This page explains the use of the sequencer's pushbutton.
The pushbutton switch performs three separate configuration functions:
pattern changing, speed changing, and number-of-outputs configuration.
All three of these configurations are stored in non-volative memory,
so when you turn the sequencer on, it will start up with the last pattern,
speed, etc. that you selected.
Pattern Changing
When you first power on your sequencer, it will probably be sequencing its
outputs in pattern #1, the Rotate pattern.
If you press the switch briefly (for less than about ¼ second), the sequencer
will switch to the next pattern.
Each time you press the switch briefly, the sequencer will move to the next
pattern.
When the last pattern is being displayed and you press the switch, the
sequencer will cycle back to pattern #1.
Note that the pattern actually changes when you release the button, not
when you press it, because until you release the button the sequencer does not
know whether you are changing the pattern or changing the speed.
If you press the switch for more than about ¼ second, the sequencer will
begin increasing the rate at which the selected pattern is cycled (the rate at
which the display changes).
It may take a while for you to notice the speed change.
After the sequencer reaches the maximum speed, it will start over at the
slowest speed.
Selecting the Number of Active Outputs
For some purposes, you may wish to use fewer than five outputs.
Leaving some of the outputs disconnected is not sufficient, since the patterns
will continue to include those outputs.
However, the SEQ5 lets you configure the number of outputs included in the
patterns, from two through five.
To enter output configuration mode, turn off the sequencer, hold down the
switch, turn on the sequencer, and release the switch.
Initially, all five outputs (or however many you have EL wire connected to)
should come on.
While in configuration mode, no pattern is displayed; the display is constant
until you press and release the switch.
To change the number of outpouts, press the switch again briefly.
Now only two outputs should be on, indicating that in normal operation, the
patterns would all end at output 2.
If you press the switch again, three outputs will be on, and so on until all
outputs are on again.
The two-output mode is included mainly so that it will obvious when you have
enabled three outputs: if you have only three outputs connected, the
three-outputs-enable, four-outputs-enabled, and five-outputs-enabled states
will look the same, but you can reliably select three-outputs-enabled by
pressing the switch until only two outputs are on, and then pressing it one
more time.
To restore normal operation, turn off the sequencer and then turn it on without
holding down the switch.
The patterns now all include only the outputs that you enabled.