Patching Multiple Addresses to a Single Fixture
While of limited use to moving lights, the ability to patch multiple DMX addresses to a single fixture is quite useful when that fixture type is a dimmer channel. This can be equated to patching multiple dimmers to a single channel on a conventional console.
As most dimmer racks (by default) will assign a unique DMX address to every dimmer, by selecting which DMX addresses are controlled by which fixture ID's, we can determine which channels control which dimmers. The same syntax described above regarding universe specification can be used.
Example: Multiple Addresses to one Fixture
If you have dimmers 1 through 6 in DMX universe 5 and assigned to DMX 1-6 and wish to control them with channel (fixture ID) 301, you would use the following syntax:
301 @ 1 Thru 6 / 5 Enter
When you have completed this, your patch screen will show the patched dimmers as follows:
DMX Addresses 1 thru 6 patched to channel 301
The Console has now patched control of DMX universe 5, addresses 1 through 6 to fixture ID (channel) 301. As with assigning DMX addresses to a range of fixtures, you can assign a range of addresses to a single fixture ID by using the “And” and “Except” buttons as in:
301 @ 1 Thru 6 - 4 Enter
This would patch DMX addresses 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 to fixture 301.
To unpatch all of the addresses, you would use the following syntax:
CLEAR 301 ENTER
To unpatch a single address, you would use the following syntax:
CLEAR @ 4 ENTER
This will unpatch only address 4 of a fixture in the current Universe
Press to execute the command.