User`s manual

VARI❋LITE® - VIRTUOSO™ / VIRTUOSO™ DX CONSOLE USER’S MANUAL
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Ad Hoc Groups
Overview
“Storing, Modifying, and Recalling Groups” on page 99 provided instructions for
storing groups of luminaires for the purpose of simplifying channel selection. These
groups are generally based on luminaire types, truss positions, or other distinctions
unique to your particular show. Ad Hoc groups, however, are a way of selecting
channels “on-the-fly” which are not already pre-stored as a group. The Ad Hoc
feature accomplishes this task by allowing you to select channels based on information
such as “all channels in a specific preset” or “all channels in a specific color.”
Creating Ad Hoc Groups
Ad Hoc groups can be created using the command-line keypad, select displays,
specialty buttons, or the submasters.
From Keypad
• [Group] [Preset] [n] [Enter] - selects all active channels in Preset n (where n is the
discrete preset number).
• [Group] [Color] [n] [Enter] - selects all active channels in Color n (where n is the
discrete color number).
• [Group] [Cue] [n] [Enter] - selects all active channels in Cue n. (This does not
affect the current position of those channels.)
• [Group] [At] [n] - selects all active channels with intensity value of n.
From Select Displays
• [Group] / [Preset Select Button] - selects all active channels in Preset n (where n is
the discrete preset number).
• [Group] / [Beam Select Button] - selects all active channels in Beam Select n
(where n is the discrete beam number).
From Submasters
• [Group] / [Choose] - selects all channels in the submaster’s active cue.