Drag & Drop Patching

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This is an alternative method of patching using the mouse or other pointing device.

 

Patching Standard Dimmers

By default, the “Standard Dimmer” fixture is selected. Standard dimmers use only one address to control the circuit for a luminaire.

 

To associate the dimmer (address) with a channel using the Drag & Drop Method:

 

1.     In the “DMX Outputs” pane, click on the desired address and hold the left mouse button down.

 

2.     Drag the mouse over to the “Patch Address” column of the control (fixture #) to assign and release. When you release the mouse, the address will be patched to the control and appear in the “Patch Address” column. Also, the “Fixture Make/Model” column will be populated with “Standard Dimmer”. By default, assigning new DMX outputs to a control channel will replace any already assigned and those outputs will become “unpatched”. There’s an option labelled “Replace dimmers when drag and drop patching”, which when unchecked will allow multiple dimmers to be patched to a single channel or allow the assignment of a single address to multiple channels.

 

Multiple dimmers can be patched to a single channel also by clicking in the “Patch Address” field and entering a list of addresses separated by commas (,) and/or a range of addresses separated by a slash (/).

 

NEO Notes & Tips: Multiple dimmers connected to a channel will output the same value dependent on the channel value and the channel profile curve. This can be modified on a per dimmer basis. See “Edit Dimmer Profiles” in the Options Menu section below for more information.

Also, you can patch multiple dimmers at one time (consecutively) by changing the quantity (Qty) value at the top of the “Fixtures” pane. If more than one dimmer is patched, then additional dimmers will occupy the channels following the first one you drag the patch to.

 

Patching Intelligent Fixtures

Intelligent fixtures use more than one DMX address to control various aspects or attributes of the model chosen. A channel can be patched to only one intelligent fixture at a time and can be identified by the name of the fixture in the “Fixture Make/Model” column.

 

To patch an intelligent fixture to a channel using the Drag & Drop Method:

 

3.     Select the desired model from the tree view under the title “Fixtures”. To aid in locating a fixture brand and model, you can start typing in the “Fixture Make/Model” box and a popup with a list of matching entries will appear. The list becomes more refined as additional characters are entered. Once the desired model appears in the list, you may click on it to select it.

 

NEO Notes & Tips: All the fixtures are grouped under the brand name and can be accessed by clicking on the small arrow to the left of the brand name. The brand will then be expanded showing all the models available.

4.     Click on the fixture model you want to patch, and you will see a picture of it on the right.

 

5.     Move the mouse over the “DMX Outputs” pane of the window and click on the address where the fixture starts and, while holding the mouse button down, drag it over to the “Patch Address” column of the control (fixture #) to assign and release. When you release the mouse, the address range will be patched to the control and the starting address appear in the “Patch Address” column. Also, the “Fixture Make/Model” column will be populated with the relevant information.

 

NEO Notes & Tips: When intelligent fixtures are selected, the block of addresses it needs will be highlighted to show the number of addresses that the fixture uses.

You can patch multiple intelligent fixtures at one time (consecutively) by changing the quantity (Qty) value at the top of the “Fixtures” pane. If more than one fixture is patched, then additional fixtures will occupy the channels following the first one you drag the patch to.

This list will contain all the fixture types patched into the show to date and provides an easy way to select them if needed to add more of a particular fixture type to the patch.

 

 

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