PRG V476, User Manual

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Layout - The Layout button will only be available if the Order has a value that requires a layout be specified (i.e.
any of the Position values). The Layout pop-up provides a list of all layouts which have been defined in the Plan
View, including the 2D (default), 3D, and any custom layouts. This feature allows groups to be built using the Plan
View. (Refer to
"Custom Layouts" on page 63 for more information.)
+ Allocation - specifies how the channels are allocated within the group. Options include Sequential (default),
Interlace, or Random. (This is similar to the options available for Effect Sets.)
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Note that if the Allocation is already set to "random," pressing the Random button again will re-randomize the
channel allocation.
+ Direction - specifies how the channels are placed into the divisions. Options include Increasing (default),
Decreasing, Center, and Ends.
Ad-Hoc Tab
The Ad-Hoc tab allows Ad-Hoc groups to be visualized and changed. Refer to the next section for instructions on
using Ad-Hoc groups.
Ad-Hoc Groups
Ad Hoc groups are a way of selecting channels "on-the-fly" which are not already pre-stored as a group. The Ad Hoc
feature accomplishes this task by allowing you to select channels based on information such as "all channels in a
specific preset" or "all channels in a specific color."
Ad Hoc groups can be created using the palettes, command-line keypad, specialty buttons, or the submasters.
From Keypad
+ [Group] [Preset] [n] [Enter] - selects all active channels in Preset n (where n is the discrete preset number).
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[Group] [Color] [n] [Enter] - selects all active channels in Color n (where n is the discrete color number).
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[Group] [Cue] [n] [Enter] - selects all active channels in Cue n. (This does not affect the current position of those
channels.)
+ [Group] [At] [n] - selects all active channels with intensity value of n.
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[Recall] [Group] [Cue] [n] [Enter] - selects all channels that have data for Cue n.
From Palettes
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Press and hold [Group] while pressing
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Preset Palette Button
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- selects all active channels in Preset n (where n is
the discrete preset number).
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Press and hold [Group] while pressing
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Beam Palette Button
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- selects all active channels in Beam n (where n is
the discrete beam number).
From Submasters
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Press and hold [Group] while touching a specific submaster on the touchscreen - selects all channels in the
submaster’s active cue.
From Effect Super Palette
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Using [Group] with a set part will select channels in the part as an Ad Hoc Group.
+ Using [Group] with any effect in the Effect palette will select ALL channels in the effects set as an Ad Hoc Group.