MA lighting dot2 User Manual page 33

Let's make a group. First select all your fixtures. This is the fastest way:
Thru Please
This actually selects all fixtures from the lowest possible ID number to the highest. Now we have a selection and we
can store this as a group:
Store Group 1 Please
This created group number 1 with the selected fixtures and it gave it a name: "Dim".
To check it, you could open a Group view on screen 2 and clear you programmer. This should give you a Fixture
view on screen 1 and a group view on screen 2.
Try to press the Dim group. This should select all your Fixtures - if it doesn't, then you should start over on this
chapter.
Let us give the group a better name:
Enter Name
This opens a
When we store a group we are actually able to get this window immediately. As soon as you have stored the group
you can begin typing on an external keyboard to enter the name. Or When you store the group, you can press this
little balloon
and get the Enter Name window.
Let's make one more group. It should contain fixtures 1 and 2. It should be group number 2 and be called "All FOH".
I would like to make one thing very clear. The groups are just a convenient way to select fixtures. There is no
relation from a cue list back to the group.
I'll try to explain using an example. Your new group with fixtures 1 and 2 is selected by tapping the group in group
pool, then you give the two fixtures a value of 42%, this is then stored in a cue. In a few seconds we are going to
add fixture 3 and 4 to the group. This doesn't mean that the cue will change. It still only have information for fixtures
1 and 2. Even deleting groups doesn't affect the information stored in cues.
Ok, let's add those two fixtures. Select fixture 3 and 4 and then press:
Now you are presented with a pop-up that allows us to select the store method used. There are three possibilities.
Overwrite Merge Remove
, and
I'll take the time now to explain them.
Overwrite
will always replace what is currently stored, with what you are storing now - so you loose the old content.
Merge
will add what you are storing now to the already existing content.
programmer from the destination. If the destination doesn't have any overlapping content, then it don't do anything.
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Label Group 1 Please
window that allows us to change the name of the group. Call it "All Dimmers".
. These are general store methods you are going to meet throughout the console so
Store Group 2 Please
Remove
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will remove the content in your