6. Programming
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Chauvet® ShowXpress™ V6.22
6.
P
ROGRAMMING
Programming Concept
There are 3 primary screens to program a show in ShowXpress™. These are the
Setup
,
Editor
, and
Live
screens.
Setup (Patch)
: assign the DMX starting addresses of the fixtures to be programmed
Editor
: program several scenes, and save them to the hard disk
Live-Buttons
: import the scenes that were programmed in the Editor screen, and play
them back with the press of a single button
The EDITOR SCREEN takes priority over the LIVE SCREEN. If the LIVE SCREEN is controlling a DMX
channel, and a DMX channel is also being controlled in the EDITOR SCREEN, the channel will receive
priority from the EDITOR SCREEN. (Only active channels in the EDITOR SCREEN will be affected.)
Overlaying is possible between the 2 screens (Editor and Live).
Creating a Fixture Profile (example)
ShowXpress™ is designed with the capability to create fixture profiles directly through the software.
This profile is going to be created for the Chauvet® LED PAR 64-Tri. This fixture has two operating
modes. We will be using the 3-channel operating mode.
The fixture has the following channels: red, green, and blue. Please see the steps below for an
example in designing a fixture profile.
1. Press
<New Fixture>
.
2.
In the screen that appears, enter a name for the fixture profile: LED PAR 64-Tri. Press
<OK>
. The name should now appear in
Personal Fixtures.
3. In the Channels Area, press
<add channel>
three times. Three channels should now
appear with the name:
???.
4. Right click on the 1
st
channel and left-click
<EDIT>
. The
Set channel infos
sub-window
should now appear.
5.
Locate “red”, left-click on the word, and then press <ok>. The sub-window will automatically
close, and in the Channels Area, the 1
st
channel name and icon will now be changed to the
selection.
6.
Follow the same steps as above to set channel 2 and 3 to green and blue, respectively.
7.
Left-click channel 1.
8. In
the
Levels Area
, Press
<add level>
.
9.
Left click on the new level that appears.
10. Right-click this level and left-click “Edit”. A sub-window will appear titled
Set level infos.
11. Left-click dimmer and set the max value to 255.
12. Press
<ok>
.
13. Follow this same procedure for channels two and three.
