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Now try to tap All then
Store
and tap one of the empty All presets. Now we have store a preset that have the red
color
and the dimmer value.
Make some more
color
presets so we have something to choose between.
Make a
red
colored preset and call it
MyColor
.
Using presets
Clear your programmer and tap one of the color presets once. That didn't change the color. What it did was
selecting the fixtures that can use the preset you tapped. Tap the preset again. Now they got the color.
If you don't have a selection when you tap a preset, then the fixture(s) who can use that preset gets selected. If you
have a selection of fixtures and tap a preset, then the fixtures that can use the preset, get the reference to the
preset in the programmer and the output from the preset. Remember that you are not actually getting the values
from the preset in your programmer, you get the reference or link to the preset.
Make the MyColor preset active and give the fixtures a dimmer value. Store this as a cue on executor 101 (top row
closest to the main executor).
Clear the programmer and run the cue. Now your fixtures should be red.
Select the fixtures and give them a blue color. Now press
Store
and then the MyColor Preset. Select the Merge
option in the store pop-up. Finish by clearing your programmer.
The fixtures are still blue. That's because the cue we stored is still active and even though the cue was stored when
the preset was red, then you changed the preset, so now the cue will give us the fixtures in blue.
Try to delete the MyColor preset. Say OK in the confirmation pop-up.
The fixtures are still blue!
When you delete a preset then the (real) values from the preset is stored into the cues where it was used. So you
loose the preset and thus the link. But your cues still looks the same.
Making more executors
Before we move on, we are going to make some more executors and change what the executor keys does.
We still have the blue cue on executor 101. Select your four fixtures and then one of the presets you made (don't
select a blue one) - and give them an intensity. Now store this on executor 102.
Clear your programmer and try what happens with the color of the fixtures when you press the executor keys.
Right now the executor keys work as a toggle function, this means you can turn executor 101 on or off with the
same key. There's an added twist to this. If all the values stored in the active cue is under the control of a different
executor, then the executor is automatically turned off.
In the next chapter we are going to have a closer look at the external screen.
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