Selecting Active Fixtures

In order to communicate in a more human-like language, ONYX allows you to select fixtures based on their current state in the playback on stage. For example, you could select all RED fixtures that are pointing to the DRUMS preset, or all fixtures that are currently 100% Intensity.

The command can be executed with an empty programmer to query the entire patch.

Or, if fixtures are already selected in the programmer, the command will only consider those fixtures.

This sounds complicated, but it's really not. Once you get used to it, you'll probably find yourself using it all the time!

How to Select Active Fixtures

This allows you to select a Group first, e.g. "all Washlights", then to drill down further to all BLUE fixtures within that group.

Selecting Active Fixtures by Preset is executed as Group xx, where xx is a preset soft button.

Selecting Active Fixtures by Intensity value is executed as Group @ xx Enter where xx is an intensity value. In the case of Group @ Full, the Enter is implied.

You can also select all fixtures above or below an intensity value, such as:

Group @ +50 Enter

which selects all fixtures with an intensity value above 50%.

If you'd like to select fixtures sharing several preset values, you can hold down the Group button while you press multiple preset soft buttons. Releasing the Group button will execute the query.

Note that this command will only select fixtures that have values from ALL of the presets you specify. In other words, holding Group and pressing Blue Drums will only select fixtures that are both blue AND pointing at the drummer.

Example - Selecting "Green" Fixtures

Let's say that you have a cue on the stage with fixtures in red and green. The artist yells over the PA that he hates green. Instead of looking in the cuelist values, trying to figure out which fixtures are green, selecting them and changing them to blue, you can quickly do the following...

  1. Clear Clear (to ensure that the programmer is empty)
  2. Group Green - Pressing your preset labeled "Green".
  3. Blue Sets the Green fixtures to your preset labeled "Blue".

As long as you used a preset color when you recorded the cue, the console will find all fixtures with the color preset "Green" and select them for you. You can now update the cue, making the artist very happy (as long as he likes blue).

Load (Active Fixture Capture)

With Load, you can query the console to find fixtures based on their current state in the playback on stage. Load allows you to not only select the fixtures that meet the preset or level you've chosen, but to also bring them into the programmer to manipulate them.

To use Load, press Load xx, then select Load Options Enter, where xx is a preset. When you press Load, the Load Options popup will appear, allowing you to filter which attributes you want to capture.

You can capture by intensity value with the following syntax:

Load Group @ xx Enter where xx is an intensity value.

Load Group @ Full

 

When using load, you must press Enter to execute the command. Like many functions inside ONYX, Load is simple to use, but can do some very complex things. Learn all of the details of Load here.