Unpatching Individual Dimmers - ETC microVision FX User Manual

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Unpatching individual dimmers

MicroVision FX allows you to select a single dimmer and bring it up
independent of other dimmers softpatched to the same channel. This is
called unpatching a dimmer. If a channel has more than one dimmer
softpatched to it, you may want to unpatch a single dimmer to check an
individual fixture, to turn on a work light, or to focus a single dimmer.
You must be in Stage mode to unpatch a dimmer. Follow these steps to
unpatch a dimmer:
1. Press [Stage].
2. Press [Dim].
3. Enter the dimmer number you want to unpatch. Unpatching does
4. To set the upatched dimmer at full intensity, press [Enter]. Or, to set
5. Press [Dim] [Clear] to restore the dimmer to patch. You can perform
not affect the level at which other dimmers in the channel are set. If
you want all other dimmers in the channel off, set the channel at
zero first.
the unpatched dimmer at less than full, press [At], and enter a two-
digit level.
most other console tasks with a dimmer unpatched, then restore
the patch at any time. Entering the softpatch screen also restores
patch.
Note: When you unpatch a dimmer and set it to full intensity, the
output is 100 percent of the potential output, not 100 percent of the
level at which it is softpatched.
Hint: To perform a dimmer check from Stage, press [Dim] [1] [Enter].
Then use [+] and [-] to step through the remaining dimmers for
dimmer check.
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