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PRESTIGE 2000 advances micro-processor based
Iighting control systems designed and construcled for
the theatrical and television industry to a new level.
PRESTIGE 2000 controls up to 400 dimmers on up
to 400 channels, and records up to 390 cues or
groups. The PBESTIGE 2000 operating program is
stored in programmable read-only memory. ln case
ol power failure, random access memory shall be
relained by an automatic battery back-up power
supply. PBESTIGE 2000 is engineered to provide
clarity ol operation, incorporating full color visual
displays to provide instantaneous, continuous
lnformation to the operator. The PRESTIGE 2000
has a powerful built-in Special Effects program and
bump buttons on 1 2 submasters to provide a
flexibility in all types of performances.
1. Twenty-four pile on submasters provide for manual
control of complete "stage 1ooks". Twelve bumps buttons
allow instantaneous activation of associated submasters.
2. Four potentioneter faders provide for manual execution
of cues. 3. Playback controls allow an operator to start an
entire cue sequenca with a single button. Cues may be
stopped, reversed. speeded up, slowed down, or taken over
manually.
4. Record/Cue functions and "soft" screen keys allow
simple, straight forward recording and editing of cues,
groups, submasters, effects, patch. and setup with a
ninimum ofconsole "clutter." The screen keys focus the
user's attention on commands which are useful in a
particular display and allow for easy software upgrades to
the console. 5. Numeric keypad allows rapid fonnation of
unlinitecl combinations of channels, groups, cues,
submasters, and efTects fbr digital level setting or
adjustment on the wheel. 6. Position keys allorv cursor
movement up, down, left, or right in various displays.
7. Wheel is a continuous rotalion device for setting and
adjusting levels and changing recolded tines-
8. Power,tsackup keyswitch ancl Air Flow indicator
9. High resolution color CRT provides the following user
selectable displays: Stage, Preview, Group, Submaster,
Effects, Cue Sheet, Track Sheet, Playback, Patch, and
Setup. 10. 3.5" Disk Drive provides library storage for
shows. 11. A complete range ofoptional peripheral
equipment is available. Illustrated with console is a Hand
Held Remote, a stage managers tool for selecting channels
from a remote location tbr lamp anrl focus check out. See
page 3 for additional accessory options.
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Rernote N4on tor (not illustrated)
Catalog No. 601'150 (monochrome)
or 601 152 (color) - Provides immediate
syslem inlorrnation as ihe designer
works.

lvlagic Sheet Calalog No. 601-155

is lhe ghl ng designcr s easel,
conla ning al of the iunclions ol lhe
console, exclud ng ihe submaster
and PLayback Faders. ln addition,
the designer's plol may be altached
to the smarl pad, so lhat comp ex
show nlormallon may be recalled
wlth lhe toLch of the sly Ls.

Hand Held Ren'roie

Catalog No. 601 15,1 alLows channels
lo be selecled flom

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Cata og No. 601 156 ' provides hard
copy prinloul of all recorded data.
Specif ication
PRESTIGE 2OOO PLUS SPECIFICATJONS C. Operaling Funclions

A. Desciption STAGE, CUE, GROUE SUBMASTEE 18, A dilJerentlime may be specilied lor each elleclslep up to 99
The ConlrolConsole shall be a mido-processor based lilhlrng seconds in 0.l second incremenls.
conlrolsyslem, spedfically designed and conslrucled for the control 1,The Slage display shallprovide a comprehensive display 01150
oi lheal cal and television dlmriing systemg. The Conliol Console chan n e I levels simu llan eously. 19.4 diflerenl high orlow levelmay be specliedloreach etlect
shall provide lor lhe conlrcl ol up to 400 dimrners on al least 400 step.
2. A channe, cue, group, submasler, or ellecl lisl or any
channels. lJp lo 390 cLesald qroups may be reco'ded.
comblnalion ollhese may be set digilally or on lhe rvheel. Ljsts 20. Four submaster iaders v{ith assocraied bump buttons may be
The console shall nol rEuire he use oi any peripheral device may be crealed usinglhe 'and,' 'lhrLr' and 'minus' commands. dedicated to lhe operalion ol ellecls. The siep rale of an ellecl
such as disk d ve or cassetle lo tunclion. Ihe sysiem operaling assigned lo a playback or submaster lader may b€ adjusled
program shall b€ slored ln a programmable read only memory ln 3.Alchanne levels under conlrol 0l lhe wheelmay be adjusted propodionally.
proporlionally even aller lhey reach fu l.
cass oi power iaiure, randorn access rnemory shall be relained by
PLAYBACK
an automallc batlery back-up power supply.
4,A temainder dim'command shal provdedto isoalea
be

The corcde shall consisl ol a porlable unil, approximalely 37 channel isl. A Relurn' corrrmand shallbe provided to restore 21,one bullon shallslarl an entiae cue including cue parts and

indles long and lTinches deep and onedelached 12 inch color or
monochrome CRT rvilh inlegral lill base. The CBT shall be detached
lo allow oplimum placenrenl by lhe user for vlewing display
inlomation, afdallow adaplalon lo compacl lllhllng boolh
envkonmenls. The Preslige 20000 shal consislolthe porlable
console and l$o detalched calor C RTs.
The CRTshallbe a hlgh rcsolulion, glaph cs qualily color or
monochrome mon oa vrilh aminimum ol6,10 dols per lne horizontal
esoluion and350lines verlicej resolulion. Vid6o band wldth shal
beatleasl20 MHz lor maximum visualclarily and reduced eye
strain.
A3-12lnch, nduslry standard disk d ve shallbe usedlorlibrary
storage utrllzing environmentally prctec1ed, hlgh rel abiLity diskettes
wilh had daslic cases.
The ConlolConsole shallbe a lEEColonran Prestige m00 Plus.
B. Standard Fealures
The Conlrol Console shall provide, bul not be limiled lo,lhe
iollowing leatLrres:
1. A lroup olten keys lor calling up various displays on the CRT.
2. A groupoleight sdeen keys lor access lo up to eighl dilterent
lunclions in each ol the len syslem displays and various sot
diElays- l}ese keys shall change lunclion in each dlsplay to
locuslhe users atlenlion on commands which are uselLrl in thal
disp ay, and lo reduce congeslion ol lhe control surlace.
3. A group ol posilion keys lor moving up, down, letl and ighl in
varjous displays, paging and accessing lie nexl or last ilems.
4. An expanded numeric keypad used lo enler numeric in,ormal on
and to deale channel, cue, group, submasler, and efiecl lisls.
5. A continuous rolalron $heel with non-slip rubber surlac€ and
high ineniacore iorsettng levels and adjusling rales.
6. A cue keypad lor wiling or ediling cues, oie parls, times, delays,
iollows and links in lhe cue sheet.
7. A lotal ol lour limed lade6 shall be prcvided, which may be
operaled manually. A rale bunon shall allow any combinalon ol
timed lades lo be adjusled on the rireel.
8. A "G0' bLtlon ior slarling cues and a 'Slop/neverse' bulton ior
slopping active oiesorslepping backlhroughlhe cue sheel. A
"Go to Cue'br.ilton lor taking cles olt oi sequenco.
9. Tweity{our pib{n, ove alping suhnasters lor manual confol ol
comdolo "stage looks.' Cu€s, oroups, charnols and olh6r
submaslers may be loaded inlo a subflraster lo creale lhg
deskedlevels.
channels lo levels prior lo the lasl command.
5, Fromslage, alileve s may be reorded ina cue, cue part,
or submaslerThese levelsmay o glnalelromthe
wheel. Iaders or submaslers
6.Cues may track or nol lrack on an lndividual, userselec{able
basis. Ceanup cuesmay be specilied which wlll nol al ow any
levels to lrack lhrough aegard ess olhowsubsequenl cues are
wriften,
7, Cues may be recorded ln anyorder ljplo aine cLres may be
insened between any lwo numercally conseculrve cLes. Each
cle may conlan !p lo fou parls.
L Tle lollor ing informalion may be spe cilied Io r
pan:
a)Fadelimes uplo 999seconds n 0.1 second increanenls.
b)Delay times upto 999 seconds in 0.1 secofd incremenls.
c)Splil lade times and splll delay limes.
d) Manual lade limes.
e) Spec al ellecls.
0 Aulomalic lo low on oi a subsequenl cue in up lo 999
g) Out ol sequence links.
L Cues and cue liming inlor.nation may be p@vielved and mod ied
blind wilhoLi allectjng slage set nqs.
l0.Cuesmaybecopedlromanolhercue, renumberedordeleted.
1l. Any or allchanneLs may be recorded into a aroup lor
proporlional balancing, bLr ld ng cues o. olher groups, o. loading
onlo a submaster lor pile-on, nanualconlrol.
12,Any channel, group, cue or olher subrnaslers may be rc@ded
inlo a submasler lor pile on, manualconlrol.
13. Dlrecl Dimmer Conlrol shall allow lhe user access lo a dimmer
at any iime regadless oi the dim.ner's palch asslgnmenl.
TBACKSHEET
14. The lracksheet shall provide a spreadsheel-1ype d splay
sixleen @es or cue parls simullaneously, theil lade and delay
limes, and lhe levels olseverteen channels for each cue or cue
pan
15. The user.nay specily lhe channelslob€ djsplayedln he lGck
sheel as: allchannels, a group olchannels, or only lhe aclve
channels in a cue,
16, All level selllng commands may be used lo add or modily levels
direcllyin lhe lrack sheel. The d splay shallaulomatically
lo bo spociligd c!e.
EFFECTS
iollow on cues. No manualloadifg oi iadels shalbe required.
22. LJplolourcues may be run simullaneously.
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keypad,
23. The Playback display shallprovide lhe lollowing lnlomauon:the
cle sheel,lhe currenlcue, the cue loaded on each Jader with
associaled tme dala,lhe evels ol submaslers, and an ndicalion
ildirrmers are pa*ed.
24. Any cue orcue pan may be slopped, reversed orconvenedb
25. Cue may be payed oul olsequence in a specilied lifire, or
through manual operalion.
PATCH
each cue or cue
26, Af electron c patch shall be prov ded to alow each channe lo
conlrcloneormorc dirianels, and muslbe able lo pedom in lhe
lollown! Iive manners.
27. lhe palch may be displayed'by channel' indlcaling lhe lisl ol
dimmers under conlrololeadr channel. Dimmers may be added
or deleted, A 'Jind d mmea command sha I locate lhe d mmer in
lhe channellisl-
28. Tle pa1ch may also be disp ayed 'by d mme/ nd callng l/llridr
channelconlrols each dimmer. Channelsmay be changedor
deleled. A"lind dimmer command shal indicate alldimmers
conlrolled by lhe specilied channel.
29. A park dimme/ funclion shallenable up lo 20 dimmeGlo be
aclivaled al any level, indeFendenl oi hen channel
assignmenls,
SETUP
lhe use. to sel and preview the
30. A Setup dlsplay shall allow
number of channe s and dlmmers. preview lhe number oi cues
orgroups remainng, enable or disable I he o ptional Designer's
Remole and Hand Held Remole, and enabloordisable the
bump bL.tlons and submasler display.
31.'Record Disk,'"Load Memory" and Clear Memory'commands
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shallbe prcvided. lt shall be posslble lo seleclively clear lhe
cues, submasters, groups, palch, ellects or lhe entile system.
32 A dlsplay lor sefting and previewing lhe levels oi the lwentyjour
backup submaslers shall b€ prov ded.
33. A Prolile" lealurc shall allow lhs user lo program twenly
discrele dimmer proliles lor assignrnenl lo cues.
page 34.llshall& po$siblslo selecl dlmmer ffolocol. T]re Preslige shall
oulput lhe lEEColortran digital signal or DMX-512, lho USITT
digilalsignal.

10. Twefue bump butlons lor lnslanlaneols aclivalion oi sribmaslers 17. Special ellects may be recorded which consjsl ol a series ol
13lholgh 24. Bump butlons may b€ disabled in'Setup." slep6 which reped ln any cDmbinalion ol lhe lollowing paflens:
negalive, allernale, everse, bounce, build, and random. Sp€clcalons subjecllo change lhoul nolice.
11. A 24 submasler backup systeflr with separale processor,
memory and power suppt

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