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CHAPTER 4
Fixture Programming
SHOWGUN
®
User Manual 33
Shutter and Lamp Effects
The Shutter/Lamp Function channel determines how the Shutter channel will function. When
you select one of the following options in the Shutter/Lamp Function channel, the
Shutter
channel sets the strobe rate from slow to fast.
Shutter/Lamp Function Shutter Channel
Close Closes shutter
Normal Shutter Functions Strobes beam at specified intervals from slow to fast.
Random Strobe Allows all SHOWGUN Fixtures on the DMX link to strobe their shutters
at random times from slow to fast.
Random/Synchronous
Strobe
Allows all SHOWGUN Fixtures on the DMX link to strobe their shutters
at random times in unison from slow to fast.
Lamp Functions (see next table)
Open Opens shutter
When you select the Lamp Functions option in the Shutter/Lamp Function channel, the
Shutter channel lets you create lamp boost, lightning and strobing effects.
Shutter/Lamp Function Shutter Channel
Lamp Functions
Closes shutter
Periodic lamp strobes lamp at specified intervals from slow to fast.
Allows all SHOWGUN Fixtures on the DMX link to strobe their lamps at
random times from slow to fast.
Allows all SHOWGUN Fixtures on the DMX link to strobe their lamps at
random times in unison from slow to fast.
Boost lamp, black. Six time ranges from 1–.25 second
Note
Boost lamp, white. Six time ranges from 1–.25 second
Note
Lightning strikes. Six lightning variations are available.
The Dim channel scales the overall brightness of the lightning stroke.
Opens shutter
NOTE: The Boost effect boosts the Lamp above the fixture’s Watt level for the
specified period of time. The lamp is also boosted during the Lightning effects.
Before another Boost or Lightning effect can occur, the Shutter channel
must be moved to either closed or open, or the Lamp Control channel
must be moved outside the Lamp Function range.
Boost effects to black boost the lamp for a specified time then close the shutter.
Boost effects to white boost the lamp for a specified time, then leave the
shutter open with the lamp dimmed.