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Page 38 Frog 2 Operating Manual – Issue 4.3
Groups
The Frog 2 provides 200 user definable Groups.
Groups are most commonly used when selecting fixtures and programming data to be
recorded in cues, palettes etc. Groups can also be assigned to User Definable Faders
(UDF) and User Definable Keys (UDK).
Group Window
To display the Group Window on the monitor, hold down the SHIFT key and then press the
GROUP key.
The Group Window contains a soft button for each of the 200 groups. Each soft button
contains: Group Number (1-200), and name (if defined).
Master Groups
As part of the setup process, when fixtures are added to the schedule, the desk
automatically generates a Master Group for each different fixture type contained in the
schedule. It also creates an additional Master Group containing all the fixtures in the
schedule – The ALL FIXTURES group.
The Master Groups are displayed in a toolbar on the touch screen whenever you select
the GROUP key. Master Groups are not referenced by Group Number and do not appear
in the Group Window.
Automatic Groups
In Setup, there is an option to generate a set of automatic groups based on the fixture
types in the schedule. The desk generates a group for each of the Master Groups, plus
‘odd’ and ‘even’ groups for each different fixture type in the schedule.
To create the automatic groups, first enter SETUP, press the [Auto Menus] soft key on the
touch screen, select the [Create Autogroups] option, then exit Setup.
Automatic Groups are referenced by Group Number and appear in the Group Window.
User Defined Groups
You can create your own groups of fixtures, eg Floor MAC 500’s FOH MAC 500’s etc.
User defined groups can be all of the same fixture type or any combination of fixture types.
Simply select the fixtures that you wish to be in the group and then enter the command:
RECORD GROUP N ENTER (N = Group Number).
User defined groups are referenced by Group Number and appear in the Group Window.