Lamp on/off question

Question

Hi, 
 I have four ADJ Hydro beam x12 fixtures.They are discharge lamps.I only use them at the beginning and at the end of a three hour show. 
 My understanding is that I can't use the shutter for dimming during the rest of the show because the shutter will become damaged if it is closed to long. 
 Is this correct? 
 I can shut off the lamp with lamp control of course(I still have to test this) although this is not a programmable function but I can live with that. 
 What is the best practice in this case. 
 Regards,Jack

eos moderator · Answer

It's correct, that in Eos fixture profiles those control functions are handles through Lamp Control rather than through cues. So striking the lamp happens with a button in either a button in About > Lamp Controls or in the Lamp Control tab (tab 31). 
 You can however automate this: If you have a lamp on and a lamp off macro (i suggest learning it), you can execute the respective macros from cues. 
 Does that help?