Entering One-To-One Softpatch - ETC Expression 2.0 User Manual

Chapter 3 Entering softpatch and system settings

Entering one-to-one softpatch

If you have the same number of dimmers and channels, you may want
to use a one-to-one softpatch . A one-to-one patch assigns dimmer one
to channel one, dimmer two to channel two, and so on . If you have more
dimmers than channels, the default setting assigns the first extra
dimmer to channel one, the second extra dimmer to channel two, and so
on.
To use Expression's default softpatch setting follow these steps:
1. Press [Set Up].
2. Select 6, System Settings , and press [Enter].
3. Select 4, Customize Channels, and press [Enter] .
4. Enter the total number of required channels, up to 250, and press
[Enter].
5. Select 7, Customize Dimmers, and press [Enter] .
6. Enter the total number of required dimmers, up to 512*, and press
[Enter] .
7. Select 8, Default softpatch, and press [Enter] .
8. Press [Rec] to assign the default softpatch settings . Or, press [Clear]
to cancel the operation.
9. See instructions in this chapter titled Proportional patching for
instructions on inhibiting individual dimmer levels within a channel.
Note: For instructions on performing a dimmer check from the patch
screen (without returning to Stage mode), see the section titled Captur-
ing channels in softpatch later in this chapter.
*Or 1,024 dimmers if you have the optional second DMX512 connector.
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