Operator`s manual

3. Patching - Page 43
TitanUniversal_Man_v7-0_PE.doc 02 September 2013
first dimmer in the range, then press the last Select button in
the range. On the Touch Wing, run your finger across the
buttons. The range of dimmers will be patched to sequential
DMX addresses.
4> The Select buttons light up dimly to show they are patched.
Touch buttons turn dark blue and show fixture details.
5> Repeat from step 2 for other dimmers.
• When setting the DMX address using [Address=], you can set
the DMX line (universe) as well by entering {line}.{DMX}, for
example 2.56 will set DMX address 56 on DMX line 2.
• To see how DMX channels are patched, press
View (next to the
numeric keypad) then Patch to show the Patch View window. If
you don’t have a Touch Wing connected, press View then
[Fixture Patch]. The fixture patch view is described on the next
page.
• [User Number = xx] allows you to set a user-defined number
for each dimmer or fixture patched, to help you identify them
later. You can also edit the User Number from the Repatch
Fixture menu.
• You can patch multiple dimmer channels to a single handle. This
can be useful if, for example, you want to control all the lights
for one area together. To do this, just press the same Fixture
Select button again when patching the new dimmer channel.
You can tell the dimmer channel has patched OK because the
DMX address will increase by 1.
• If you need to remove a dimmer from multiple dimmers on a
single handle without losing programming, make a copy of the
handle then repatch the copy to the individual dimmer address.
3.1.3 Patching moving light fixtures
Moving light fixtures are more complicated to patch than dimmers
because they have more attributes to control, such as pan, tilt and
colour, whereas a dimmer channel just has intensity.
Avolites consoles use a “personality” system to control fixtures. This
means you don’t have to know how each fixture works, you just tell
the Pearl Expert what you want to do and it will send the right control
commands. The console has built-in personalities for most types of
fixture, which tell it what attributes are available and how to control
them. If the console does not have the personality for your fixture,
you can download further personalities from the Avolites website,
create your own using the Personality Builder application installed on
the console, or Avolites can create one for you. See section
13 on
page
209 for details of how to find personalities.
You can patch either using the Patch menu (described below) or the
Patch View window (see section
3.2.1).
1> Press Patch (one of the blue function buttons bottom right).
2> Press [Fixtures].