Patching Fixtures; Patching Overview; Output Master And Layer Guidelines; Mbox Designer - PRG MBOX User Manual

PATCHING FIXTURES

Patching Overview

In order to control Mbox, it will need to be patched on a control console or with the Mbox Director application. Patching
allows parameters to be mapped to the controllable elements of the Mbox environment. Use the following guidelines
when setting up the patch on a control console:
+ The Mbox Designer and Studio software requires at least two universes for control. Mini requires at least one.
+ Adding more output masters and/or playback layers requires additional universes for control. (see below)
+ It is not advisable to patch more than one Mbox server to a single universe, unless the intention is to have two
servers that respond identically to the control data.
+ By default, Mbox is configured to respond to Art-Net universe 0; this may be adjusted as desired. Control with Art-
Net allows for the selection of universes 0 through 254, which control with sACN allows for the selection of universes
1 through 63998.
CAUTION! For ease of operation, the many parameters that make up one Mbox server are divided into multiple fixtures.
It is strongly recommended that all fixtures that are part of the Mbox profile be patched. If all of the associated fixtures,
are not patched, undesirable results can occur! The parameter mapping charts on the following pages show all fixtures
that make up a single Mbox server. The fixtures must be patched in the order shown.

Output Master and Layer Guidelines

Mbox Designer

Mbox Designer allows up to 32 output masters and up to 24 playback layers. Use the following guidelines when
patching more than four output masters or more than six layers:
+ The use of more than four output masters requires an additional universe of control data for each five additional
output masters. Additional output masters must be patched to the next sequential universe after existing output
masters but before any layers. Therefore, adding output masters will change the universe number of any layers.
+ The use of more than six layers also requires an additional universe of control data for each six additional layers.
Additional layers must be patched to the next sequential universe after existing layers.
+ Additional universes can only be sequential universe(s) to those that the server is already using. For example, if the
server is patched to universe 0, the first six layers will be on universe 1 and the next six layers will be controlled by
universe 2.
+ When adding more output masters or layers, it is important that the server receive correctly patched data on the
additional universe(s). If this is not done, the added output masters or layers will not receive appropriate values and
may interfere with the normal operation of the software. Additionally, be sure that another server is not set to use
any of the same universes.
+ Additional output masters and/or layers must always be patched beginning at address 1 on the universe that they
are on.
+ Additional output masters and layers have full functionality. However, the more of each item used, the higher the
impact on the performance of the machine.
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