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Note:
Some of the fixtures in the list have “dummy” channels added to them in order for their start
addresses to be aligned with the banks of 8 faders. For example some 12 and 14 channel fixtures will
actually use 16 channels so that when grouped together under one fixture number, fader bank 1 and 2 will
control one fixture and banks 3 and 4 will control the other. Check the start addresses as described in the
next paragraph if you are using auto patch to see what addresses have been assigned to each fixture or
group of fixtures.
By moving the cursor to the bottom line under the fixture number you can cycle through fixtures 1-16 and
see the starting address for each fixture. The address (001-512) will appear next to the word “CHNL”
The word “OFF” will appear next to “CHNL” if there is no fixture currently assigned to that particular
fixture number. You can move the cursor under any of the three digits of the channel number. If auto
patch is on you will not be able to change the value of the start address. If auto patch is off you can use
the + and - switches or the data wheel to change the start address for each fixture. You must press “Enter”
following any edit to record the change. The message “DONE” will appear for 1 second after pressing
“Enter”.
MULTI FIXTURE
Show Designer supports intelligent lighting fixtures which use up to 32 channels. Since most fixtures use
far less than 32 channels, Show Designer will allow you to control groups of smaller fixtures that are of
the same type under a single fixture number. For example if you have assigned a 4 channel intelligent
light to fixture number 1 you can multi this to 8 fixtures since 4 channels divides into 32 channels 8 times.
When fixture 1 is enabled you will use all 32 control channels of fixture 1 to access these 8 fixtures. Since
show designer supports 16 fixtures of 32 channels each you can control up to 128 separate 4 channel
fixtures this way.
You control the individual channels of each fixture within the group using the 4 banks of 8 faders. When
using the pan and tilt wheel or the trackball, all of the fixtures within the group will respond if they have a
pan and tilt feature. Set individual pan and tilt levels using the faders.
To assign multiple fixtures, move the cursor to the fixture number and use the + and - switches or the data
wheel to select a fixture. Move the cursor to the number next to the “X” (which stands for multiply) then
increment or decrement this value. You can only choose numbers between 1 and the maximum number of
fixtures that will fit within 32 channels. If there is no fixture assigned to this fixture number the multi
value will be 0 and cannot be changed. You must press “Enter” to record the change. If auto patch is
enabled you will be given the warning that some addresses may change. Press “Yes” to continue or “No”
to exit.
MODIFY FIXTURE
This feature allows you modify the attributes of a lighting fixture after you install it from the fixture
library. You can also use this to create a new fixture that isn’t in the library. To do this you must first
select a fixture as described above in the “Choose Fixture” section. Choose something that is similar to
the one you are trying to create or start with the “Generic Dimmer” which is the first choice from the list.
Use the “Copy Fixture” feature as described in the next section to duplicate your new fixture.
Once installed, there are nine fixture attributes which Show Designer uses to define a lighting fixture that
you can modify. The attributes in order are: fixture name, number of channels, black channel, black
value, pan channel, pan fine channel, tilt channel, tilt fine channel and crossfade mode. After you have
entered the “Modify Fixture” menu, use the cursor switches to move the underline cursor to the fixture
number (displayed as FIXT 0
1
) to select which fixture you want to modify. Use the + and - switches or
the data wheel to select the fixture number. Next move the cursor to the “attribute” which is displayed
immediately to the right of the fixture number. Select from the nine fixture attributes which are described
in the following paragraphs. Next move the cursor to the bottom line of the display to select the value for
