AVL GENESIS User manual

AVL GENESIS SYSTEM
PROGRAMMING MULTI-IMAGE SHOWS
Audio Visual Laboratories,
Inc.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER
2
INTRODUCTION TO MULTI-
IMAGE PRESENTATIONS. .l-1
General.
. . . . . . .l-1
The Presentation . . .l-2
Facts About Tray
Loading
. . . . . . .l-2
Two Projector Cycle. .l-3
Three Projector Cycle.1-3
Loading The Slides in
Trays
. . . . . . . .l-3
The Presentation
Environment-
Screening Your Show .I-4
Projection Angle . . .l-5
Image Registration
. -1-5
Sound System . . . . .l-6
Room Environment
. . .l-6
Projector Control. . .I-?
Lamp On/Off -
Advance/Reverse . . .I-?
Projector Designation.1-8
The DOVE-X Projector
Control Unit.
. . . .l-9
Conventions bsed in
Manual.
. . . . . . 1-13
AUDIO VISUAL SHOW
PROGRAMMING.
. . . . .2-1
General.
. . . . . . .2-1
The Effects.
. . . . .2-1

CHAPTER 3
The Cut Effect . . . .2-2 '7
The Dissolve Effect. .2-3
The Alternate and
Alternate Dissolve
Effects
. . . . . . .2-3
Keyboard Functions
. .2-4
The Monitor.
. . . . .2-5
Programming
- Getting
Started
. . . . . . .2-7
Two Types of Projector
Control
. . . . . . .2-9
Independent Projector
Control
. . . . . . .2-9
System Projector
Control
. . . . . . .2-9
Easy Three Projector
Programming Using
cuts Only . . . . . 2-10 '7
Easy Three Projector
Programming Using
Dissolves
. . . . . 2-10
Alternates
. . . . . 2-11
Alternate Dissolves. 2-14
PROGRAMMING SEQUENTIAL
CUES
. . . . . . . . .3-1
General.
. . . . . . .3-1
Sequential Programming
,
Functions . . . . . .3-1
Run and Stop
. . . .3-1
Cue To Cue Time.
. . .3-2
Waits.
. . . . . . . .3-3
7

3.2.4 Cue And Reverse Cue . . 3-4
......
3.2.4.1 F9 And F10 3-4
....
3.2.4.2 Q And Control/Q 3-4
3.3 Programming Sequences.3-5
3.3.1 ~lternates
61 Repeats . 3-8
3.3.2
The Freeze .. 3-9
3.4 Editing Programmed
Sequences
..:.. 3-13
3.5 Control Commands
. . 3-17
CHAPTER
4 ADVANCED PROGRAMMING
......... TOOLS 4.1
4.1 General
.. 4.1
4.2 Multi-Screen Control
. 4-1
4.3
20 Cues Per Second . . 4-2
....
7 4.4 Fast Alternate 4-3
4.5 Looping
.. 4-6
CHAPTER 5 RECORDING AND
SYNCHRONIZING YOUR
SHOW
.. 5-1
General ... 5.1
Mag Tape Commands
... 5-2
Mag Tape Save
.. 5-4
Verification
.. 5.6
Mag Tape Load
.. 5.8
Synchronizing .. 5.8
...... Playback 5-11
Clock-Trak
..... 5-12
Time.Offset Cues . . 5.16 .
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NOTES :

CHAPTER 1
'7,
INTRODUCTION TO MULTI-IMAGE
PRESENTATIONS
1.1 GENERAL
After the slides have been created for
your show, there are a number of steps
to be completed to convert them into an
attractive, effective Multi-Image
Presentation or Show.
The process, in general, is as'follows:
* Load the Slide Trays
-
* Register the Projected Images
* Program the Show
* Edit if necessary
* Synchronize the Show
* Save .the Show in Memory to
Tape and Disk.
* Load the Show into the Computer
for later Presentation.
We'll cover each step in turn in this
manual.
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1.2 THE PRESENTATION
The actual running of your slide shows
or modules should be well planned for
the audience to be able to comprehend
what they are experiencing. The key.to
effective presentation is not in what
they see, but in what they retain!
Please don't overload your audience with
information. Give it to them in
digestible servings where they will have
a chance to absorb it, then move on to
the next subject or module.
Mixing of canned (automated) show
segments with live segments gives your
audience a welcome change of pace.
Always leave them wanting more,' not
saying
- when does it all end?
1.3 FACTS ABOUT TRAY LOADING
Loading your slides into Slide Trays
sounds easy, and it Is. It's just that
it must be done in the correct sequence
and very accurately.
Virtually every Programming System
utilizes the same sequential pattern for
showing slides.

1.3.1 TWO PROJECTOR CYCLE
? If you are using just 2 projectors, the
first projector turned ON will be the
TOP or LEFT projector depending on
whether your projectors are stacked one
over the other, or side
by side.
Thereafter, the system simply alternates
between the two projectors.
1.3.2 ,THREEPROJECTOR CYCLE
In a 3 projector stack, again the TOP
projector is turned ON first, then the
CENTER, then the BOTTOM, but the next
cycle is BACK TO THE TOP, NOT THE
CENTER! The cycle is Top to Center to
'7 Bottom, and back to the Top.
1.3.3 LOADING THE SLIDES IN TRAYS
With your slides laid out in the order
you wish them to appear on the screen,.
, mark your Trays:

a. TOP/LEFT or BOTTOM/RIGHT when 7
using two projectors, and load
the first slide in the TOP or
LEFT tray alternating each
succeeding slide between the
trays.
b. TOP, CENTER, and BOTTOM, when
using three projectors,
loading then becomes First
Slide in the TOP Tray, Second
Slide in the CENTER Tray,
Third Slide in the BOTTOM
Tray, Fourth Slide in the TOP
Tray and so on.
Use care! One slide in the wrong tray
and you start all over again!
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1.4 THE PRESENTATION ENVIRONMENT -
SCREENING YOUR SHOW
Now that your slides are all in the
correct Trays, you must get your image
to the screen. This sectian will give
you some helpful information on .the
Projected Image and how to set up your
Presentation Room for maximum effect.