The Marquee ILC will have setup tabs for both the A and B Grandmasters.
The Grandmaster and Dead Blackout are used to control intensity attributes of your rig. Fixtures that are affected by the Grandmaster will be displayed with a red hat, a hollow pipe and a broken arrow:
The Grandmaster is the handle/button combination on the very right hand side of the console above the level wheel. You can configure what fixtures' intensities are affected by the Grandmaster by selecting it here. You may also disable it completely if you are afraid of it inadvertently affecting the stage output by bumping this handle. By default, GM-A is setup to inhibit just Conventional Fixtures and GM-B is set up to inhibit only Moving Lights.
Select Disabled if you don't want the slider of the Grandmaster to have any affect. This may be set as a safety measure on shows that are strictly run from the Go button.
If you select All Fixtures, any type of fixture, conventional or automated, will be affected when you pull down the grandmaster slider.
Conventional Fixtures are defined as fixtures that only have one attribute and that attribute is intensity (i.e., dimmers).
Fixtures included in the Moving Light category are fixtures with more than one attribute.
If this checkbox is on, any fixture that has its intensity attribute captured will be affected when the grandmaster slider is pulled down.
The Dead Black out has multiple functions. Whenever it is enabled, it is like pulling the grandmaster slider down to 0% in zero time. There are macros that allow you to control this feature programmatically.
Select this option if you don't want to accidentally plunge your stage into darkness by pressing the DBO button.
If you select this option, pressing the button will black out the stage only while you have your finger on the button. Use this if you want to 'bump' the stage out for effect. If you want to keep it in darkness, press and hold the DBO while lowering the slider to 0%.
If the DBO is set as a toggle, pressing it once will black the stage out and pressing it again will restore it to the level set by the grandmaster slider. While the DBO is on or the slider is at 0%, the red LED will flash rapidly.
Notes:
The red LED on the DBO button will flash slowly if the level of the handle is between 1% and 99%. It will be off if the handle is at full. It will flash rapidly if the handle is at the bottom or the DBO is active. Check out Status Bubbles for display information on the GM.
There are Macros that allow you to set the level of the console lights. These macros can be called by cues so that your console lights dim for cues such as black-outs, then restore for the rest of the show.
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