Dimmer Doubling; Moving And Copying Channels; Unpatch A Channel; Replace - ETC ION Operation Manual

D i m m e r D o u b l i n g
You can patch channels in Ion to accomodate for dimmer doubling with Sensor+ dimmer racks. This
is done using the softkeys available in patch ({No Dim Dbl}, {A}, and {B}).
For Example:
Let's assume you patch 96 channels of dimmers to addresses 1-96.
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Now you wish to dimmer double 1-12 of your Sensor+ rack and you want these to be
channels 97-108. To patch this, press:
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Channels 97-108 are patched to address 1-12 B, while channels 1-12 are now patched to
address 1-12 A.
To remove the dimmer doubling from these addresses, you must first press [Format] to
enter Address mode and then press:
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Addresses 1-12 have been returned to single dimmer modes and channels 97-108 are now
deleted.
By default, doubled dimmers start with an offset DMX address value of 20000. Therefore, in the
above example, address 1B (channel 97) is actually controlled by DMX address 20001. Address 2B
is actually controlled by DMX address 20002 and so on. This offset matches the default offset in
CEM+ when configuring your Sensor+ dimmer rack for dimmer doubling. To change the default
offset value, see
Mo v i n g a n d C o p y i n g C h a n n e l s
Channels can be moved from one location to another within patch.
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The second press of the [Copy To] key changes the command into a "Move To".
This syntax will move the patch information for channel 1 to the patch for channel 3. All data in the
show file that was stored at channel 1 is also move to channel 3.
To copy a channel to another location within patch:
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To copy a channel to another location within patch and all record targets in the show:
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U n p a t c h a C h a n n e l
To unpatch a channel while in patch you can press:
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Unpatched channels can still be manipulated and can have data stored for them, but they do not
output any information (as they are unpatched).
R e p l a c e
By default, if you patch an address to a channel that is already patched, Eos will create a new part
for the new address. If you want to replace the current address with the new, use {Replace}:
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Patch
[1] [Thru] [9] [6] [At] [1] [Enter]
[9] [7] [Thru] [1] [0] [8] [At] [1] {B} [Enter]
[1] [Thru] [1] [2] {NoDimDbl} [Enter]
Show Settings, page 95.
[1] [Copy To] [Copy To] [7] [Enter]
[1] [Copy To] [2] [Enter]
[1] [Copy To] [2] {Entire Show} [Enter]
[n] [At] [0] [Enter]
[n] {Replace} [n] [Enter] - replaces the address in part 1 of the selected channel.
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