Artist Help:Addressing List

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This view shows a list of fixtures with their respective group headings. This view view allows you to set addresses without concern over conflicts until you save the new values. The columns in this view are:

Fixture shows the fixture names
Universe shows the assigned universe
Address shows the assigned logical address
Current Address the current address of the fixture

Changing Universe[edit]

Click on the Universe column of a fixture and a combo box is displayed allowing you to select a universe.

You can use Ctrl-click and Shift-click to select multiple fixtures, then right-click to display a context menu. Select Set Universe then select the universe you want the selected fixture to be assigned to.

Changing Address[edit]

Click on the Address column of a fixture and enter the new value with either the keyboard or the keypad + and - keys.

You can use Ctrl-click and Shift-click to select multiple fixtures, then right-click to display a context menu. Select Auto Address. This will display the Auto Address dialog.

Auto Address Dialog
First selected fixture displays the name of the first selected fixture
Selected count displays the number of selected fixtures
Start address allows you to set the address of the first selected fixture.
Increment this is the increment added to the address value on each subsequent selected fixture.