using the arrow keys to select the next fixture

[Tumbleweed]

the last two "strange" Pearls i have used didn't do this feature... One was an Expert, the other was a 2004.

Is this something specific to the 2008, or is it a menu setting?

[(iCe)]

No, all Pearls do this. First select all fixtures you want to handle and then use the next / previous keys to step through. On the Expert it's even better (when running Titan); you can use the highlite mode to set all fixtures to congo and the selected one to yellow. Works great!

[Tumbleweed]

yeah... like I said, the last 2 'strange' Pearls i have used didn't do this...

so it's a menu setting?

[niclights]

Nothing strange about it.

All non-Expert Pearls have shift toggle on softkey B [chase control enabled]/[fixture control enabled].
With [fixture control enabled] the keys at the bottom of the programmer section allow solo functions.
With [chase control enabled] those keys control chase direction and the arrow keys become available for solo.

The Expert has dedicated keys for both functions therefore there is no need for this option.

Highlight/Lowlight parameters are defined in personality files but these never worked in Classic (not in my memory anyway). They do work in Titan. Hopefully there will eventually be a function to adjust this within the software - in D4 you would press <shift> highlight/lowlight.

Incidentally I discovered that in Classic (with fixture control enabled on relevant consoles) the arrow keys become shortcuts to max/min value for current attribute.

[Tumbleweed]

ah... cool. That's what I was looking for.

(and, it's 'strange' like as in not the one I use every day)