1. Open the Fixture
Window by holding the OPEN
key and
pressing the FIXTURE key. (or press SETUP and select PATCH
from
your Main Toolbar).
2. Click FIXTURE SCHEDULE from the top of the Fixture Window.
3. In the pop-up, scroll down to find the manufacturer of the
fixture(s) you want to add. Click on the manufacturer's name
to
expand the list of their fixtures.
4. Locate and highlight (click) the name of the fixture you
are trying to add.
5. Press the SET key and enter the quantity of fixtures you
have of that type.
6. Repeat this process to add any/all of your other fixtures
and then click OK.
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show? Watch my video tutorial.
Changing
the User Numbers
The
User Numbers are how you will select your fixtures in the
programmer, so you want to make them unique. This number does
not
affect or utilize the address of the fixtures
1. In the Fixture
Window, the second column (labeled "Num") represents the User Numbers.
2. Click on any User Number cell, hit the SET key and type in
a new User Number, followed by ENTER.
3. To change a group of User Numbers, click on the first User
Number's cell and drag down to the last cell. Press SET and
key in the first User Number, followed by ENTER. The console
will label the group sequentially.
1. Key in the User
Number of the fixture you want
to patch, and then
press the @ key.
2. In the pop-up window, select the DP that you'd like to
patch to from the left side window.
3. Click on the column of the universe that you'd like to
patch to.
4. Key in the start address of your fixture, followed by the
ENTER key.
Note:
Alternatively, you can choose to key all the information in
via the command line.
1. Key in the User Number of the fixture you want to patch,
and then press the @ key.
2. Key in the Net # of the DP you wish to patch to, followed
by the / (slash) key.
3. Key in the Universe you wish to patch to, followed by the
/ (slash) key.
4. Key in the start address of your fixture, followed by
ENTER.
Example:
To patch Fixture #1 at DP#2,
Universe 1, Address 300, you could type:
1 @ 2 / 1 / 300 ENTER.
Patching
a Range of Fixtures.
This is used when your fixtures are addressed sequentially.
1. Key in the User
Number range you wish to patch
using the THRU key
(Example: 1 THRU 10), followed by the @ key.
2. In the pop-up window, select the DP that you'd like to
patch to from the left side window.
3. Click on the column of the universe you'd like to patch to.
4. Key in the start address of the first fixture in your
range, followed by ENTER.
Note:
Alternatively,
you can choose to key all the information in via the command line.
1. Key in the User Number range you want to patch using the
THRU key (Example: 1 THRU 10), and then press the @ key.
2. Key in the Net # of the DP you wish to patch to, followed
by the / (slash) key.
3. Key in the Universe you wish to patch to, followed by the
/ (slash) key.
4. Key in the start address of your the first fixture in your
range, followed by ENTER.
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Patching
Fixtures with Multiple
Patch Points
1.
Key in the User Number of the fixture you want to patch, and then
press the @ key.
2. In the pop-up window, locate
the drop-down menu for PATCH POINTS, and select FIXTURE
3.
Select the DP that you'd like to
patch the mechanical portion of your fixture to from the left side
window.
4. Click on the column of the universe that you'd like to
patch to.
5. Key in the start address of the mechanical portion of your
fixture (the address set in the fixture's menu), followed by the
ENTER key.
6. Press @ again.
7. In
the pop-up window, locate
the drop-down menu for PATCH POINTS, and select INTENSITY
8. Select
the DP that you'd like to
patch to from the left side window.
9. Click
on the column of the universe that you'd like to
patch to.
10. Key in the address of the dimmer where the fixture's lamp
is plugged in, followed by the ENTER key.
Unpatching
Fixtures
1. Key in the User
Number(s) of the fixture(s)
you wish to unpatch, followed by ENTER
2. Press the UNPATCH button at the top of the Fixture Window.
To
unpatch an entire universe:
1. Click VIEW BY DP from the top of the Fixture Window.
2. Click on the Universe you wish to unpatch (it will be a
light blue color)
3. Press UNPATCH UNIVERSE from the top of the window.
Unpatch
and Clone
options in the View By DP Window
To unpatch an
entire DP:
1.
Click VIEW BY DP from the top of the Fixture Window.
2. Select the DP you wish to unpatch from the Drop Down Menu.
3. Click UNPATCH DP from the top of the window.
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Training: Need to see how to
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