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Fixture profile change - Cameo

Hey,

I noticed differences between the Fixture Library and the reality of the Fixtures. And this although the Fixture Library exactly follows the manufacturer's specifications... I don't know exactly what the wrong information was, I made local copies of the type and corrected everything in them.

Cameo AuroSpot 100/200: Pan may be 540°/630° and Tilt 240°

Cameo NanoSpot 300: Pan is 540° and Tilt about 199° - asyncron reaching from -98° to 101°

Cameo HydraBeam 4000 RGBW: Pan is 540° and Tilt only 220°.

Moreover I tried to find Gobos in the library matching the default ones from the AuroSpot and NanoSpot as good as possible. Listed in ascending order from Gobo1 to Gobo n:

AuroSpot: Acme 07 07; Blizzard Lighting 010 010; Abstract 15 dot tunnel; Ablelite 001 001; American DJ 055 55; Martin 002 fat bar

NanoSpot: Abstract 12 tunnel; American DJ 165 165; American DJ 166 166; American DJ 167 167; Blizzard Lighting 007 007; American DJ 168 168; American DJ 169 169

EOS version 2.9.1 b17; Library version 2.9.1.8

And one last question: At least in my region, moving heads are placed or hung in such a way that the cables can be connected to the side facing away from the viewer. Why are moving heads always panned facing stage left (hanging) or stage right (standing) in default? Wouldn't it be easier to define a pan range from -180° to 360° in order to have 0° facing to the crowd or in negative tilt to the stage? I think there's a point behind it, can anyone explain it to me?

Thanks

Lars

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    In regards to your last question - it is easy to change the home position of the mover so that it is panned 90 degs. Just set the pan as you wish on all fixtures, record that into a preset, and set that preset as your home preset in the setup menu. When you home (or sneak, or go to cue out) the fixtures will now locate to your recorded position.

    I often do this to get home colour to match across my whole rig - often to 3200K to match tungsten (or warm LED) fixtures.

    Standard practice in the UK (at least in theatre world, and like any good rule it is broken regularly) is to rig so that tilt moves up/down stage.

  • 0 in reply to Jonathan Pearce

    Basic orientation practices in current software (lacking geographical rig awareness) are as follows:

    • Hang the fixture from a FOH lighting bar/pipe running SL-SR using its normal hanging hardware.
    • If the fixture has a display, this is placed nearest the stage (usually facing the stage so it is not visible to the audience)
    • If it does not have a display, the Main Power INPUT connector is placed furthest away from the stage.
    • Pan = 0 deg is where Positive Tilt will point towards the stage, perpendicular to the lighting bar.
      If there are multiple possibilities, Pan = 0 is the pan angle nearest the center of travel.
    • Tilt = 0 deg is the tilt angle nearest the center of travel where the beam points vertically down.
      If panning makes the fixture 'wobble', this is defined at Pan = 0
    These are the basic principles.  These can be modified in the fixture profile and/or via home preset positions.  Hope this helps.
    Anne
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  • 0 in reply to Jonathan Pearce

    Basic orientation practices in current software (lacking geographical rig awareness) are as follows:

    • Hang the fixture from a FOH lighting bar/pipe running SL-SR using its normal hanging hardware.
    • If the fixture has a display, this is placed nearest the stage (usually facing the stage so it is not visible to the audience)
    • If it does not have a display, the Main Power INPUT connector is placed furthest away from the stage.
    • Pan = 0 deg is where Positive Tilt will point towards the stage, perpendicular to the lighting bar.
      If there are multiple possibilities, Pan = 0 is the pan angle nearest the center of travel.
    • Tilt = 0 deg is the tilt angle nearest the center of travel where the beam points vertically down.
      If panning makes the fixture 'wobble', this is defined at Pan = 0
    These are the basic principles.  These can be modified in the fixture profile and/or via home preset positions.  Hope this helps.
    Anne
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