Features
An automated light, properly called a luminaire, fixture (or sometimes moving head), is a versatile and multi-function instrument designed to replace multiple conventional, non-moving lights. Depending on the venue and application, automated luminaires can be a versatile and economical addition to a stock of traditional lights because, with proper programming, they can swiftly alter many aspects of their optics, changing the “personality” of the light very quickly. Lighting is typically pre-programmed and played back using only simple commands, although moving heads can be controlled “live” if the operator is sufficiently experienced.
Most moving heads have all or some of the features, each feature is set to a channel number, such as this:
- Pan
- Tilt
- Fine Pan
- Fine Tilt
- Dimmer
- Shutter
- Gobo1 Select
- Gobo1 Rotation
- Gobo2 Select
- Gobo2 Rotation
- Gobo3 Select
- Colour1
- Cyan
- Magenta
- Yellow
- Prism 3,5,9facet
- Prism Rotation
- Effects Wheel
- Gobo Animation Wheel
- Zoom
- Focus
- Iris
- Lamp Shut off, fixture reset
- Remote patching channel
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