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24.5.1
Names
The Manufacturer Name, Short Name and Mode are used to identify the head to the system. These fields should be unique to the
moving light. If you make a new head for a fixture based on one of the standard ones then you should make sure you change the
mode to a name of your choice.
The Short Name and Mode are used in display windows where there is not much space. You should ensure that these names are
as short as possible and do not contain any spaces - preferably less than 8 characters.
The Head Description contains details of the type of head – and is used for informational purposes.
The WYSIWYG and Capture patch information names indicate the names of this fixture in WYSIWYG and Capture to enable
patch transfer from these visualisers.
24.5.2
DMX
Num Of Chans sets the number of channels for the head.
DMX Min, DMX Max and DMX Offset specify constraints on where the Head can be patched within the 512 DMX channels.
Changing the Num of Chans will automatically change DMX Max.
24.5.3
Params
Pan Range and Tilt Range are used in visualisation and by the FLIP function.
Pan Invert and Tilt Invert. These are used by the visualiser to specify which direction the yoke/beam moves.
Pan Speed, Tilt Speed
Zoom Narrow and Zoom Wide are used by the visualiser to specify the angle of the beam. For heads without a zoom set both
Zoom Narrow and Zoom Wide to the angle of the beam.
Slowest Strobe, Fastest Strobe, Slowest Rot Speed, Fastest Rotate Speed are used by the visualiser.
24.5.4
Options
Moving Head can be Mirror or Yoke - press ENTER to swap.
Colour Mix controls the colour mixing channels – the options are CMY, RGB, HSI, RGBA and RGBAW.
The default configuration is for heads with CMY colour mixing – i.e. the when the Cyan channel is at 100% and the Magenta
and Yellow channels are at 0% you get Cyan. If your head uses RGB colour mixing – i.e. the above combination gives Red –
then set the CMY Invert option.
