Please ensure you save and backup your shows before attempting to upgrade any software. Upgrading from any version (including 1.1 Beta) requires the running of a Pearl Expert Titan 1.1 Recovery Disk. You can download the latest Pearl Expert Titan Recovery Disk image and instructions from http://www.avolitesdownload.com Avolites download . Tap (twice) to set chase tempo In run mode you can use the tap tempo option in the root menu to set the chase step time. The time will be set to the time between each button press. If after 5 seconds you do not make a second button press then the time will not be assigned. This option only appears when you have a connected chase and only updates the speed for the connected chase. You can also access this feature on a blue or grey handle button by selecting the tap tempo option in key profiles. Hold Shift to speed up wheels Holding down the Avo shift key, causes the wheels to go into fast mode. When in this mode a single rotation of the wheel will always be the complete range of the item you are controlling. So if while moving the Pan wheel you hold down shift the fixture will make a complete pan movement between end stops in one rotation of the wheel. Patch multiple dimmers to a single handle You can patch multiple dimmer channels to a single fixture handle. This is done by patching another dimmer over the top of an existing dimmer. You can tell that the dimmer has been patched because the DMX address will increment. This allows you to control two dimmer channels with the same handle so that every time you change the intensity of that handle it will modify both dimmer channels. Key/Handle profiles and Run Modes The standard Run Mode Normal and Run Mode Takeover have been added to this version but also extended to give you extra flexibility and control. As with previous Pearls you have the option of switching between two run modes. This is done while the key switch is set to run and by selecting [Select Profile] in the root menu. A quick method of switching between modes is by toggling [Switch Profile To {profile name}], this will switch to the previously selected profile. You can also create your own profiles selecting [Key Profiles] in the system menu. This gives you the ability to customise what happens when a particular handle key is pressed for a fixture or playback. Once you have created your own profile, this will be added to the list of possible profiles in run mode. Numeric palette selection You can now select a palette by typing in the palette number on the numeric keypad and selecting [Apply Palette]. You will notice that if you enter the number of a palette that does not exist, a little warning symbol appears next to [Apply Palette]. Highlight attributes that are in the programmer in the wheel view When an attribute in the programmer is displayed in the wheel view, the attribute will be highlighted to indicate it is in the programmer. This provides a quick way to see if attributes are in the programmer or not. Enable or disable AutoSave in disk menu When you go into the disk menu and select [Auto Save] you have the option to enable or disable the auto save by toggling [Auto Save]. You can also set the frequency with which the auto save will occur by changing the [Duration]. It is advisable that during programming you have auto save enabled to prevent you loosing your show if a power failure occurs. When running your show you should have auto save disabled as it could effect the performance of the console or cause momentary pauses. Playback Options You can now set options for the different playback types. To change the playback options you need to select [Playback Options] in the root menu and then select the playback you want to change. While in this menu you can select any other playback to start editing that playback. The option are: Memory - Release Mask, Shape Size, Shape Speed, Curve; Chase - Loop / Stop on Final Cue, Play Direction, Cues Linked, Renumber Cues. The release mask allows you to set which attributes will be released to their default state when the playback is killed. You can also set this using the Attribute bank keys. The curve defines how the attribute values will change when the playback is faded in. Individual fixture attribute times You can now set different attribute times for each fixture in a cue. To change the times on a specific fixture you first need to edit times on the cue so select [Edit Times] and the playback you want to edit. You should now notice that all the fixtures in the cue are selected and the selected playback pulses. To change the fixtures you want to edit the times on simply change the selection using the handle selects. Please note that while in edit times it will only allow you to select fixtures in the current cue. Now select the attribute you wish to edit the times on using the attribute bank select keys. It is useful to also have the HUD open at this point as the current times for each fixture are shown. Pressing the [All] key in this menu will select all fixtures in the cue being edited. Stop and go chase with flash and swop keys You can now use the swop and flash buttons to stop and start a chase. To get this option you must enable it in Key Profiles. Turn the key to system and select [Key Profiles]. Select [Edit Profiles] and the profile you want to edit. Select [Chases] and the key you want to put the option on. Select either Go or Stop to place this item on the selected button. Now you can use this button when the profile is selected to stop and go a running chase. Always merge when editing a memory There is a new user setting that allows you to set whether an item is always merged when an item is being edited (you are overwriting the item). The default is for it to ask you whether you want to Merge or Replace the item. You can access the user setting by holding down the [Shift] key and selecting [User Settings]. The options are [Prompt for Merge or Replace], [Always Merge], [Palettes Always Merge]. Merge Cue/Palette shortcut If you are editing a cue or palette by overwriting an existing cue or palette you can press the playback select key again to merge the item. This makes it quicker to edit an item than having to select [Merge] from the softkey menu. Change cue fixture order The fixture order of a cue determines the order in which items such as fixture overlap are applied. If a fixture is first in the order then it will be the first one to run when an overlap is applied. The order also allows you to pair fixtures by giving them the same fixture order and causing them to move together. The fixture order is set in the [Edit Times] menu of the playback. Select [Fixture Order] and then use the fixture select keys to add fixtures to the current step. Press [Next Step] to edit the next step or type in a step number to jump to a specific step number. Each time you move to a new step the fixtures in that step will be selected. Please note that a fixture can only exist in one step and must exist in a step, so you can only remove it from a step by adding it to a different step. Temporary chase speed When changing the speed of a connected chase you can now define whether this speed is temporary and lost when the show re-loads or permanent and is saved in the show. To set the speed adjustment to be temporary, go to the user settings menu Shift + [User Settings] and set the option to [Connected View Sets Temporary Speed] the default is [Connected View Sets Chase Speed]. From now on any changes to the chase speed on the wheels will only be saved in the show if you select [Save Temporary Speed] in the [Edit Times] menu. Fixture attribute fan When controlling a fixture attribute on the wheels, pressing the blue [Fan] key will cause the attribute values to fan out. The fan LED will come on to indicate you are in fan mode and pressing the key again takes you out of fan mode. Chase speed in seconds user option A user setting has been added to change the way chase speeds are displayed between BPM and seconds. To change the chase speed display to seconds press Shift + [User Settings] and change it to [Tempo Units Seconds] the default value is [Tempo Units Beats Per Minute (BPM)]. View fixture patch The fixture patch view allows you to see what fixtures are patched on the console, where they are patched and at what DMX address. You can open the fixture patch view by selecting [View] followed by [Fixture Patch]. You should now be able to see a table on the LCD screen showing all your fixtures. The list of fixtures can be filtered by typing in a search term. You can also use the wheels to scroll around the list and select different fixtures. As you select a fixture its handle will be highlighted by a pulsing LED. The best part though is that you can edit virtually anything in the table. First press [Edit] to put it into edit mode and use wheels A and B to scroll to the item you want to edit. Then just simply press enter and start typing. Please note that some values are input in the following form; Handle Number: {Page}.{Index}, DMX address: {Universe}.{Address}. The last thing to mention is that you can choose which columns are displayed by selecting [Columns] and choosing which columns to hide or show. Unable to include all chase steps When you include a chase step it would not allow you to include all steps in the chase. The last step and the first step would display an error instead of allowing you to include the step. Flash/Swop does auto connect When flashing or swopping a chase the chase would not auto-connect. Macro menu always latches The macro menu would always return to the macro menu when running a macro rather than exiting to the root menu. Changing fixture page, disconnected the connected chase If you had a chase connected and moved to a different fixture page the chase would become disconnected. This has been changed so the chase remains connected. Edit group and palette menu does not allow you to enter a group number greater than 10 If you tried to enter a numeric number in the edit group or palette menu which contained more than two digits it would prevent you from entering the second digit. This meant you could not edit numeric groups or palettes above 10. Merging a palette when selecting the palette by number would not work If you were editing a palette and you selected the palette by number it would appear to complete but not perform the edit. Shapes running across multiple shape steps would reset on every step When running the same shape across multiple chase steps instead of the shape continuing to run across all the steps it would reset the shape to the start on every step. This would mean that instead of having the shape run smoothly across all steps it judder on each step. Sometimes after loading a show the HUD legends would not be displayed Occasionally when you loaded a show the Head Up Display legends would not appear until you changed the fixture page. Poor response speed when swopping allot of playbacks at once If you where swopping allot of playbacks at once the response speed of the swop would diminish. Head Up Display (HUD) update from page change would cause delay in firing chases With the HUD open and after a fixture page change any chases would be blocked from firing until the HUD had updated. If you had allot of fixtures patched this could be a considerable delay. Clear would not remove included items After you have included a palette or cue the clear button would not clear the programmer unless you first added something else to the programmer. Clear stops timed palettes Pressing the clear button during the fade of a timed palette would cause the palette to stop fading. The palette now continues to the end of the fade even if you press clear. Chases with overlapping intensity steps jump slightly If a chase contains two steps with the same fixture at the same intensity, instead of the intensity being constant it would jump slightly. Preset fader does not level match with playbacks If a fixture had an intensity level from a playback and you raise the preset fader for that fixture, instead of the intensity increasing when the preset fader was higher than the playback level it jumped down to the level of the preset fader. Quick palettes overridden by chases If you have a chase running and you fire a quick palette the next step in the chase would override the quick palette values. It should grab control of the fixture and prevent the chase from modifying the fixture. When you moved a held handle the HUD would not reflect the change If you moved a playback that was held it would not update the HUD to show the playback in its new location. Moving an item to the same location on a different page when held did not work If you moved any item to the same handle but on a different page it would not let you move the item if the original handle was held. A running chase stops being held to the current page after moving If you moved a running chase the handle would stop being held and would disconnect if it was connected. Replacing a palette would break any links to playbacks Replacing a palette would break any links that palette had to a playback. This would mean that any playbacks containing that palette would not be updated when the palette changed. Exiting the patch menu with the patch key Pressing the [Patch] key in the patch menu would not exit from the menu. Recording steps in chases where a previous step included an intensity but the next step only includes another attribute in record by channel mode would not work A bit difficult to explain but if you record the first step of a chase with intensity at full but the next step with only colour and no intensity, when you run the chase the intensity will stay on for the second step. This only happens if you record the steps by channel. Setting chase speed and xfade to zero stops the chase and you can not restart Changing both the speed and xfade to zero would stop the chase and it would never restart. Adjusting speed and xfade of a running chase was not smooth If you changed the speed or xfade of a running chase it would cause the fades to be random and some steps to stick on while you where moving the wheels. 'Include' fixtures are highlighted When you include a cue the fixtures in that cue are highlighted with the fixture LEDs and HUD while in the include menu. Added [Append Step] to the record chase menu An [Append Step] option has been added to the record chase menu. This means that if you are recording a chase on fixture page 1 but have moved to fixture page 2 to select some fixtures you can still add a step from the softkey menu. Macros now run on fixtures selected in solo mode When you are in solo select mode from pressing next and previous fixture keys, if you run a macro it will run on the single fixture instead of the entire selection. Selection starts again when recording more than one group When recording multiple groups the selection will be reset after creating a new group. This means that if you go to select new fixtures for the next group the old fixtures will be de-selected. DMX address is reset to first available address when you change the universe If you change the DMX universe when patching fixtures; it now sets the DMX address to the first available address on that universe. Connected chase view on LCD updates immediately when you change the legend of a step If you change the legend of a step that is being shown in the connected chase view on the LCD screen it now updates the legend immediately in the chase view. Load show menu now allows you to search for a show In the load show menu you can now type in the name of a show to filter the lists of show names in view. This makes it much easier to quickly find a show and load it. When patching a fixture the name of the fixture to be patched is displayed Once you have selected the fixture you want to patch it displays the name of the fixture you are patching in the prompt. This makes it easier to identify what type of fixture you are patching and whether you are patching the correct fixture. Playbacks now level match When a playback has been previously raised on a page and you are returning to that page but the playback fader has been moved it will now level match the fader before the fader gains control over the playback. This prevents the playback level suddenly jumping to the level of the fader. Edit fixture user number The ability to edit a fixtures user number has been added to the repatch fixture menu and the set legend menu. To change a fixture's user number; open the Patch menu and select [Repatch Fixture], select the handle of the fixture you want to edit and select [User Number] so the user number becomes editable. Using the numeric keypad, type in the new user number. If the user number is already in use then a warning icon will be displayed. To edit the user number of another fixture you just select that fixture. The set legend menu allows you to select a range of fixtures and edit the user number by incrementing it over the range of fixtures. Numeric and View menus are now accessible in Run mode You can now type in numeric values and perform certain functions in run mode. As well as this the view menu is also accessible in run mode. Highlight edit palette handle When you are editing a palette the LED of the handle being edited pulses to indicate which palette you are editing. Streamlining of edit palette menu The Store Palette menu has been reorganised to fit on one page. The options to set the user number and provide a legend remain the same and there is a toggle to control whether a shared or normal palette will be recorded. By default the console will work out whether a shared or normal palette is required by inspecting the contents of the programmer; if all the fixtures of the same type have the same values it will select shared, otherwise it will select normal. A magic wand icon indicates that the console has set the state automatically. If you override this selection a user icon is displayed to show it is locked in a user selected state. The Set Mask button and the attribute bank buttons allow you to set a mask for the palette. Any attribute group not in the mask will not be recorded in the palette. There are four options that determine what is recorded in the palette: [Channel in Programmer] - records just fixture controls that are tagged in the programmer. [Group in Programmer] - records all the fixture controls in any attribute group that has one or more channels in the programmer. For example if Cyan is in the programmer all Colour controls will be recorded even if they are not in the programmer. (The exception is Dimmer which will not be included with the intensity group unless it is tagged). [Group in Mask] - records everything not excluded by the mask. [Mixed] - records by group for Position and Colour but by channel for all other controls. More intelligent step number suggestion when recording chases If you insert a step in a chase by typing 1.5 it will now suggest the next step as 2 instead of just incrementing by 1. Search in shape menu You can now search for a shape in the select shape menu by typing in something like Pan to show all shapes with Pan in the name. HUD highlights the item being edited When you are editing a playback and it is prompting you to merge or replace the HUD now shows the item in a different colour. Added the ability to change fixture attributes in shape menu You can now select fixtures and change attributes while you are in the shape menu. This makes it easier to tweak the shape. Recording a chase step with the same number gives you options to insert or merge When you are recording a chase, if you input a step number to record and that step number already exists then you are given the option to merge with the existing step; insert a new step or replace the existing step. Quick Palette User Setting An option to disable quick palettes has been added. To change go to Tools->User Settings and tick 'Enable Global Quick Palettes' 13909 Fixture Exchange The handle column has been replaced with a user number in the fixture exchange dialog box Playback flash does not release if you change page In program mode flashing a playback and holding the flash button whilst changing to a page that has a group or palette on that button causes the playback to remain live when the flash button is released. To kill the playback move back to the page the playback resides on and press the flash button. 13961 Unfolding very large chases Unfolding very large chases of more than 200 steps of 60 fixtures starts to become slow. It is advised that large chases be split up. 13906 Clear programmer after load show After loading a show some fixtures may enter the programmer at 0 intensity. Press Clear to clear the programmer after loading a show. 13959 HUD does not always update on new or load show Occasionally the HUD may show blank after loading a large show or starting to patch a new show. If this happens change the fixture page or load a different VDU view and the HUD will refresh. 13950 After running the Recovery CD opening the patch menu is slow The very first time patch is used after running the recovery CD the patch fixture menu may not open. If this happens enter patch Dimmer then renter patch fixture. Repatch Crash If a patched fixture is repatched to DMX line 0 the software will crash. Do not attempt to use line 0. 13956 OFF Invert Certain attributes will have their range inverted when set to OFF. Press OFF again to invert them back to their original values. 13708 Mode 1 Intensities If the mode of a cue is changed from 1 to 0 whilst it is fired the intensity will remain on. Instead change the mode when the cue is killed. 13160 Mode 1 Intensity Fade Mode 1 cues' intensity will not work correctly with delay causing problems fading in and out. 13161 Can not save show after entering activation code After the Recovery CD has been run and an activation code has been entered Save show will not work until the console is restarted. It is very important to restart the console immediately after entering an Activation code. Please ensure you save and backup your shows before attempting to upgrade any software. An automated upgrade path from version Pearl Expert Titan 1.1 is provided. Upgrading from any other version requires the running of a Pearl Expert Titan 1.2 recovery disk. You can download the latest Pearl Expert Titan software from http://www.avolitesdownload.com Avolites download . Please save the software to a USB stick or other media and follow these instructions. Insert the USB stick in the console and click on the yellow 'Folder Browser' icon on main menu bar of the console. This may be hidden by other windows, so minimise them to see the toolbar. Find the setup file you saved to the USB stick double click to run it. Follow the instructions presented by the installer, taking care to read each step carefully. Once the setup completes you need to restart the console by using the power button under the arm rest on the far left. When the console restarts it should be updated to the new software, please check this by reading the version number in the panel server. Auto Connect User Option A new user option has been added to control whether a chase or cue list is automatically connected to the wheels when fired. LCD contrast and brightness and lamp intensity LCD contrast and brightness and lamp intensity can now be adjusted using the wheels from the System menu. Align fixtures You can now copy fixture attributes from one fixture to another in the programmer. Select the fixtures you wish to align, press ML MENU, Align Fixtures, set the mask to the attribute groups you want to copy and press the handle of the fixture you want to align to. Flip You now have the ability to flip fixtures, that is, to put them in the same position but with the opposite combination of pan and tilt. To flip one or more fixtures select them, and press ML MENU, Flip Pan and Tilt. Preset Palettes When you patch fixtures there is now an option to automatically create default colour, gobo and position palettes from the fixture personalities. These will be assigned to palette handles 1-30. Fixture intensity feedback The console now displays the current fixture intensity on the HUD and, optionally, on the handle LED. Numeric values for attributes If you type a numeric value in the program menu you can now assign it to an attribute which is live on the wheels. Select the fixtures, select the attribute bank, type the new value and press softkey E or F to assign it. Clear Clear has been enhanced with a number of new features. When you hold down the clear button you can now adjust the mask and only clear some attribute groups. There is also a menu option to clear an individual attribute. There are further options to only clear the selected fixtures and to clear the preset fader levels which allows you to easily kill fixtures left up on a different page. Channel menu You can now select and modify fixture attributes numerically in the channel menu. Press channel and type commands using the numeric keypad and the extra And, Not, Through, @, Full, Off, + and - buttons that appear on the softkeys. The toggle on softkey A allows you to select fixtures by user number, handle, or DMX address. To select a fixture, type the fixture number and press enter. To select more than one fixture, press And between each number, to add a range press Through and to remove a fixture from the selection prefix it with Not. All these commands can be chained together so for example 1 ENTER Selects fixture 1 1 AND 2 AND 5 AND 9 ENTER Selects fixtures 1, 2, 5 + 9 1 THROUGH 10 ENTER Selects fixtures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 + 10 1 THROUGH 5 NOT 3 AND 9 AND 12 THROUGH 14 ENTER Selects fixtures 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14 You can also work with groups in a similar way using the GROUP key GROUP 1 AND GROUP 2 NOT 5 Selects the fixtures in groups 1 and 2 but not fixture 5 With fixtures selected you can set levels by using @ then typing a level or using one of the shortcuts Full and Off. By using + and - you can change the level of a set of fixtures relative to their current values. Using the Backspace key (<-) you can go back and edit the command you are entering if you make a mistake. You can abandon a command by pressing the Clear Line key (->) When working with the channel menu it may help to latch it by press in the ML MENU button. Link playback You can now create a linked copy of any playback. The linked copy will always have the same cue information in it but it can have different timings and playback options. You create a linked copy by pressing Photo Copy then toggling option A or by pressing Photo Copy twice. You then select one or more playbacks as a source and press an empty handle to set the destination. Cue Lists The Expert now has full cue list functionality. Cue lists allow you to record a sequence of cues to be played back under the control of a single button. Each cue has comprehensive timing and ordering control allowing you to build a complete show in a single list. You create a cue list by pressing the Chase button twice then selecting an empty handle. Recording a cue list is similar to recording a chase; you create each scene in turn then append cues to the list using Softkey D or by pressing the cuelist's select button. You may set the fade time, delay time and legend for the next cue in the menu before you record it. Once recorded you play back a cue list by raising the fader and firing each step with the Go button. By default cuelists are not killed when you lower the fader but by holding the shift (AVO) key and pressing the handle select. You can change this in the playback options menu. When a cuelist is connected you can use Wheel A and the direction keys to change the next step, SNAP BACK and the key above it to snap forward and backward in a list, Review to run the live step again, LIVE TIME and NEXT TIME to set times on the live and next cues and REC STEP to update the live step. When editing times on a cue list use the wheel to scroll through the list and set fixture and attribute times on any cue. You can also set cue times from Unfold. Recording memory onto fixture handle will fail In the previous version, if you recorded a memory onto a handle containing a fixture it would do nothing and exit the menu. This gave no indication that it had not worked. It now stays in the menu and allows you to select a handle that is empty. Quick Include To include a playback you press include and select a playback. There are two types of include and these can be set in the softkey menu. You can now also use the include button to toggle between Quick include and Advanced include. You now set the mask for include without going into the advanced menu by setting it before you select the playback. Fixture Overlap now also applies to attribute times When you set an attribute time then the overlap of the playback is also applied to this attribute. It would have simply just faded the channels together before. Select attribute bank in store palette menu If you had the store palette menu latched you could not change attribute banks because the attribute bank buttons set the palette mask. Now you can manipulate the mask in the Set Mask menu and the bank buttons let you change attribute in the Store Palette menu. Wheels The wheels now have acceleration when controlling fixture attributes allowing you scroll through large ranges quickly. You can now also use Shift-Wheel to quickly change chase and shape parameters. Shape manipulation You can now change shape parameters for individual fixtures by changing the selection whilst in the shape generator. You can adjust the shape phase either in degrees or by spread which is the number of fixtures after which the shape repeats. You can also set the phase offset to run multiple shapes following one another. The HUD now shows each fixture's shape parameters as you edit them. You can now edit shapes which you have included from cues. Range Delete You can now delete multiple items at once by range selecting them in the Delete menu. HUD colours The HUD has been improved to make the text easier to read on small screens and to make it easier to distinguish fixtures, palettes, groups and playbacks. Set legend The set legend menu has been improved to allow you to set legends and user numbers on multiple items. Locate In the locate menu (accessed by holding down the locate button) there is now an option to remember the state of the mask. This can be used to repeatedly locate a subset of the attributes. There is also a new option to clear (remove from the the programmer) any attributes that are located. Wipe all The new show function from the Disk menu is now also available in the system menu in a position more familiar to Pearl users. Fixture Patch The speed of opening the fixture library and patching fixtures has been significantly improved. Copy fixture into groups When you copy a fixture it is now included in all the groups the original fixture was included in. Displays software version in System mode prompt The current software version is now shown in the system mode prompt so you can easily determine what software version you are running. Re-firing a playback with a shape will stop the shape If you had a playback which had a shape and was set to mode 2 with a fade time and if you re-fired the playback before the fade time completed the shape would not start running again but fade out. When record group fails it ends up in the wrong menu If you recorded a group over an existing group it will warn you that you can not do this. If you hit cancel it would end up in the wrong menu. Altering chase speed quickly could cause the software to become sluggish If you were to change a chase's speed very quickly it could cause the software to become sluggish for a few seconds. Overlapping swops results in shapes running If you pressed two swop keys at once and only released one all shapes in the running unswopped memories would start running even though a swop key was still held. Fade times were ignored in chases with fixture overlap If you had set a fade time in a chase and also set a fixture overlap time then it would ignore both the fade time and overlap. The fixtures would then snap to their positions. This only occurred when the overlap was set. Wheels in control of Pan and Tilt but display shows chase It was possible to get in a state where the wheels would change attributes but the LCD screen was showing the connected chase. This can no longer happen. Fixtures left from a previous show In rare circumstances when patching a new show the HUD could show the fixture legends and types from the previous show until you changed page or restarted the console. This can no longer occur. Blank HUD items An issue where sometimes on startup, or after patching new fixtures, a few HUD slots would remain blank until you changed page has been resolved. Merging shared and normal palettes Merging shared and normal palettes now works correctly. Fixture patch view disappeared There was circumstance in which the fixture patch view could disappear causing the softkeys to fill the whole screen, this is resolved. Reverse shape The reverse shape option has been fixed. Attribute layer reset Previously if you had the second layer of an attribute group selected (e.g. gobo rotation) and you changed the fixture selection to the same kind of fixture it would jump to layer one. If possible it now retains the same layer. Merge killed live step in unfold In unfold if you had a cue live on a fader and you merged the programmer contents into that step the step would be killed and you would have to move the fader to fire it again. The cue is no longer killed. Shared palettes don’t fire after fixture exchange After doing a fixture exchange a shared palette would not fire in the programmer until after an update. This is now fixed Unable to type using keyboard in Windows Normally the keyboard is only unavailable to Windows when a text input is required on the LCD screen. Sometimes it will not work in Windows. To release control from the panel you need to press Esc and this will allow you to type in Windows. Please ensure you save and backup your shows before attempting to upgrade any software. An automated upgrade path from version Pearl Expert Titan 1.2 is provided. Upgrading from any other version requires the running of a Pearl Expert Titan 2.0 recovery disk. You can download the latest Pearl Expert Titan software from http://www.avolitesdownload.com Avolites download . Please save the software to a USB stick or other media and follow these instructions. Insert the USB stick in the console and click on the yellow 'Folder Browser' icon on main menu bar of the console. This may be hidden by other windows, so minimise them to see the toolbar. Find the setup file you saved to the USB stick double click to run it. Follow the instructions presented by the installer, taking care to read each step carefully. Once the setup completes you need to restart the console by using the power button under the arm rest on the far left. When the console restarts it should be updated to the new software, please check this by reading the version number in the panel server. Individual Playback Key Profile Each playback can now be assigned individual key profiles to customise what the panel buttons do for each playback. You can change the key profile for a playback in [Playback Options] by selecting "Key Profile". A list of available profiles are provided or you could add a new one. When set to “None” the default global profile is used. 15044 In Programmer Indication Whether a fixture is in the programmer is now displayed on the HUD, Fixture LEDs and the LCD Intensity view. On the Head Up Display a fixture in the programmer is indicated by a dark blue highlight. On the LED’s it is not indicated by default but you can change the level in the user settings to indicate the In Programmer state. On the LCD screen the level of the fixture is underlined when in the programmer. 13570 Set playback and fixture page legends You can now set the legend for playback and fixture pages, each page has its own legend. To change the legend, select "Set Legend" and then "Page Legends". You edit the legend for the current page and you will need to change page to set a different pages legend. The legends are displayed in the main prompt on the LCD screen and in the HUD. Fixture Selection Highlight in Visualiser The currently selected fixtures are now highlighted in blue within the Avolites Visualiser application. 14414 Change LED Levels You can now change the LED levels used to indicate the different state of items on the handle. This can be useful if you are in a bright environment and can not see the LEDs properly. To set the intensity of the LEDs go to User Settings and select "LED Levels". You can then select the different levels to change Empty, Occupied Handle, Selected and In Programmer. The level is adjusted on the wheels. 14749 Next/Previous Chase Step Use the Forwards [->] and Backwards [<-] keys to move to the next or previous step when a chase that is paused. You need to connect the chase first and select stop. 13076 Preload You can now preload any cue, chase or cue list simply by pressing either the blue or grey handle keys. This will initialise any fixtures in the playback that are not active in any other playbacks. To use preload you must have setup a key profile that assigns preload to either the grey or blue keys (you can edit Key Profiles in the system menu) 13082 View Key Profile When you are editing key profiles in the system menu it now displays all the key assignments for the whole profile on the LCD screen. This allows you to see quickly what action is assigned to which button. There are two ways you can view the profile. The first is to turn the key to System, select Key Profiles | View Profile and then select the profile you want to see. You can also view the profile when you create it or edit it by selecting "Add Profile" in the key profiles menu. 14497 Copy Key Profiles When adding a new profile you can select an existing profile to copy the settings from 14499 Cue List Timecode Timecode on a cue list allows you to play a cue list automatically from one of the supported timecode sources. It currently supports four sources Clock, Internal, MIDI and Winamp. Each step in the cue list is assigned a time at which that step will run. To set up timecode you first play and connect to the cue list. Then select [Timecode] from the root menu. Change the timecode source to the desired source and the select [Record] to enable recording. It will now record the times as you step the each cue using the [Go] button. Once you have finished press [Record] again to stop recording. To play back you will need to enable the cue list for timecode and enable the timer. You can edit individual timecode times by selecting the cue with wheel A and pressing enter to type in a new value. When editing a value you can also select multiple cues to edit using wheel B and offset the values by a specified amount. 14513 Change Key Profile in Program You can now change the key profile in program mode as well as run mode. Select [Shift(Avo)] and [Select Key Profile]. 14500 Cue List Autoload You can assign playbacks to load when a cue list step is fired. To set an Autoload, select [Playback Options] and the cue list you want to assign the autoload to. In playback options select [Autoload]. You should now see a list of cues in the cue list which you can select with the wheel. Select the cue you want to fire a playback in and then select the playback you want to fire using the blue keys. The playback legend should appear on the softkeys. The playback will be fired when the cue starts and killed when it moves to the next cue unless you also autoload the playback into the next step. The softkeys allow you to set the autoload options for the target playbacks. As well as firing a playback you have the facility to go to a specific cue in a cue list or trigger a Go press on a cue list. 13196 Lock Playback You can now lock a playback so it always appears on the current page no matter which page is selected. To lock a playback select [Playback Options] and then the playback you want to lock. Change the "Handle Paging" to "Locked". The handle should now always appear on the current page. You can also set the lock to transparent, in this mode the playback will always appear on the current page if no other playback appears in that position. 11717 Save and Load Show to USB Stick You can now save and load a show directly to and from a USB stick connected to the console. If you have a stick connected and you enter load show it will ask you whether you want to load from the "Internal Hard Drive" or "Removable Disk *:/". Select "Removable Disk" to list all the shows you can load from the USB stick. Save show is similar as it allows you to select the drive when entering the show name. We have also added a list of existing shows to the save show menu so you can easily select a show name that already exists on the console. 11512 More Attributes on Wheels If you select an attribute bank which has more attributes than available wheels then this is indicated by a small arrow in the wheel display. You can then press the attribute bank key again to toggle through the attributes. 11133 Filtered Palettes You can now apply a palette to only the fixtures in a playback by holding the palette key and selecting the playback to apply the palette to. 11728 Edit Palette The edit palette function now restores your original programmer to avoid it breaking your work flow. When you enter edit palette it will save your programmer and then load in the information for the palette you are editing. You can make any adjustments and then exit. The changes to the palette will be saved and your original programmer state loaded. The programmer will be left in exactly the same state as before you started editing the palette. 10481 Release All Playbacks There is a new option in the Off menu to Release all running playbacks to the power on state. 14922 Apply Group With Pattern When applying a group, if you hold down the group button, you can select or type a pattern and only part of the group will be selected. For example, holding down a group and pressing [A] Odd will select just the odd fixtures from that group. 14576 Macro Recording You now have ability to record sequences of key presses as Macros and play them back with a single key press. To record a macro hit [Insert/Macro] then [B] Record and press a vacant preset flash key. The console will then record all your key presses into that macro until you press [Insert/Macro] again. To replay the macro simply hit the key on which you recorded the macro. 14716 Go To Cue You can now go directly to a cue in a running chase or cue list. When a chase or cue list is selected press Connect and type the next cue number followed by ENTER. Alternatively type the cue number in the root menu and hit Connect. 13724 Intensity Grid View The LCD now shows the intensity of all the fixtures on the current page. The fixtures are shown in a grid arranged by handle number. A dot shows a position with a fixture that is not lit. If the fixture is lit the output intensity is shown as a percentage (with FL to represent 100%). If the fixture is in the programmer it will be underlined and if it is selected it will be shown inverted. 10202 Master Palette Time You can now set a master time in the palette menu and all palettes applied will default to fading in that time unless you type a time manually. 11502 Pattern Selection You can now apply a pattern to your selection to work on certain fixtures within your selection. Select some fixtures and press [All] then select a pattern from the softkeys. Built in patterns include 'Odd', 'Even', '1 in 3', '1 in 4' and '1 in 6'. When you apply a pattern, for example '1 in 3', your selection is filtered to show only the first fixture in each group of three. Using the wheels and applying palettes etc will only operate on the first of every group of three. Pressing [Next] will change your selection to the 2nd and 3rd in each group. You can also define your own patterns by typing them on the numeric keypad. The pattern will continue to apply until you either press [Clear] or press [All] twice. This feature lets you quickly and easily build chases and lists that operate on repeating groups of fixtures. Playback Priority The priority of the playback allows you to determine which playbacks can override each other. With basic LTP it is the latest playback which controls the channel such as colour. Using priority you can prevent a lower priority playback from changing the channel. You can also use the priority to exempt playbacks from being swopped. When you swop a playback it can only take out playbacks at the same or lower priority. Any playbacks with a higher priority will remain on. You can set the priority in playback options and you have 4 levels Low, Normal, High, Very High. New clear options menu The clear programmer options “Auto Reset Mask”, “Leave Preset Fader Levels” and “Release After Clear” have been moved to a separate [Clear Options] menu. This can be accessed by holding down clear and selecting [Clear Options] 14924 Include cue in cue list or chase When including a cue from a cue list you now see a list of the cues available to include on the LCD screen. Using wheel A, select which cue you want to include (or type in the cue number as before) 15026 Setting of fade times Some changes have been made to make it easier to enter times in the edit times menu. When you press enter it will confirm the change and deselect the item (exit will also apply the time) Selecting an item again to edit will not deselect the item It no longer moves to the next item when enter is pressed Always selects the last edit item when entering the times menu 15007 Attribute mask editing is clearer To make it easier to edit the attribute mask it now highlights the attribute groups which are in the mask on the softkeys. Large IPCBGES letters have been added to quickly see which group you are selecting. 14997 Quick and Advanced include selection made simpler Before the selection of quick and advanced include was on a toggle key but it was not always easy to tell which mode you where in. This has now been split onto two softkeys ([Quick] and [Advanced]) and the selected mode is highlighted. 15003 Patch View New Line When in patch view and you press enter, the cursor moves to editing the next row. However if you enter a value that was incorrect it would also move down a line. It now only moves the cursor to the next line if the edit was successful. 13965 Palette fade time on numeric pad An option existed to fix the fade time for a palette in the numeric menu and then set another value such as overlap. This option has been removed so you now just type in the time and select the palette. To set the overlap you need to type the overlap first fix it using the overlap button and then type the fade time followed by selecting the palette. 13645 Patch view park option If you are re-assigning DMX addresses in patch view and you try to assign a DMX address which is in use by another fixture it now asks you if you want to park that fixture. 14751 Park in patch view To park a fixture in the patch view you can just delete the DMX address using the left arrow key (or backspace on the keyboard). 14752 Locate through channel menu Locate now works with channel select commands so you can type 10 THRU 20 [Locate] and it will locate fixtures 10 through to 20. 14754 Use of punctuation within legends You can now use the following punctuation characters in a legend: ( ) ! @ # $ % ^ & * . < > , - + _ = ' 14745 Read only key profiles We have made the default key profiles read only so that they can not be edited. This means that when you come to a desk you always know how the default profiles will behave. To customise a profile you just need create your own profile. To help this process we have also added the ability to copy an existing profile when you create a profile. 14498 Quick profile edit The quick profile edit function allows you to easily change the action of a specific key when in program mode. To edit you simply hold down [Shift(Avo)] and select [Edit Key Profile], then select the key you want to change the action for. It will then allow you to choose the action for this key and adjust the profile accordingly. Note that this will change the action for all keys of this type. 14525 Colour picker The colour picker is now displayed on the wheel view in Titan when you select the colour mix bank of a fixture that supports colour mix. 13071 Set cue legend on cue list or chase You can now set a legend on a cue in a cue list from the [Set Legend] menu. When you select a cue list to set the legend on as well as allowing you to input a legend for the playback it also allows you to set a legend for the current cue. A list of all cues in the list is provided on the LCD screen and you can use wheel A to select the cue. 14757 Release chase playback option You can now select a release mask for chases. Previously this was only available for cues or cue lists. 14825 Fixture attribute control in Run mode You can now select fixtures and adjust their attributes in run mode as well as in program mode. Release Playback Although playback release was in earlier versions it would only release the channels to the power on state. It now releases to the previous playback until no playbacks are left to release and then it goes to the power on level. To enable release you need to set the release mask in playback options. The mask allows you to define which attributes are released. The channels will always release with a fade time of 2 seconds. You can also release a running playback by pressing [Off] and then selecting the playback to release. Update Cue List When recording a cue list entering an existing cue number will allow you to update an existing cue or insert a cue before or after the specified one. 14945 Next and Previous Cue in Edit Times and Playback Options In Playback Options and Edit Times when a Cue List is selected you can now use the Next [->] and Previous [<-] Cue buttons as well as the wheel to select the cues in the list. 14920 Swap handles when moving There is a new option in the Move Menu ([Avo] + [Photo Copy]) to swap any conflicting target handles. This means that any handles in the way at the destination of the move will be moved to the positions of the source handles. This makes it easier to rearrange handles when the page is nearly full. 14575 Prevented multiple instances of Visualiser Having multiple copies of Visualiser running could cause confusion as to which copy you should be using. The software has been changed to prevent you opening multiple copies. If you try and open a second instance it will simply front the already running copy. 13840 Cue list link from previous cue was miss named In edit times for a cue list step the "Link from Previous Cue" was miss named as "Link to next Step". 15041 Highlight always highlights selection Fixtures are now highlighted if in the selection and highlight is enabled. Before they would only highlight if the selection was in solo mode. 13957 Delay out in edit times The delay out time in edit times now explicitly says it is the same as the Delay In time instead of "None" 14764 Sometimes keyboard does not work in Windows Occasionally the keyboard would not work in Windows because the panel was still expecting you to type something. This has been fixed so the panel releases the keyboard to Windows when the keyboard is not required. The Esc key can also be used to release the keyboard to Windows. 13748 Unable to snap back past a linked cue If you had a cue list which contained a linked cue and you tried to snap back through the steps it would snap back until you reached the linked cue and then remain on that cue. 14762 Fixture overlap did not work on Mode 1 or 2 when fade time was 0s If the fade time of a cue was 0s and you applied overlap in Mode 1 or 2 then the overlap would have no effect. 14897 Wheel display not updated when changing Intensity in channel menu When changing intensity values in channel menu the wheel display was not always updated to reflect the new levels. 15006 Shapes not fading out If a cue had a fade time and you killed the playback the shape would snap out and not fade gracefully. 13962 Save show suggests “Autosave” as a name The save show function would suggest "Autosave" or "Shutdown" as a show name when saving a show. It now suggests the name of the currently loaded show or is blank if the show has not been saved. 13663 Recording empty chase or cue list Recording a cue list or chase with no steps would cause the console to behave strangely with those playbacks. The rest of the desk would continue to run normally due to the error recovery system. 14718 Shape generator, no fixtures warning Sometimes the shape generator would warn you that no fixtures where selected even if there were. 14766 Delete shape stops running shapes If you deleted a shape which contained attributes in a live shape on a playback then the live shape would stop running. 12126 Visualiser not always opening If the visualiser is closed manually using the mouse then [Show Visualiser] option in the view menu would not always work. 14811 Unable to turn off highlight in Run mode If you have highlight enabled and change to run mode you have no way to turn off highlight. This has been changed so you can now turn off highlight in run mode. Re-patch ignores the warn before you patch user setting When re-patching a fixture it would ask you if you wanted to park a conflicting fixture even if you had the "Warn Before Parking Fixtures" option set to never. 14823 Grand master applying fixture overlap When you changed the grand master level it would fade the playbacks using any overlap set in the times. It now simply masters the intensity without overlap. 117711 Playbacks would sometimes disconnect If you had a playback connected and then used the wheels to edit an attribute value. The connected view for the playback would not return when you pressed clear. 14358 Chase will not run with 0% xFade and reversed If you have a chase with 0% xFade and reversed then it would not run. User number box incorrectly appearing in Set Legend If you were setting the legend for a cue and you pressed the [Legend] softkey, the user number entry would appear even though you can not set a user number for cues. 14841 Warning icon in set legend menu In the set legend menu a warning icon would appear on User Number whenever you first selected an item. The icon now only appears if the user number is changed to an invalid value. 13470 Delete Fixture From Patch Only You can now only delete fixtures by pressing [Patch] [Delete] this prevents accidental deletion of fixtures and consequential loss of programming. 14712 Show HUD sometimes only showed part Occasionally pressing Show HUD would only show the playback section. It will now show all the sections. 12172 14115 Fixture Patch View could get outdated When repatching and parking fixtures in some cases the fixture patch view could show the old DMX addresses not the current one. This has been resolved. 14251 Flash locked Mode 2 cues Pressing the flash button on a mode 2 cue whilst the cue was fired on the fader would cause it not to return to its start position when the fader was pulled back. You can now flash and swop a mode 2 cue and it will return to the position it had when it was first fired. 12119 Grand master and Locate If a fixture was in the programmer or located the Grand Master would not correctly scale the output level. All outputs are now mastered by the Grand Master. 10677 Stage View may make Titan unstable Please ensure Stage View is closed before changing DMX output or IP address settings. Can not save show after entering activation code After the Recovery CD has been run and an activation code has been entered Save show will not work until the console is restarted. It is very important to restart the console immediately after entering an Activation code. If exchanging a fixture to a type already patched in the show, shared palettes for that type may be overwritten After completing the fixture exchange go through all palettes for the same type of fixture updating them as necessary.