The button array can be a physical piece of hardware, like the one depicted below, or a virtual pop-up version that is accessed using the Tools button.
The optional Button Array Wing has two major functions:
When the top left button's green LED is on, the Button Wing Panel is in Fixture Select mode. The eleven remaining buttons bank the remaining 100 buttons by hundreds. For example, if the second top button from the left is illuminated yellow, the buttons select fixtures 1 through 100. The next yellow button along will bank the lower buttons up 100, to select fixtures 101 through 200 and so on up to 1100.
To select a fixture, press the corresponding button. The red LED will begin to flash. To deselect it, press the button again. (Note: You do not need to deselect fixtures if you change the preceding selection's attributes before making a new selection.) To select a range of fixtures, press and hold the first fixture in the range, then press the last. This works for deselecting ranges in the middle of selected fixtures.
Any fixture that is currently being controlled by a Cue List or Look Master and has an intensity level greater than 0% will show a solid red LED.
When the top left green LED is not on, the Button Wing Panel is sectioned into four groups of 25 palettes (A through Y). The top left button, which is labeled "Fixtures" is a toggle. Press it once to change the mode to Fixture Select; press it again to put the Wing Panel into Palette Mode.
To assign Look Pages (or Group Selects) to the Banks A through D (left to right), check out the topic Hardware Setup - Button Array. Each bank has 25 palettes in it (A through Y) and is pageable to provide as many buttons as necessary, using the up and down arrow buttons above each bank. The amber LEDs on the arrow buttons will tell you if more pages are available. If you press down on the last page, it will wrap you back to the first page in the stack. (Note: The A Bank only has a down button as the top left button is the Fixture toggle button.)
Buttons with recorded looks on them will glow a steady red LED. If you forget what a button is assigned to, press the [VIEW] button above the bank:
A large 5X5 grid will pop up on the screen showing you the label of the recorded look and its corresponding button. You can also pop up this display by using the first four softkeys while holding down the [TOOLS] button. Once you select a button, the 5X5 display disappears. You can stop this behaviour by pressing the pin in the upper left hand corner in. At any time, you can press the fat up and down arrows to scroll through the stack as configured in Hardware Setup - Button Array. If you press the title, you will page between the four Button Banks A through D.
See Also:
Selecting and Setting Fixtures