Loading A Fixture Profile; Remove; Show Universes / Show Stage Map - ETC ColorSource 20 User Manual

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Your devices use 17 channels, but you would prefer to manually address them at logical starting nubmers
like 1, 21, 41 and so on. Use the Spacing cell to change the footprint to 20 so that those devices will auto-
matically patch at 1, 21, 41...
Patching places the items in a list in the upper part of the patch screen and on the topographical
in the lower part of the screen in rising order starting in the top left corner. You may select one channel at a
time in the list or on the stage map.
Each channel may be edited in the boxes at the top of the screen for channel number, DMX Universe and
DMX address. You may also add
select
screen.
Note:

Loading a Fixture Profile

If you have devices in your lighting system that cannot be discovered by RDM and are not included in the
onboard device library, you can create your own personality for that device and import it into your show file.
There is a device editor application for Windows PCs called ColorSource Edit, which is available for down-
load at www.etcconnect.com.
To request a fixture personality from ETC, please send your request along with the user manual, the
required mode(s) and your need by date to ColorSourceConsole@etcconnect.com.
Note:
1. You will need to save the file onto the root directory of a USB drive to be able to read it from the con-
sole.
2. With the USB drive plugged into the console, go to Setup>Patch>Add Device.
3. From the Source dropdown, select User Library. A new library will display with your fixture listed by
its manufacturer's name.
Note:
these custom files on your USB drive or on another computer for safe keeping.

Remove

Select a device or dimmer, and press Remove to remove from the patch. If you accidently remove a device
or dimmer, you can use the
Note:
all the recorded values will remain in the playback or cue, but they will no longer be connected to a
device.

Show Universes / Show Stage Map

The lower section of the
DMX addresses.
The DMX address chart is view-only and may not be edited. Scroll up and down to view all the addresses in
the selected Universe.
16
tags
to each item so that they may be conveniently grouped on the
Custom fixture profiles can be loaded onto the console.
For the console to recognize the profile, the file name has to be userlib.jlib.
Custom device libraries are not stored on the ColorSource console itself. Please store
Undo
function to restore it.
If you have recorded a device into
Patch
screen may be set to display the topographical
playbacks
or cues, and then remove it from the patch,
stage map
quick
Stage Map
or a chart of the
Getting Started With Patching

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