MA Lighting grandMA2 User Manual - page 664
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Any DMX addresses that have something patched will have a frame around them. Inside the frame you will see the
Fixture ID and Channel ID and maybe the fixture name (if the space allows it).
Below the list of DMX addresses you have a button called
Skip Patched
. If this is active then you cannot select
already patched DMX addresses. You are only allowed to select empty one. You can scroll the list using the vertical
scroll bar or the encoder (read more about that below).
When you have found the address you want, then you can tap it and this will assign it to the selected fixture (on the
left side).
If you have more than one fixture selected, then you will automatically patch all the fixtures starting from the address
you selected - There might be a gap between them (see "Offset" below).
There are three other buttons below the right side:
Unpatch:
Tapping this button will remove any patch information from the selected fixtures.
Patch to...:
You can tap this button if you know what DMX address your fixture should have.
Offset:
This button can be used to set an offset. Offsets are used when you patch more than one fixture at a time and you
want to add a gap between the fixtures. The number you define by tapping the button needs to be bigger, than
the amount of DMX channels the fixture uses. If the number is lower than the amount of channels used, then the
fixtures will be patched as close as possible. For example if you patch some fixtures that uses 12 DMX channel and
you patch then from address 1 with the Offset at 20, then the fixtures will be patched at address 1, 21, 41, 61, and
so on.
The encoders
The Encoder Toolbar have changed when you enter the DMX Patch window. It could look like this:
The DMX Patch Encoder Toolbar
The four encoders can be used to help you patch fixtures.
The left encoder is used to select the fixtures - if you have selected more than one fixture going into the DMX patch
window.
The left center encoder is used to select the Universe.
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