Partitions

Pressing the {Partitions} button in Show setup opens the partition display in the CIA. This display shows any recorded partitions, including the four pre-existing partitions. For more information, see

Desk

This setup softkey accesses settings for the user identified on the associated Ion device. Changing these settings does not impact other Ion controllers on the network assigned a different user ID.

{Record Defaults}

This screen enables you to change general record defaults.

To change the setting for any of these fields, click the field in the CIA to activate it. If the field requires data, enter it from the keypad. If the field is a toggle state, one click of the button will switch the field to its other state.

Auto Playback

When enabled, this feature automatically plays back cues and submasters as they are stored and releases manual control. For submasters to automatically play back, the slider must be at full. This field is a toggle state between “Enabled” and “Disabled”. When auto playback is “Disabled”, all manual levels are maintained and cues must be loaded and executed on playbacks. The default is “Enabled”.

Track

This field allows you to switch between tracking and cue only modes (see Tracking vs. Cue Only, page 5). The default is “Tracking”.

Record Confirm

This setting allows you to enable or disable the confirm action when storing over a previously recorded target. The default is “Enabled”.

Delete Confirm

This field allows you to enable or disable a required confirmation before any delete command is executed. The default is “Enabled”.

Update Mode

This field allows you to select a default update mode (see Update Styles, page 181). The default is “All”.

Break Nested

This setting allows you to enable/disable the update modifier break nested. The default is “Disabled”.

Update Last Ref

This setting allows you to enable/disable the update modifier update last ref. The default is “Disabled”.

{Manual Control}

This desk setting button gives you access to Ion manual control settings.

Manual Time

In this section you may change the default times for manual changes to occur in live. Times can be set for each parameter category (Intensity Up, Intensity Down, Focus, Color, and Beam). You may use the [Thru] key to enter a value for all categories.

• {Int Up} [Thru] [9] [Enter]

The default for each of these is 0 seconds.

Manual Control

This section allows you to specify the values for certain buttons and settings used in manual control. To change any value, click the appropriate button in the CIA and use the keypad to enter a new value.

Preserve Blind Cue - This enables the console to display the last selected cue in blind when you return to blind. The default is disabled.

Level - This sets the default for Level (which is accessed in Ion by double pressing [Full]). Any value between 0-100 may be entered. The default is 100.

Plus% - This sets the level for the +% (which is accessed in Ion by pressing [Shift] & [+]), which will increase the selected channel by the set percentage. Any value between 0-100 may be entered. The default is 10%.

Minus% - This sets the level for -% (which is accessed in Ion by pressing [Shift] & [-]), which will decrease the selected channel by the set percentage. Any value between 0-100 may be entered. The default is 10%.

Highlight Preset - This field is used to specify the preset that will be used for highlight commands.

Lowlight Preset - This field is used to specify the preset that will be used for lowlight commands.

Highlight Rem Dim - This enables a Remainder Dim when any highlight or lowlight commands are given, thereby temporarily dimming any channel not participating in the High/Low. An intensity level or a preset can be assigned in this field. Channels not in highlight or lowlight that are not included in the RemDim IP or preset are not affected.

Live RemDim Level - This allows you to set the level for all remainder dim commands in live. The default is 0. An intensity level or a preset can be assigned in this field.

Default Times

{Face Panel}

Sounds

You can adjust the frequency and length of the audible sounds that Ion delivers. Signals are qualified as being either an error, advisory, or click sound. All types of sounds can be adjusted from this setup screen in the CIA.

To adjust a sound, move the virtual slider with the mouse on the CIA. To hear the result of your adjustment, click the {Test} button respective to the sound type, located beneath the sliders. To turn off all sounds completely, click the {Turn Sounds Off} button. The sound area will then be replaced with a {Turn Sounds On} button, which can be pressed to reactivate audible signals in Ion.

Level Wheel

You can adjust the increment and acceleration effect of the level wheel from this screen as well. To alter the number of ticks in a full turn of the level wheel, adjust the slider labeled “LW ticks”. This will increase or decrease the amount of change effected when you use the level wheel. A higher tick setting will increase the amount of change resulting from one turn while lower settings will decrease the amount, making smaller adjustments easier to perform. The options range from 50 - 255 ticks. The default is 150.

Ion also provides an adjustable acceleration feature for the Level wheel. This feature allows you to adjust the wheel’s sensitivity to fast adjustments, thereby temporarily overriding the number of ticks setting. To adjust the level wheel acceleration, use the virtual slider labeled “LW Acc. Factor”. The higher the slider setting, the less sensitive the level wheel will be to acceleration. The lower the setting, the more sensitive it is. When set low, the faster you move the wheel, the greater the increment covered by a revolution. When movement stops, the normal LW ticks will be reinstated.

Encoder

Similar to “LW Acc. factor” (see above), the encoder acceleration factor is used to adjust the acceleration of all encoders.

To adjust the encoder acceleration, use the virtual slider labeled “Encoder Acc. Factor”. The higher the slider setting, the less sensitive the level wheel will be to acceleration. The lower the setting, the more sensitive it is.

“Encoder Tic Freq.” can be used to increase or decrease the number of ticks in a full turn of the encoder.

Press {Disable Accel} to disable encoder acceleration. With acceleration disabled, two new options will be available: {Encoder Degrees Per Revolution}, which is for the pan & tilt encoders, and {Encoder Percent Per Revolution}, which is for the other encoders. When a pan or tilt encoder is moved one revolution, the parameter will change by as many degrees as defined in

Setup. The default is 30. When any other encoder is moved one revolution, the parameter will change by the set percentage of its entire range. The default is 35.

The settings for {Encoder Degrees Per Revolution} and {Encoder Percent Per Revolution} are stored with the showfile. Starting a new file will reset the two settings. Whether or not acceleration is disabled or enabled is not stored with the showfile.

{Face Panel Keypad}

Auto Repeat

This setting allows you to adjust the auto repeat settings (delay and speed) for the facepanel keypad.

Blackout

You can disable the [Blackout] hardkey here. By default, blackout is “Enabled”.

Grandmaster

You can disable the Grandmaster. By default the Grandmaster is “Enabled”.

Spacebar [Go]

You can enable the spacebar on an external keyboard as the hotkey for [Go]. By default, it is “Disabled”.

Hide Mouse

With hide mouse enabled, if the mouse is left idle for 10 seconds, the cursor will go away. Once the mouse is used again, the cursor will return. By default, this is “Disabled”.

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{Displays}

This desk setting button gives you access to the Ion display settings.

High Contrast Display

This button toggles the setting between “Enabled” and “Disabled”. When enabled, high-contrast brightens the magenta used to show tracked values.

The default setting for this is “Disabled”.

Show Reference Labels

This button toggles the setting between “Enabled” and “Disabled”. When enabled, referenced record targets (such as presets or palettes) with labels will have their labels displayed in the live/blind display rather than their target type and number. [Shift] & [Label] can be used to temporally toggle between views.

The default setting for this is “Disabled”.

Group Chans By 5

You can turn off/on the grouping of channels in groups of 5 in the live summary view from this field.

The default for this setting is “Enabled.”

DirSel.Dbl Clk

When enabled, double clicking a direct select button will act as [Recall From] [Record Target] to place the entire contents of that preset, palette, or step-based effect on stage. The default for this setting is “Disabled”.100 Channel Display

This setting can be used to display 100 channels at a time in the live summary view. The default for this setting is “Disabled.”

Cmd Line on PSD

This setting can be used to display an optional command line on the Playback Status Display. The default for this setting is “Disabled”.

PSD Time Countdown

When enabled, the cue category times will countdown in the PSD as a cue is fading. The default for this setting is “Disabled”.

User Id

You can Change the User ID for the console by selecting this button and entering a number from the keypad. For more information on User ID see About User ID, page 328.

Reference labels

{PDF File Settings}

This screen allows you to select the orientation and paper type for PDF files.

{Brightness Settings}

This screen allows you to adjust the brightness and contrast settings for the Ion LCD, the fader wing LCDs, and desk lamps.

{Fader Wing Config}

This screen allows you to manually configure the positions of fader wings connected to the Ion. The console will default to configuring the wings on its own.To manually configure, you must click on the

{Manual Config. Off} softkey.

Clicking on the {Manual Config. Off} button turns manual configuration on and displays the Fader Wing Configuration screen.

Clicking {Identify} will display numbers on each wing’s display to aid in configuration. The numbers do not identify the wings as to their actual order. Order is determined from left to right. The left most wing will contain the first faders, unless a 1x20 wing is attached. A 1x20 will always contain the first faders regardless of other wings to the left of it.

{RFR Settings}

This screen is for allowing Net3 RFR, iRFR, and aRFR connections. The default setting is “Enabled”. For more information see RFR, page 352 and Radio Focus Remote (RFR), page 378.

{Trackball Settings}

This screen allows you to select various trackball options and adjust settings.

Trackball Tick Freq.

This fader adjusts the trackball tick frequency. The default is 200 ticks.

Trackball Acc. Fctr

This fader adjusts the trackball acceleration factor. The default is 800 zip.

Swap Pan/Tilt

This touchbutton swaps the directions for Pan and Tilt on a trackball. The default for Pan and Tilt is X and Y, respectively. When this button is enabled, Pan and Tilt will be Y and X.

Reverse Pan

This touchbutton reverses the direction of Pan.

Reverse Tilt

This touchbutton reverses the direction of Tilt.

Reset

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