Chapter 3 Entering softpatch and system settings
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Additional patching features
The following patching features are described below:
•
Proportional patching
•
Dimmer profiles
•
Capturing channels in softpatch
•
Unpatching individual dimmers
Proportional patching
The PSC lets you proportionally inhibit individual dimmer levels from the soft-
patch screen
. You may want to inhibit an individual dimmer to balance the wash
in a channel or to limit a particular lamp
. Dimmers default to a full level setting
unless you inhibit them.
Dimmer intensity levels set in softpatch function as full level on all other
screens
. For example, if you enter a level of 60 for a dimmer on the softpatch
screen, when you set that channel to full in a cue or submaster the dimmer will
output at 60 percent.
To inhibit individual dimmers levels, follow these steps:
1.
If softpatch screen is not displayed, press [Patch].
2.
Press [Dim] to indicate that next number entered will be a dimmer.
3.
Enter desired dimmer number, or select a group of dimmers by using
[And] and [Thru] in conjunction with dimmer numbers.
4.
Press [At], and enter desired intensity level for dimmer
.
As long as dimmers are selected (highlighted on monochrome monitor or
displayed in yellow on a color monitor) you can adjust their levels with [+]
and [-].
