Command Line Programming
Clarity
Operator Manual
Page 144
For example, if some fixtures is already selected, to set them all at full intensity press:
@ Enter
To set them all to 0% press:
@ 0 Enter
Hint: You can alleviate the need to press
Enter
when entering 2 digit intensity values by ticking
the box for “Auto-enter commandline after 2
nd
digit after AT” in the “User Preferences” located
in the “Show” tab.
22.4
INTENSITY WHEEL
You can follow you fixture selection entry (above) by rotating the intensity wheel to set a level.
22.5
FADE TIME ENTRY
You can specify a fade time by pressing
Time
after the intensity followed by a time value in
seconds.
For example:
1 @ 50 Time 3.5 Enter
sets fixture 1 to an intensity of 50% and a fade time of 3.5s (only fade
times are accepted and delay is set to 0s)
22.6
FIXTURE NUMBERING FOR KEYPAD ENTRY
Keypad entry uses the fixture “unit number” to select fixtures. The unit number is allocated in
the patch and shown beside each fixture in the programmer’s Selection sidebar.
The attributes tab shows the fixture name by default. You can change this to show the Unit
number by clicking
Show
,
Preferences
and ticking: “Show unit number instead of fixture
name”.
22.6.1
Changing Fixture Unit Numbers
Fixture (unit) numbers can be easily changed to assist programming via keypad number entry.
Select the fixtures to be renumbered in the
order that you want to renumber them.
In the
Programmer
window, click on the
Toolbox
and from the drop down menu
select
Renumber Fixtures...
Use the dialog box to set the new
Start Unit #
number. The
End Unit #
number is automatically
shown. The
OK
button is disabled if the currently
specified range clashes with existing unit numbers.
Alternately, individual fixtures can have their unit
numbers changed in the Patch window.
See section
11 for details.
Fixture unit 25
Fixture name
Fixture unit 25
Fixture
unit number
