Artist Help:Addressing Grid

This dialog is accessed either from Main Menu/Tools/Global Soft Patch or by right-clicking on Input Output Patch/DMX Out in the Resource Navigator. It displays all the DMX channels currently configured and graphically displays the address location of each fixture installed. It provides and drag and drop mechanism for easily manipulating the addresses of installed fixtures. You can make alterations simultaneously with controlling fixtures in the usual way in order that you can monitor the effect of your changes.

Moving one fixture

You can change the address of one fixture at a time by clicking in the first address cell of the fixture, holding the mouse button down and dragging to an unoccupied cell and releasing the mouse button. The fixture is now displayed at the new address cell.

As you drag the mouse around the screen a red box displays the location where the fixture will be located. If there is insufficient free address cells the red box is not displayed.

Selecting multiple fixtures

You can select multiple fixtures to move at once by clicking on each required fixture while holding the keyboard Ctrl key. Each selected fixture is indicated by highlighting the name of the fixture in red.

Once the fixtures have been selected click on the fist cell of the first fixture and drag to the required new location.

The selected fixtures need not be contiguous (i.e. with no spaces) but they will be sorted contiguously to the destination address in the order in which they were selected as indicated by the white number in the highlight fixture name.

Address Format

The address format used in this dialog is universe/address.

Where universe is a character (see table) representing the type of interface followed immediately by the index of the universe within that interface, and address is simply the one based DMX address on that universe.

Address Prefixes

V	Virtual DMX
D	ShowCAD DMX2
S	Basic USB
P	Pathport
U	ShowCAD USB

e.g. P2/128 is DMX channel 128 on universe of the Pathport interface.

Move To

You can use the Move To button in place of dragging to an new location. Enter the address in address box (see Address Format), then click on the Move To button. To enter an address in the address box you can right-click in the required address cell in stead.

Selecting a block of fixtures

Click on the first cell of the first fixture in the block to move. It will be highlighted to indicate that it is selected. Hold down the keyboard Shift key and click on the first cell of the last fixture in the required group. Now all the fixtures between the two selected are also selected. You can now click on the first cell of the first fixture and drag the group to the new location or use the Move To function.

Dynamic Scrolling

You can scroll the dialog whilst dragging fixtures by holding the mouse just above the bottom of the address list to scroll up, or just below the top of the address list to scroll up.

Address box and GoTo

Clicking on the GoTo button will cause the display to scroll to the cell address in the address box (see Address Format).

The addresses entered in the address box are added to a list which can be displayed in the drop down list. These address are memorised so that each time the Patch is displayed these addresses are available.

Sorting Addresses

If you have a contiguous block of fixtures who's order you wish to alter, hold the Ctrl key down and click on each fixture in the order you wish them to be in. As you do this you will see the order number in white above the name of the fixture. Release the Ctrl key and click on the Sort button.