Effect chase

Kyle,

Here's how you would build a light chase for 6 lights (numbered 1 through 6):

1) 1 Thru 6 @ 0 Enter (to select the lights and set intensity at 0%)
2) Double-tap the Effect button to open the Effects Engine window.
3) Click the Table cell in the Intensity row.
4) Press Set and select the Step table from the drop-down list.
5) Click the Offset cell in the Intensity row.
6) Press set and type 0 Thru 300 Enter.

The offset controls where in the waveform each channel will start the effect. Offset is expressed in degrees (0 through 360). By typing 0 Thru 300, you are fanning the offset so that each channel is assigned its own offset value. Determining the offset for 6 fixtures is easy because 6 divides evenly into 360. The offsets assigned are 0, 60, 120, 180, 240, and 300.

You should now see that all of the lights are chasing in order, but because the Step table is on half of the time and off the other half, you will notice that you have 3 lights on and 3 lights off at all times. If you want only a single light chasing you will need to reduce the length of the effect cycle.

7) Click the Length cell in the Intensity row.
8) Press Set and change the length from 100% to 33%.

This should create the first 6 light chase you're looking for.

If you want to create an alternating chase from this, you have 2 options.

First, you could select the lights in the order you want them to chase and then repeat steps 5 and 6 above to re-calculate the offsets based on the new selection order.

Your other option is to use cloning to copy the effect to the same set of fixtures in a different selection order:

1 Thru 6 Copy 2 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 1 Enter

Creating your last chase, with 2 lights on at a time, will require a few changes. Let's assume the three steps of your chase will look like this:

1 2 3 4 5 6
X - - - - X
- X - - X -
- - X X - -

Since each pair of lights will need the same offset, I would build the effect with 3 fixtures and copy it to the other 3.

1) 1 Thru 3 @ 0 Enter (to select the lights and set intensity at 0%)
2) Double-tap the Effect button to open the Effects Engine window.
3) Click the Table cell in the Intensity row.
4) Press Set and select the Step table from the drop-down list.
5) Click the Offset cell in the Intensity row.
6) Press set and type 0 Thru 240 Enter.
7) Click the Length cell in the Intensity row.
8) Press Set and change the length from 100% to 67%.
9) 1 Thru 3 Copy 6 Thru 4 Enter

This should give you the effect you're looking for.

Please let me know if this doesn't make sense or if there is any other help that I can offer.

Thanks.

Kyle,

Here's how you would build a light chase for 6 lights (numbered 1 through 6):

1) 1 Thru 6 @ 0 Enter (to select the lights and set intensity at 0%)
2) Double-tap the Effect button to open the Effects Engine window.
3) Click the Table cell in the Intensity row.
4) Press Set and select the Step table from the drop-down list.
5) Click the Offset cell in the Intensity row.
6) Press set and type 0 Thru 300 Enter.

The offset controls where in the waveform each channel will start the effect. Offset is expressed in degrees (0 through 360). By typing 0 Thru 300, you are fanning the offset so that each channel is assigned its own offset value. Determining the offset for 6 fixtures is easy because 6 divides evenly into 360. The offsets assigned are 0, 60, 120, 180, 240, and 300.

You should now see that all of the lights are chasing in order, but because the Step table is on half of the time and off the other half, you will notice that you have 3 lights on and 3 lights off at all times. If you want only a single light chasing you will need to reduce the length of the effect cycle.

7) Click the Length cell in the Intensity row.
8) Press Set and change the length from 100% to 33%.

This should create the first 6 light chase you're looking for.

If you want to create an alternating chase from this, you have 2 options.

First, you could select the lights in the order you want them to chase and then repeat steps 5 and 6 above to re-calculate the offsets based on the new selection order.

Your other option is to use cloning to copy the effect to the same set of fixtures in a different selection order:

1 Thru 6 Copy 2 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 1 Enter

Creating your last chase, with 2 lights on at a time, will require a few changes. Let's assume the three steps of your chase will look like this:

1 2 3 4 5 6
X - - - - X
- X - - X -
- - X X - -

Since each pair of lights will need the same offset, I would build the effect with 3 fixtures and copy it to the other 3.

1) 1 Thru 3 @ 0 Enter (to select the lights and set intensity at 0%)
2) Double-tap the Effect button to open the Effects Engine window.
3) Click the Table cell in the Intensity row.
4) Press Set and select the Step table from the drop-down list.
5) Click the Offset cell in the Intensity row.
6) Press set and type 0 Thru 240 Enter.
7) Click the Length cell in the Intensity row.
8) Press Set and change the length from 100% to 67%.
9) 1 Thru 3 Copy 6 Thru 4 Enter

This should give you the effect you're looking for.

Please let me know if this doesn't make sense or if there is any other help that I can offer.

Thanks.