Park

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Parking selected fixtures will freeze the value of all attributes and prevent any changes. Parked fixtures are identified by red text in expanded and compact views or by grey boxes with white text for classic and magic sheet views. The “Park” button will also have red text as a reminder that there are parked fixtures.

This button also has a drop-down menu that can be accessed by clicking to the right of the button. The options available are:

  • Hold Changes - Normally when in Live mode, manual changes made to any fixtures will be reflected immediately in the DMX output, thus affecting any live instruments. Clicking on this button will allow you to make changes without affecting the output until this mode is reset. When reset, the changes will then be applied using the Master Fade Time. Note that cues, submasters and effects will continue to affect the DMX output. When this option is active, the channel display area will have a red border and a blinking indicator will display above the sidebar.
  • Un-park selected fixtures – Selected fixtures that are parked will be released from the park state and changes will become active.
  • Un-park all fixtures - Release all the parked fixtures regardless of what is selected.
  • Park selected fixtures DMX output (dimmers unpatched) – You can use this option to freeze (capture) all DMX outputs patched to the selected fixtures but still make changes to the fixture controls and record them. An example of where this might be used is for the house lights, where you’d like to keep them on while recording cues but be able to incorporate changes into the cues being recorded. When DMX outputs are captured, the message “Dimmers Unpatch” will appear in red in the lower right corner of the channel display (or sidebar if present) to remind you.
  • Release selected fixtures from DMX capture – Use this option to release captured DMX outputs patched to the selected fixtures. This will remove the “Dimmers Unpatch” message also.
  • Don’t record parked fixtures – If this option is set, parked fixtures will not be included in any cues recorded. The initial state of this option is set in System Properties>Show Defaults and is on by default.

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