Effects Pool.

The Effects pool allows you to see and select all you saved effects. There are a total of 899 buttons that can “contain” an effect. This is the main window:

There a four different effects categories. Read about them in the color section below. The buttons gives you different information read about it here.

Effects categories and colors.

There are four different effect categories. Each got their own color:

• Red: This is and generic effect that doesn’t have any specific channels / fixtures saved in it.

• Pink: This is a specific effect that got channels / fixtures saved in it.

• Orange: This is an effect that basically is a copy of a generic effect. The desk has created it automatically, when you have stored it in a cue.

• Blue: This is a temporary effect. It’s like having an effect in you programmer that you haven’t saved yet. If you don’t save it, it disappears. The temporary effects are automatically put at end of the pool (from number 900 and up).

Button information.

The effect button can give you a lot if information.

A red button can have a yellow number in it. This number tells you how many temporary effects currently use this generic button.
The other effects types can a yellow bar at the left. This indicates the “Master” of that effect.
If the effect is running the button is framed by a black frame with a white dot, rotating the button in the direction and speed of the running effect.
If you got the Effect Control Panel at the bottom of you (right) touch screen, there is a flashing green dot in the lower right corner of the effect that the control panel is referring to.

Delete window:

If you right-click (or press EDIT followed by a press)on the pool headline (Effects) you get this pop-up:

With this you can choose to delete the entire effects pool window.