Device Groups; Fixture Or Dimmer Information; The Programmer; Active Versus Transparent Channels - Martin p Xciter User Manual

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Example: You are adjusting the pan/tilt of each fixture individually to focus them on one point (on the lead

singer) in a scene. When you finish positioning one of the fixtures and select the next one, Xciter

automatically deselects the previous one. This way you cannot mess up your pan/tilt when you forget to

deselect the previous fixture.

9.4 Device groups

To make device selection easier, you can create 8 groups of moving lights and 8 groups of generic lights.

The order of selection is also stored in the group. This means you no longer need to remember the device

order when you create effects with delay across devices (wave effects).

1. Press [FIX] if you want to select fixtures (intelligent lights) or [DIM] if you want to select dimmers (generic

lights).

2. Select fixtures or dimmers.

3. Hold [SHIFT] and press a group button.

4. Release [SHIFT].

If you have forgotten which fixture/dimmer is assigned to a button, Xciter can display this information while

you are programming.

1. Hold [SHIFT] while you press [FIX] or [DIM] and release.

Xciter displays the order of selection on the main LCD.

It also lights up the number keys that have a fixture patched to them.

2. Press one of the lit number keys to view information about the fixture/dimmer that is patched to it.

3. Release [ESC] to exit information mode.

When at least one device is selected, the programmer pops up on LCD2. Use the programmer to create

scenes and to take manual control of devices during a show.

The moment you modify a logical channel, it becomes active. Untouched channels remain transparent.

Active channels are either in fade or snap. Fade means that the channel's value changes gradually from

scene to scene according to the timings you specify in the scene editor. Snap means the channel's value

changes instantly from scene to scene. Fade and snap will be explained in the section about the editor.

Only the active channels in a scene have the potential to change the DMX output. Whether an active

channel will actually change the DMX output, depends on process priority. See 'Process priority' on page

21 for more information.

When you store a scene, Xciter only saves active channels, namely the channels you have modified in the

programmer, the ones that have a value above them instead of [---].

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