Stevens R. Miller
Well-Known Member
I was in my local middle school today, to help them learn to use their new Scene Setter lighting console to replace their crumbling Innovator. When I connected the Scene Setter and turned it on, it woke up in "black out," as it is supposed to. However, I noticed that two instruments and some of the house fluorescent lights all immediately came on.
After experimenting with this for a while, here's what I learned: Whenever the lighting console is turned on, Dimmer 5 goes on at 100%, Dimmer 1 goes on at about 25%, and some (but not all) of the house fluorescents go on. This is true even if the lighting console is in Blackout mode. After the console is turned off, three minutes later, Dimmer 5, Dimmer 1, and the house fluorescents that came on all turn off. I tested this several times with the old Innovator console, and the new Scene Setter, and was able to repeat this behavior consistently.
What could make this happen? In addition to the dimmers themselves. the system includes a Paradigm architectrual control processor (picture attached). Any ideas or suggestions?
After experimenting with this for a while, here's what I learned: Whenever the lighting console is turned on, Dimmer 5 goes on at 100%, Dimmer 1 goes on at about 25%, and some (but not all) of the house fluorescents go on. This is true even if the lighting console is in Blackout mode. After the console is turned off, three minutes later, Dimmer 5, Dimmer 1, and the house fluorescents that came on all turn off. I tested this several times with the old Innovator console, and the new Scene Setter, and was able to repeat this behavior consistently.
What could make this happen? In addition to the dimmers themselves. the system includes a Paradigm architectrual control processor (picture attached). Any ideas or suggestions?