Normal Operation; Patch; Faders - ETC SmartFade User Manual

Normal Operation

P a t c h
The patch is where you assign console channels to control specific DMX output channels
(see About DMX, page
Channel One controls DMX Value One, Channel Two controls DMX Value Two, and so on
through all of your available channels. This is the simplest version of a patch and is the most
common, as it is easy to remember and provides immediate control with all of your available
channels.
It is also possible to create a custom patch by assigning any DMX channel to any control
channel. Or you can patch multiple DMX channels to a single control channel. This can be
used when you want to control multiple dimmers (or other DMX-controlled devices)
simultaneously from a single channel. However, any DMX output channel may only be
patched to one channel at a time.
Setting the patch is simple and is performed on the LCD menu (See
Menu, page
specific channel), by Channel (specify a channel and assign which dimmer(s) are controlled
by it), or set it as "1 to 1" under the Patch-Special menu.
Patching by Dimmer or Channel is done in either "Live" patch mode or "Blind" patch mode.
Patching in Live will force all DMX values to zero immediately and will send the selected
DMX channel to full so you can see what's connected to that dimmer. Patching in "Blind"
patch mode will not affect current DMX values until the changes in patch override any active
channels.
N o t e :
A dimmer may only be patched to one control channel at a time. This prevents conflicting
data when controlling the dimmers. If you patch a dimmer and then later patch the same
dimmer to a different channel, the dimmer will be automatically unpatched from its
original channel and assigned to the new channel.
F a d e r s
Use the faders to set levels for individual control channels, or for individual recorded
memories. To the right of the channel faders, there are two buttons for selecting the first or
second half of the available channels or memories. These buttons are labelled [1-24] and
[25-48] ([1-48] and [49-96] on the 1296 and 2496). Faders 21-24 (or 45-48) may operate
either sequences or memories.
• SmartFade 1248 Faders 1-24 will control channels 1-24 when the channel range [1-
24] button is lit and channels 25-48 when the channel range [25-48] button is lit.
• SmartFade 1296 Faders 1-24 will control channels 1-24 when channel range [1-48]
button is pressed once and channels 25-48 when [1-48] is pressed a second time.
Likewise press [49-96] once to operate channels 49-72 and a second time to operate
channels 73-96. The block of channels under fader control is indicated on the LCD.
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8). Your console defaults to a "1 to 1" patch mode, meaning that
38). You can choose to set the patch by Dimmer (assign each dimmer to a
Normal Mode LCD
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