatever.

Obviously this doesn't apply if you're adjusting the colours and gobos - for that kind of update, [Mask] is perfect as Sarah described above.

Finally, the "{Update Palette}" softkey isn't only for Focus Mode.
You can also use it in normal programming to update all active, changed palettes at the same time.
- It shows you a list which ones it's going to update for you to confirm or cancel, which can also be useful as a "What did I just change?" hint, if you've adjusted so much that you've forgotten where you started.