Artist Help:Interface Universes Out

You can add any number of universes to the system by right-clicking on this and selecting Properties. When installing your DMX fixtures in Artist, you address them to these universes. The universes are then connected to a Interface devices defined in the Interface Manager. This allows for easy patching of interface devices to fixture universes.

Right-click on DMX Out and select Properties to add more universes.

Right-click on DMX Out and select Snagging Tools to check channel assignments.

Right-click on the Universe and select Properties to connect the universe to an Interface device.

Right-click on a Universe and select Delete to remove a universe.

Virtualising Universes

Often you may want to program a system without the DMX hardware installed. This arrangement allows you to add DMX universes without connecting them to actual devices. These virtualised universes and indicated by a red asterisk overlaying the universe icon..

When the hardware for these universes is added to you system the universe become real and are no longer virtualised.

Renaming Universes

By default new DMX universes and simply named 'Universe 1' , 'Universe 2', etc. By clicking once on the universe and then pressing 'F2' an in-place edit box is opened to allow changing the name to an more meaningful name.