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7.1.2 Connection Desk Channel to Dimmer Channel (Soft-
patch)
The channels of the Lightcommander represented by the numbers under
the flash buttons can be freely patched to the dimmer channel numbers.
Any desk channel may control several dimmer channels simultaneously
whereas the other way round the dimmer channel can only listen to the
control commands of one single desk channel.
Selecting the patch menu via:
UTILITY/
SETUP
OUTPUT
PATCH
O U T P U T - P A T C H
OPEN
CONNECT
Channel:
Dimmer:
0 1
Connected 0 4
0 4
Up to 255 dimmers can be
connected to one desk
channel
Select dimmer
number via
encoder
Desk
channel
selected by
its button
Connects the
selected desk and
dimmer channel
Clears the connection
between the selected
channels
Connects all desk
channels with the
dimmer channels of
the same number
Clears all patch
connections
Desk channel, actually
connected to the selected
dimmer number
1.
Selection of a desk channel by its button. On WIDE mode
preset 1 master toggles between the upper and lower channel
set.
2.
The encoder selects a dimmer number. Maximum
dimmer address on the Lightcommander is 256.
1.
To identify the dimmer number on stage, the selected
dimmer is set to 80 % if the BLIND function is
switched off.
2a.
CONNECT patches the selected desk channel to the selected
dimmer address. Any former connection of this dimmer is
cancelled automatically.
3.
2.
3.
QUIT returns the desk to the Top Menu.
The Lightcommander 24/6 (48/6) features 0 to +10V DC analog output of
the first 30 (52) dimmer channels on Socapex EF337.
The complete range of dimmer channel 1-256 is available via DMX 512
(1990).
During WIDE operation the patch command "1 : 1" will patch the AUX
channels at the end of the standard channel range (LC24: 49-54, LC48:
97-102).
!
CLEAR
1 : 1
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