SLE quiz one
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| Conventional fixtures use what type of lamp? | Incandescent | |
| What does PAR stand for? | Parabolic Aluminized Reflector | |
| What are the two standard PAR sizes? | 64 | |
| Conventional fixtures use what type of lamp? | Incandescent | |
| What does PAR stand for? | Parabolic Aluminized Reflector | |
| What are the two standard PAR sizes? | 64 and 56 | |
| What are the four different lens types a PAR can have? | NSP, VNSP, MFL,WFL | |
| How many PARs are on a standard PAR bar? | 6 | |
| What does ERS stand for? | Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight | |
| What is a field angle? | The angle at which the light spreads out after leaving the fixture | |
| What is a Fresnel used for? | wash fixture | |
| Where do we tie into power in a venue? | the disconnect box | |
| What is feeder tail (a.k.a pig tails)? | Bare copper wire at one end and a connector at the other | |
| What are two standard sizes for feeder cable? | 2-0 and 4-0 | |
| Single Phase power has ________ wires and they are? | 4, ground, neutral, hot, hot | |
| In a single phase system, the hot legs are ______degrees out of phase with each other? | 180 | |
| Three phase power has______wires and they are? | 5, ground, neutral, hot,hot,hot | |
| In a three phase power system, the hot legs are______degrees out of phase with eachother? | 120 | |
| In a conventional lighting system, the power from the main disconnect is fed into the _______? | dimmer rack | |
| If a dimmer rack is 48X2.4K, there are_______dimmers in the rack, and each dimmer can handle__________watts | 48, 2400 | |
| Socapex is a brand name. Standard socapex carries______circuits, and the socapex connector has_____pins. | 6, 19 | |
| What type of cable do you connect to the end of a socapex cable to take the 6 circuits to individual connectors? | fanout | |
| DMX stands for what? | Digital Multiplex | |
| How many channels exist in one universe of DMX? | 512 | |
| How many steps exist in one universe of DMX? | 256 | |
| What gender of 5 pin XLR connector would be found on a console DMX output? | female | |
| How many DMX devices may be chained together on one un-split line? | 32 | |
| What piece of gear takes one universe of DMX in a makes multiple copies of that universe to output? | Opto- split | |
| What does a terminator do? | Stops DMX reflection | |
| What gender is the XLR used to make a terminator? | male | |
| What type of resistor is used to make a terminator? | 1/4 watt 120 Ohms | |
| What two pins should the resistor be wired between when making a terminator? | pins 2 and 3 | |
| What company introduced the first modern day automated light? | Varilite | |
| Who was the first band to with automated lights and in what year? | Genesis, 1981 | |
| Name four automated lighting manufacturers. | Morpheus, Light and Sound Design, Clay Paky,Coemar | |
| Name four automated lighting consoles. | Artisan, Whole Hog, MAxxxyz, Icon | |
| What are the two types of automated lights? | moving head, moving mirror | |
| How does an arc lamp work? | an arc of voltage is caused between to leads exciting the gas to create heat and light | |
| Why can't you test continuity of an are lamp to see if it's functioning? | There is a gap between leads | |
| How do you dim an automated light that uses an arc lamp? | mechanical dimmer | |
| What type of color filters do automated lights use? | dichroic filters | |
| The compliment of red is? | cyan | |
| The compliment of magenta is? | green | |
| The compliment of yellow is? | blue | |
| Where do automated lights get there power from? | MVL (moving light power distro) | |
| What are the two proper voltages that we commonly use for automated lights in the USA? | 120V and 208V | |
| The moving light distro at Full Sail main hall is wired to output_______volts, which means that instead of 6 hot lines, 6 grounds, and 6 neutrals it outputs_____hot lines,_____neutrals, and _______grounds. | 208V, 12, 0, 6 | |
| If an automated light is patched into DMX address one and it takes up 14 channels of DMX, what is your next available start address? | 15 | |
| What are three special commands that most automated lights have? | Lamp on, Lamp off, Reset | |
| On most Martin Fixtures, where are these three special commands found? | Strobe Channel | |
| Who makes the MA series of Consoles? | MA lighting | |
| What style of consoles do we use in the programming lab? | Grand MA Ultra Light | |
| How many touch screens does the Ultra Light have? | 1 | |
| How many touch screens does the Full Size have? | 3 | |
| How many DMX outputs does the Ultra Light have? | 2 | |
| How many DMX outputs does the Full Size have? | 4 | |
| How many executor faders does the Ultra Light have? | 10 | |
| How many executor faders does the Full Size have? | 20 | |
| How many executor buttons does the ultra light have? | 20 | |
| How many executor buttons does the Full Size have? | 40 | |
| Name two other differences between the Full size and the Ultra Light. | Flash disk, built in key board | |
| When you power on the console what show loads into the console? | the last show that was loaded | |
| To load or save a show on the MA consoles, the first button you need to push is the _______button? | back up | |
| Name two places a show can be stored to when created on the MA console. | Floppy disk, USB Key | |
| When you want to create a new show on the MA console , you load a show with a _______name? | blank | |
| Grand MA calls moving lights_____and calls dimmers_____? | fixtures, dimmers | |
| On the Grand MA console this type of window shows you information? | sheets | |
| On the Grand MA this type of window deals with parameters of a fixture? | presets | |
| When a fixture is selected, the name of the fixture turns to what color in the fixture sheet? | yellow | |
| Name the for main areas that a problem can occur in an automated lighting system. | Control System, Distro system, Power System, fixtures | |
| The Grand MA has two distinct sides to it. When accessing a cue, you are accessing control channels live. This work is being done in the ______portion of the desk | programmer | |
| Blind Mode allows you to only output dmx from the ________portion of the desk. This allows you to program | Playback, Programmer | |
| What does HIghlite do on the consoles? | brings selected fixtures to full intensity and removes all color information | |
| Name two other problems that can take place on a console. | Computer glitches, Bugs | |
| Name three main problems that fixtures can have. | Blown Lamp, In-correct patch, configurations | |
| Name every moving light and their manufacturer that we use in the main rig. | Martin MAC 2000 Profile, Martin MAC 550, Varilite VL500D, Martin MAC 500, Martin MAC 250 Krypton, Martin MAC 600NT, High End Systems, Technobeam | |
| What type of conventional fixtures do we use in the main rig? | PAR 64 VNSP 1KW, PAR 64 MFL 500W, Source 4 19 degree, S4 PAR MFL | |
| What console do we use to control the moving lights in the main rig? | Grand MA Ultra Light/Full Size | |
| Where are the dimmers and moving light power distros found in the main hall? | Backstage behind the black curtain | |
| What do we use to make multiple copies of a dmx signal? | opto-split | |
| What are the colors of the three hot legs used in a 3 phase power system? | black,red,blue | |
| What is the color of the ground wire that is used in a 3 phase system? | green | |
| What is the color of the neutral wire used in a 3 phase system? | white | |
| When plugging a 3 phase power system into a rack which do you plug in first? | ground | |
| DSL motor is? | 1 | |
| DSR motor is? | 2 | |
| CSL motor is? | 3 | |
| CSR motor is? | 4 | |
| USR is motor? | 6 | |
| USL is motor? | 5 | |
| What years was Emund Sohlberg of Kansas City issued a patent for a remote controlled spotlight? | 1960 | |
| Who is credited with a patent that demonstrates the earliest use of electronic motors for motorizing the pan and tilt functions of a luminaries? | Herbert F. King | |
| What movie production used a remotely operated light fixture built by century lighting in conjunction with Paramount Pictures? | The Greatest Show On Earth | |
| In 1965 who developed a remote controlled PAR type fixture for a Production of Peter Pan? | Jules Fisher | |
| Who was the lighting designer who used projectors with mirrors attached at the end of the lens to move light around on a stage for early Pink Floyd shows? | Peter Wynne Wilson | |
| What was the name of the fixture designed for a used by the touring production for the band grand funk railroad? | Cyklops | |
| In what year did the company ShowCo begin working on a color changing PAR fixture? | 1978 | |
| What was the name of the prototype moving fixture built by varilite? | VL0 | |
| How many Varilite fixtures were used on the Genisis Abacab tour? | 55 | |
| In 1981, in what city did the genesis Abacab tour start? | Barcelona | |
| What was the name of the french company that designed the telescan fixture? | Cameleon | |
| What company developed the pana-spot fixture? | Morpheus Lights | |
| What company developed the first moving yoke fixture that used the DMX 512 data control? | Summa Technologies | |
| Who was the lighting designer that used the High End Systems intellabeam on the Dire Straits 1990-1991 on every street tour? | Chas Harrington | |
| What was the first line of products that Martin produced? | Smoke Machines | |
| What company introduced the Icon M fixture? | Lighting and Sound Design | |
| What year did High End Systems introduce the Catalyst Media Server? | 2001 | |
| Name 5 common elements found in all automated lighting systems. | Rigging System, Power distribution system, Data distribution system, control system, fixtures/luminaires | |
| What is a normal size for a light duty truss? | 12X12 or 18 | |
| What is a normal size for a medium truss? | 20.5 | |
| What is a normal size for a heavy duty truss? | 20.5X30 | |
| What is the standard type of pipe that is used as a batten in the United States? | Aluminum 6061-T6 | |
| What is the job of a power distro? | safely and reliably distribute power to each electrical load in the system while providing protection from overloading and short circuits | |
| What are the color codes for a 3 phase system in the United States? | Green-ground, white- neutral, black-phase1, red-phase 2, blue-phase 3 | |
| What are the color codes for New European 3 phase? | ground-green/yellow stripe, blue-neutral, brown-phase 1, black-phase 2, grey phase- 3 | |
| What does a distribution panel do? | houses the over current protection equipment. divides the incoming power into branch circuits | |
| What can make a thermal circuit breaker trip sooner than it should? | ambient temperature | |
| How does a magnetic circuit breaker measure current flow? | by sensing the magnetic field around a conductor in direct proportion to the current | |
| What is the maximum current interrupt rating for a breaker that is used in conjunction with a 14 AWG circuit? | 15 amps | |
| What about a 12 AWG circuit? | 20 amps | |
| What about a 10 AWG circuit? | 30 amps | |
| What is the definition of a branch circuit? | a set of wires that carries power from the the last over-current protection device to one or more electrical loads | |
| What two things (dealing with the cable) can cause the voltage to drop in a branch circuit? | distance and wire gauge | |
| What is the name of the set of codes and standards governing the installation and operation of electrical equipment in the United States? | The National Electrical Code | |
| When was this set of codes first written? | 1897 | |
| What is the difference between data grade and mic grade cable? | Data grade is low impedance mic grade is high impedance | |
| What does ACN stand for? | Architecture for Control Networks | |
| What are the two main functions of the electrical system in an automated light? | Supply power for the lamp, supply low voltage power to the electronics and electromechanical system | |
| What is the primary function of the electronics system? | take the control signal input and, translate is to computer code and execute commands | |
| What is the electromechanical system made up of? | belts, gears, bearings, axels, chassis (moving parts) | |
| What does the electromechanical system do? | converts electrical energy to movements | |
| Name seven things that can be found in the optical system. | Reflectors, lamps, UV/IR filters, Color Media, gobos,lenses, effects | |
| What does USITT stand for? | United States Institute for Theater Technology | |
| On a fully loaded universe of data, how many updates can be sent to each of the 512 parameters per second? | 44 | |
| What two things are clearly defined in the new DMX512-A standard that the prior DMX standard didn't allow for | bi-directional communication, talk back | |
| What does RDM stand for? | Remote Device Management | |
| DMX was adapted from what other standard? | TIA/EIA-485 | |
| What is characteristic impedance? | the impedance of an infinitely long length of a particular piece of cable | |
| What should the characteristic impedance of a data cable be? | 120 Ohms | |
| What would a high capacitance cable do to a DMX signal? | degrade the signal, make is into a sine wave | |
| The Pin out for a DMX512 connector is: | Pin 1:common shield, Pin 2: Data negative, Pin 3: data positive, Pin 4: Data negative2, Pin 5: data positive 2 | |
| What does DIP stand for? | dual inline package | |
| What are the three types of displays found on most automated luminaires manufactured today? | LCD, LED, VFD | |
| When a fixture is in vector mode, it only receives two pieces of information from the console. What are these two pieces of information? | end position, speed | |
| When dealing with lamp control, what does DMX presence refer to? | turning the lamp on or off automatically | |
| Name 3 ways of adjusting control channels on the Grand MA console | Encoder Wheels, middle click (scroll fixture sheet), Direct Entry Box | |
| What button must you press to store a cue? | execute fader | |
| What color are the active values in a fixture sheet? | red | |
| When you store a sequence to a fader, where else does it get stored? | sequence pool | |
| If you want to name a sequence, in what screen do you name it? | sequence pool | |
| By default, what does the top button on every fader do? | off | |
| By default, what does the middle button on every fader do? | go | |
| By default, what does the bottom button on every fader do? | on | |
| By default, what does the button on an executor button do? | go | |
| How do you turn off an executor button? | press off and select executor button | |
| What does the highlight button do? | brings selected fixtures to full intensity with no color | |
| Once you select a group of fixtures, what button can you press to toggle through that group? | Next (right arrow) | |
| Once you select a group of fixtures, what button can you press to toggle backwards through that group? | left arrow | |
| Once you select a group of fixtures, what button can you press to re-assert your original group selection? | set | |
| When you store a position preset, what are you actually storing? | pan and tilt values | |
| When you store a color preset, what are you actually storing? | color values | |
| What is a preset? | a user programmable memory location that stores the value of a parameter of a fixture for later use in programming |
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