Specifications

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Fixture configuration
Fixture configuration
Before LightJockey can control a DMX fixture, the fixture's profile or 'personality' must be added to
LightJockey's fixture configuration. The fixture configuration contains a list of all the fixtures that
LightJockey is currently set up to control and contains information about the individual fixtures
capabilities, DMX address and other optional settings.
To access the fixture configuration dialog, select Setup -> Fixture configuration from the main
menu. Alternatively, right click any fixture icon on the desktop and select Fixture Configuration from
the popup menu.
Fixture configuration dialog
The fixture configuration dialog is divided into 4 different areas:
Fixture Configuration - a list containing the current configuration.
Fixture settings - individual fixture settings such as DMX address or pan/tilt options.
Available profiles - the list of available fixture profiles. The profiles are arranged according to
manufacturer, click the 'cross' symbol to the left of the manufacturer name to expand the list of
available fixtures under the manufacturer heading. Available profiles for unlisted manufacturer's fixtures
can be found under 'other'.
Profile notes - notes included in the profile selected in the available profiles list. Offline Visualizer
profile notes are only available if the Offline Visualizer is currently running and the LightJockey profile
is linked to an existing Offline Visualizer profile.
Built-in vs. user defined fixture profiles
LightJockey implements two different types of fixture profiles - built-in profiles and user defined
profiles.
Built-in profiles
The built-in profiles are usually used for Martin fixtures but also includes a number of generic profiles
(see below). Built-in profiles are hard-coded into the LightJockey program code and cannot be
modified by the user, although some built-in profiles allows for some degree of customization (see
customizing palette controls). New built-in profiles, or updates to existing built-in profiles requires an
update of LightJockey itself.