Owner's manual

KONTROL 5 Manual Rev B.

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2.5 Common Terms

The following are common terms used in intelligent light programming,

so pay attention! We’ll be using them throughout the manual.

• Blackoutisastatebywherealllightingxtureslightoutputare

set to 0 or off, usually on a temporary basis.

• DMX-512 stands for Digital MultipleX is an industry standard

digital communication protocol used in entertainment lighting

equipment. For more information read the DMX Primer and

DMX Control Mode Sections later in the manual.

• Fixture refers to your lighting instrument or other device such

as a fogger or dimmer of which you can control.

• Programs are a bunch of scenes stacked one after another. It

can be programmed as either a single scene or multiple scenes

in sequence.

• Scenes are static lighting states.

• Sliders are a delicious small burger or sandwich, but here they

are used in the same context as faders.

• Chases can also be called programs. A chase consists of a num-

ber of scenes stacked one after another.

• Stand Alonereferstoaxture’sabilitytofunctionindepen-

dently of an external controller and usually in sync to music, due

to a built in microphone.

• Fade Slider is used to adjust the time between scenes within a

chase.

• Speed Slider affects the amount of time a scene will hold its

state. It is also considered a wait time.

• Shutter/Strobeisamechanicaldeviceinthelightingxture

that allows you to block the lights path. It is often used to less-

en the intensity of the light output and to strobe.

• PatchingreferstotheprocessofassigningxturesaDMX

channel.

• Playbacks can be either scenes or chases that are directly

called to execution by the user. A playback can also be consid-

ered program memory that can be recalled during a show.