the cursor under the chase name to select between
chases if more than one chase is running.
Any speed changes that are made will be saved if you
record the current scene. This allows you to reuse the
same chase in different scenes at different speeds. Press
the "chase" switch whenever you want to see the cha-
se display when there are chases running.
You can run up to 8 chases simultaneously. If a new
chase is selected that completely overrides one that is
running, the overridden chase will be automatically tur-
ned off. A chase is canceled when another one is ca-
lled that controls all of the same channels. A chase will
not be canceled if only some of its channels are ove-
rridden. The channels that are still available will conti-
nue to chase.
8.3.ERASING CHASES
To erase an existing chase from the memory, press "re-
cord" then "chase" then "erase". As when recording
a chase, all LEDs that contain a chase will be lit. Next
select the chase to erase. The message "Erase this?"
along with the chase name will appear in the LCD. Press
"yes" or "no". If you press "yes" the chase will be era-
sed. This only works when there is no chase being edi-
ted or recorded. While editing a chase, "erase" is used
to erase the chase steps. You can abort chase erase at
any time by either pressing "no" or exiting record mode
by pressing the "record" switch.
Note: It can take up to 30 seconds to overwrite or erase
a chase depending on how much of the memory is cu-
rrently filled.
8.4.EDITING CHASES
To edit a chase that has already been recorded, press
"record" followed by "chase". Before making any chan-
nel changes, press the number of the chase that you
want to edit. The message "Edit this existing Chase?" will
appear in the display. Press "yes" and the chase will be
called up and you can add to it or modify it by selec-
ting steps and changing any channel levels. You can
also use the "erase" switch to remove the contents of
the current step or if the step is empty, remove the step
entirely. You can also insert additional empty steps at
the current step by pressing "add". You will be promp-
ted whether or not to add an empty chase step here.
Press "yes" to insert a step at the current step number.
All following chase steps will be moved up one number.
Once the new step is added you can record channel
levels or presets there.
After you have finished editing the chase you can store
it at the same memory location or at a new location by
selecting a page and by pressing a number switch. You
can also use this method to copy a chase to another lo-
cation by saving it without making any changes.
8.5.FACTORY CHASES
When you select chase memory pages "F1-F3" (factory
chases) you can call from the list of 48 preprogrammed
pan and tilt chases. Some hard to program movements
such as circles and figure eights can be found here.
Unlike chases that you program yourself, you must first
select the fixtures you want to include before you turn
on the chase.
8.6.AUDIO SWITCH
The audio switch enables the audio input as a trigger
for chase steps. Pressing the "audio" switch turns on its
LED. It will flash off briefly whenever an audio beat is de-
tected at the audio input. Any chases that are running
will sync to this beat unless the speed has been locked
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for that chase. Read the previous section on recording
chases regarding how to lock the chase speed. Turning
on "audio" will automatically turn off "beat". The audio
switch state is not stored with a scene.
8.7.BEAT SWITCH
The beat switch allows you to override the tempo or
beat of a chase by tapping on the switch in time to
any music that is playing. The LED will flash in time to
the beat that is tapped in. Any chases that are running
will sync to this beat unless the speed has been locked
for that chase. Read the previous section on recording
chases regarding how to lock the chase speed. Pressing
the "beat" switch will automatically turn off "audio". To
turn off the beat, press and hold the "beat" switch for
one second. The "beat" switch state and beat tempo
are not stored when recording a scene.
9.SHOWS
A show is a sequence of scenes that are recorded and
played back in order at preprogrammed times. NAVI-
GATOR PLUS lets you record up to 16 pages of 16 shows
for a total of 256 shows.
9.1.RECORDING SHOWS
Before recording a Show you must first record the sce-
nes that will be included in the show. Consult the pre-
vious sections on how to do this.
To start recording a show press "record", the "record"
LED will flash. Next press "show", the "show" LED will also
flash. The page number will display the current Show
page and any number switches that already contain
Shows will be lit.
The display will show the current step that is ready to be
recorded along with the scene page and scene num-
ber in that step. The word "Empty" will appear in place
of the scene page and number if there is nothing recor-
ded at this step. The hold time for the step is displayed
in hours, minutes and seconds. The numbers are separa-
ted by colons ":" with seconds having a decimal point
allowing tenths of a second resolution.
When you first start the record process, step 000, scene
"Start" will be displayed. Step 0 is used to add a delay
to the start of the show before the first scene is called.
No scene can be recorded at step 0. If you don't want
a delay time at the start of the show, leave the hold
time as 00:00:00.0 and move on to step 1 by pressing
the "+" switch, the "enter" switch or by incrementing the
data wheel.
To record a show step, press the "scene" switch, the
"scene" LED will be lit. Next, choose a scene for this step
by selecting the page and pressing the desired sce-
ne number. Next, select the hold time for this step. The
time that you select is the time that this scene will be
held until the next step is called. You can select a new
time by moving the cursor to the hour, minute or second
number and then pressing the + or - switch or using the
data wheel to change the time.
Once a scene has been selected and the hold time set,
press "enter". The step number will automatically ad-
vance to the next step. You can enter up to 255 steps in
the show. If you press "enter" without selecting a scene,
the step number will advance leaving the step empty.
As you are recording a show you can select any step by
moving the cursor under the step number and using the
+ or - switch or the data wheel to select a new step. You
can then edit the scene number or hold time for any re-