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Mix Output Menu
Step 3 - Setting up the output address
To complete this operation it is now necessary to assign the DMX address.
Assuming that the yoke has parameters: x and y with high-resolution movement, focus,
zoom it requires 6 DMX channels. Since the local DMX address, for the first yoke, has
been set at 1, the output address under spot 5 must be 1. The DMX address of the second
yoke, assigned to spot 6, is 7. The output address under spot 6 must be 7. (The DMX
outputs assignments procedure is described above.)
Step 4 -Soft patching in the Channel Patch
The last phase of patching when using external dimmer is done in the Channel Patch
menu.
Patch the spot number associated with the unit to its hard patch dimmer number. In this
case, dimmers 100 and 101.
Keypresses
1. Go to the Channel Patch
menu.
2. Press F1 Assign Dimmer
3. Enter 100 on the keypad.
4. Press F3 To Channel
5. Enter 5 on the keypad.
6. Press F2 Thru Channel
7. Enter 6 on the keypad.
8. Press F1 Store
IMPORTANT:
Channels representing spot numbers in the channel patch table are no longer available as
conventional channel numbers. To avoid confusion, clear their default assignments from
the channel patch table. If the dimmers associated with those channel numbers are used,
they must be assigned other channel numbers.
Example (using the configuration described above):
Patch dimmer 100 to channel 5. An E appears alongside 5 in the channel row, identifying
this as an external dimmer associated with moving lights. After having done this, channel
5 still is associated with dimmer 5 unless the 1 to 1 default patch assignment has been
cleared. Since channel 5 has become part of the moving spots, its original default
assignment must be cleared. In order to use dimmer 5, simply assign a channel number
other than 5.
If a range of channels is selected in the editor, the channels that are identified as external
dimmers are ignored.
Example: Select channels 1
now considered part of moving lights and are accessed through spot numbers.
Sabre
Results/Comments
Sabre prompts for the spot number of the first
yoke.
Sabre prompts for the spot number of the last
yoke.
Dimmers 100 and 101 are assigned channels
5 and 6 respectively. The channels are
marked with an E, signifying that they are
actually spot numbers associated with an
external dimmer.
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20 and Sabre skips over channels 5 and 6 since they are
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