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5: Intensity Level. The current intensity of the light is shown as a percentage, in the
lower left hand corner. “FL” indicates the light is at full. When the “i” information icon is
activated, this number changes to the light’s DMX start address.
6: Intensity Indicator. The circular, colored line within each cell (red in the example
above) provides a quick indication of the light’s current intensity. The color also
indicates how the intensity was set and if it’s currently changing. See “i – The
Information Screen” for descriptions.
7: Select Indicator. The border around each cell turns red when the light has been
chosen for programming.
8: Orientation Indicator. For lights with position attributes, the triangular pointer at the
center of the circle shows the direction the light is pointed.
Manual Selection
Lights may be manually selected or deselected by touching the cell of each light as
needed. To select or deselect a range of lights, touch the cell of the first fixture, press
and hold the Shift button, then touch the cell of the last fixture in the range. The order
lights are selected is used by color fans and other effects.
Group, Recent, and Standard
Often, certain groups of lights are selected repeatedly for programming. The following
tools may speed those operations.
Standard
The Standard tool allows quick selection by certain customary rules, such as All Lights,
No Lights or by fixture types. Cognito automatically creates Standard groups of identical
lights, as the lights are patched into the Fixture Grid.
Groups
The Groups tool allows rapid selection of show-specific or user-defined groups of lights.
Grouping reduces the number of lights that must be individually chosen manually. To set
up a Group, select the lights you wish to include, then use RECORD>Group. The order
in which lights were selected is also stored. Groups can (and should) be labeled.
Recent
The Recent tool provides a list of recently selected lights, which can be useful when
repetitively adjusting small selections of lights.
Settings and Fixture Patching
The Settings tool allows you to assign specific lights (by model) to cells in the Fixture
Grid, and to set or “patch” the lights’ to their required DMX start address. In order to
patch a fixture, you must know the manufacturer, the model, the light’s current operating
mode (often called its footprint) and its DMX start address. Generally, every light is
given a unique start address.
Select the cell in the Fixture Grid where a light is to be patched, then touch Settings.
Use Light Type to choose the light’s model and operating mode; DMX Addr to set the
DMX start address, and Properties to label the light, if desired.
Summary of Contents for Cognito
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