Lamp strike...

Amir,

It records just like a regular cue.

If they are VL3k's, here's what I'd do...

Select fixtures - press control - press FIXTURE IDLE
Record Cue 1
Press LAMP STRIKE
Record Cue 2
Press FIXTURE IDLE
Record Cue 3
Clear Programmer
Record Cue 4 (Blank Cue)
Put a "RLx" in the comment field to release the list.

Now, if they are VL3k's, you need to hold the strike command for 6 seconds. So Cue 2 has a wait time of 1 second (to put the fixture in an idle state). Cue 3 has a wait time of 6 seconds. Cue 4 has a wait time of 2 seconds.

Now, depending on your situation, you can go through and make it more complicated and stagger the individual fixtures so you don't send the strike to all fixtures at once (this is what I do so I don't have a huge in-rush demand on the system). It just all depends on what you need.

Jon, could you put in a delay-time in Que2, to make an "start-up" sequence with 2 sec delay between groups of fixures (and then the same delay-time for q3 ofcourse), or do you add extra que's?

Yes, you can delay the parameters just like anything else. The reason I don't is because I have a large rig and do it in groups that's all.