Proportional Patching; Assigning A Profile To A Dimmer - ETC Obsession II User Manual

Proportional patching

Assigning a profile to a dimmer

54 Chapter 5 Patching conventional lights
You may proportionally inhibit the output of individual dimmer levels from
any Patch display. Dimmers output at 100 percent unless you patch them
at a lower level. The following example uses By Dimmer mode.
Keystrokes:
1. Press [Patch].
2. If patch is displayed in By
Channel or By Label mode,
press [S1], By Dimmer.
3. Use the keypad to enter
the desired dimmer
number(s). Use [+], [–] and
[Thru] if you want to select
more than one dimmer.
4. Press [At] [At].
5. Press [8][0] [Enter].
NOTE: You may assign a patch level and a channel assignment at the
same time. For example, [Dim] [2] [At] [4] [At] [5][0] [Enter] patches
Dimmer 2 to Channel 4 and assigns it a proportional level of 50 percent.
Dimmers default to profile zero (linear fade). You may select one of 33
output curves (profiles) and assign it to a dimmer instead of a proportional
patch level. These profiles allow you to compensate for non-linear light
outputs from certain types of ML fixtures or incorporate a preferred
response in a fade.
Setting a profile for three dimmers at once in the By Dimmer mode is
illustrated below.
Keystrokes:
1. Press [Patch].
2. If necessary, press [S1], By
Dimmer.
3. Press [5] [Thru] [7].
4. Press [Profile] [2] [Enter].
a) Omit the profile number to set to the dimmer to profile 0, the
default linear profile.
NOTE: You may set an output profile for all dimmers patched to a channel
or a list of channels. For example, to set all dimmers patched to channels
1 through 5 to profile 2, enter: [1] [Thru] [5] [Profile] [2] [Enter].
Action/Command line:
Selects By Dimmer patch display
Patch: DIMMER 5 + 8
Patch: DIMMER 5 + 8 @ CHAN @
Sets the output proportion at 80%
Patch: DIMMER 5 + 8 @ CHAN @ 80
Action/Command line:
Selects By Dimmer mode
Selects dimmers
Patch: DIMMER 5 > 7
a
Sets selected dimmers to profile 2
Patch: DIMMER 5 > 7 PROFILE 2
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