Assigning Master Sync Id Numbers; Synchronizing Content; Set Master Layer; Set Slave Layer - High End Systems CATALYST Series User Manual

Assigning Master Sync ID Numbers

The network can have up to 20 master layers at once, each with its own unique Sync ID
number. Any layer can be synchronized to a master layer.
All servers on the same network share the same set of 20 Sync ID values.
Don't assign the same ID value to two master layers, even if they're on
different servers.
Using the Catalyst Control window on the PowerMac, you can assign unique Sync ID
values to selected layers:
1. On the appropriate Layer panel, click the File tab.
2. At the layer panel's lower right, click the SyncID field and a pop up menu will open.
File tab
3. On the pop-up menu, click the SyncID value you want to assign to that layer.

Synchronizing Content

After a layer has been assigned a unique Sync ID, any other layer can be synchronized to
it using the Play Mode parameter. Synchronization can be switch on and off at any time
using a lighting control and is selected in the same manner as any other DMX parameter
function.

Set Master Layer

1. On your lighting console, select the layer to be used as the master layer (other layers
will synchronize their frames with this layer).
2. Using the DMX Library and File parameters, select a folder and movie file for
playback.
3. Assign the Play Mode parameter of this layer to a DMX value of 2 (Play Loop
Forward)

Set Slave Layer

4. On your lighting console, select a layer of another server to synchronize to the master
layer.
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