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Stand-Alone programming overview 33

About scene timing

Each scene has a dynamic part -

the fade - during which effects

move to the scene’s programmed

positions, and a static part - the

wait - where effects do not change.

The duration of the fade and wait is

programmed individually for each

scene. The fade time may be 0 -

120 seconds; the wait time may be

1 second to 12 hours. The total

time it takes a scene to execute is

the sum of the fade and wait times.

When operating multiple fixtures synchronously, the wait time is determined

by the fixture that issues scene change commands. It does this when it

reaches the end of each scene wait time. Every other fixture fades and waits

at its own rate and then remains in the “wait state” until it receives a start

scene xx command. When programming in synchronous triggering

situations, keep in mind that in order to keep things as simple as possible

there are two rules of thumb that will make life much easier; try to ensure

that:

1. Every fixture has the same number of scenes.

2. Respective scene times are a few seconds longer on the fixture that

issues triggering commands.

The rules used in the algorithm are detailed in “Synchronous triggering

during Stand-Alone operation” on page 43.

Synchronizing scene changes for

multiple Exterior 600s

In situations where you are running multiple Exterior 600s on a data link it is

possible to synchronize scene changes.

It is important to note that each individual fixture must be programmed with

a show and that the only commands that are passed are scene change

commands. No data about the look of the scene is passed between fixtures.

Fade

Wait

Fade

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