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Patch and Copy Commands
Another method of patching and copying fixtures is by using commands. Patch and Copy
commands are particularly useful if you are assigning and patching multiple fixtures - that are not
addressed consecutively - to one fixture fader.
Let us assume that you are using 4 par cans whose individual dimmers are set to channels 10, 12, 15
and 17 and a GoldenScan HPE set to channel 50 and you wish to control the 4 par cans using a
single fader. The following is how you would patch those fixtures:
1) We will start with an empty desk so select the
Options > Main Screen
menu item, select
File > New Desk
from the main screen and click
OK
to confirm, then select
Options >
Patch Screen
to return to the patch screen.
2) Using the
Library
button select
Make
Generic Lamp
Model
Par Can
for
Fdr 001
and
Make
Clay Paky
Model
GoldenScan HPE
for
Fdr 002
.
3) Highlight the
Fdr 001
row (par can) in the Fader list.
4) With [Num Lock] on, use the numeric keypad on the right of the keyboard and press the 1
key, then the asterisk key, then the 1 then 0 keys followed by the Enter key i.e. [1] [*] [1] [0]
[Enter].
This patches the first fixture for fader 1 ‘at’ DMX channel 10; the
[*]
key being used
to represent ‘at’. Fader 1 is highlighted as the active fader, so after pressing the keys [1] [*]
[1] [0] the command Fdr 001 Fix 1 at 10 appears in the Command display which means
that fixture 1 on fader 1 is being patched to DMX address 10. Pressing [Enter] confirms this
command, or alternatively, you can press the [Del] key to delete and re-enter the patch
command before pressing
[Enter].
The
[Del]
key on the numeric keyboard is used only for
deleting commands. The [Delete] key above the cursor keys is used for many other
purposes.
Please Note:
An alternative way to enter the start address of any fixture is to double-click on its
DMX
Address
row and a dialogue box will appear - type in the address and confirm, or click on
Cancel
.
5) Highlight the line below the fixture in the Fixture list, press [Insert] and this will add a
fixture to that fader. Do this twice more and you will end up with four fixtures assigned to
Fdr 001
(Highlighting any fixture and pressing [Delete] will delete that fixture assignment
from that fader after confirmation).
6) Press [2] [*] [1] [2] [Enter] then [3] [*] [1] [5] [Enter] then [4] [*] [1] [7] [Enter]. This
patches the 2 nd , 3 rd and 4 th fixtures of that fader to addresses 12, 15 and 17. These are then
shown in the Fixture list and 004 is shown under the
Fixs
title in the Fader list to indicate
that four fixtures are assigned to that fader.
7) Highlight the
Fdr
002
row (
GoldenScan
) and press
[1] [*] [5] [0] [Enter]
. Now, because the
fixture was selected using the
Library
button, ShowMagic knows that the fixture requires 12
consecutive channels, so it automatically patches the GoldenScan to 12 consecutive
channels starting from the channel supplied, i.e. channel 50. The channel range
050 - 061 is
thus indicated under the
Dmx Address
title in the Fixture list as being patched to that fixture.
Section 3 - Patch Screen
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