question on fader avolites pearl 2000

[ocmer23]

Hi peepz
new user of the avolites pearl 2000 here. I just bought one on auction and revised it.
Now i was trying out the patching and so on and i ran into a thing i don't understand.
Here we go

So I have a laser here but we can swap that for a led par or whatever. since i am still looking for a usb<>floppy machine i choose to patch the fixture as dimmers.
Under the first lets say 5 handles i patch dimmers with Adres A1<>A5, wich are selection of the pattern (but this is not where the problem is) because when i select them and turn the wheel they laser/led par/whatever reacts.
Now when i push up the fader nothing happens :/ dmx valleu does't change real time nothing....
what i am not getting? i will continue searching in the manual. but maybe you experts can help me faster with your expertise
the faders work i checked all i n the test screen

I will do a good introduction on who i am and why i am in the appropriate sub forum if there is one, in the right time if there is such a thing. because i am planning to bug you guys more with my newb questions

Thanx in advance!

Remco

[niclights]

Make sure all master faders are at full. Press Clear. Do they work now?

If not, hold down the Avo key and select [User Settings] from the softkey menu. Press the down arrow on the keypad until you get to a line that reads 'Grand Master'. Use the left or right arrow on the keypad to set the grand master to 'broken'.

Now try the faders again.

Does that help?

[ocmer23]

Hey thanks for the fast reply,

The grand master is broken, but i knew that already. so the grand master was @ broken already.
Still have the problem, sometimes the dmx values change, but still not ''realtime''.
Is there a setting somewhere disabling the fader ''real time''?

getting floppy usb drive this evening, going for OS refresh anyhow.

O and then there is this: it is a avolites pearl 2000 rollacue serial nmr 981 boris 2 board i believe. But the OS is avolites pearl 2004.

Is this a possible cause for problems?

Remco

[niclights]

Boris 2 with 2004 software should be fine.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'realtime'.

If the console is in program mode then lifting a preset fader will take control of the dimmer attribute of the associated fixture as soon as the fader matches the current output level of the fixture (for example from a playback). It will then be in the programmer and lowering the fader will override anything coming from a playback.

If the console is in run mode then the fader will respond as 'highest takes precedence'.

You can check if the faders are working properly by going to system/[service]/[diagnostic screen]. Move faders and look at relevant hexadecimal values on the LCD display.

[ocmer23]

Ok so the OS is fine thanks for clearing that out,
If i understand right:

If dimmer 1 (adress 001, handle 1) is @ 255 (by for example one of the x-y pots)

Handle 1 (controlling a001) is activated not before fully opened (reaching value 255) and if this dimmer channel is @ value 0 the handle will work right away

[niclights]

Correct. And if the dimmer is currently value x, where x > 0 then the preset fader will only allow >x when in run mode.