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Leap Frog 48/96 Operating Manual – Issue 3 Page 49
DMX Input Functionality
The new DMX In functionality allows you to add additional dimmers to the desk beyond the
48 or 96 that are provided by default on the Leap Frog 48 and Leap Frog 96 desks.
Once you have selected the required fixture type and optionally entered a DMX start
address, you can then specify how many fixtures of that type are in the schedule and
which DMX Input Channel you wish to assign them to.
During the Add Fixtures assignment, pressing a flash button on a DMX-In channel will
assign the Dimmer or Fixture to that DMX-In channel, just as if a preset fader or MFK had
been pressed. Pressing it again will unassign, as per MFK or Preset fader.
The DMX In assignment of dimmers and fixtures may also be adjusted, if required via the
Edit Fixtures – Patch function (see later in this section).
DMX In Operation on the Desk
In general desk operation, the DMX-In will read a level from the DMX In as the dimmer or
fixture intensity.
Tagging etc will happen as per the existing Presets and MFKs (if a value is changed, it is
tagged - holding CLEAR and changing a value doesn't alter the value but instead reverts
the tag status).
Where DMX-In Fixtures or Dimmers exist on the desk, the desk Fixture Number is used to
access them numerically.
Where a DMX-In Dimmer exists only on the DMX-In, the default fixture numbers will start
at 1001 onwards, relative to the DMX address of the fixture assigned (eg DMX 24 would
be 1024).
Flashing, Soloing and Latching a DMX-In channel will work as close as possibly to as if it
were on the desk itself (a snap change from < 95% to 100% can be assumed to be a
button press). If a change is detected below 95% (to allow for dodgy Grand Masters, etc),
the desk will assume that the flash button has been released and that the desk is now
reading fader levels again (for example, a flash to 100%, move the fader to join it, release
the flash button, and fade down).
The DMX-In Dimmers will behave as per MFK intensity channels (that is, they are
excluded from 2-preset/Wide mode operations).