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Subject: Re: LC+
From: Fokko van Duin
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 22:28:57 +0100

At 21:32 +0100 04-12-2002, Michael Lohrengel wrote:
Unless I dont understand the concept behind
it, it seems like a total waste of screen display.
No, actually it saves screen space. On the stage you have intensity and pan/tilt indicators who are showing the DMX values in the mixer. The control windows shows the status of ALL (up to 31 in LCX/LCM) engines (now called layers) -AND- the values in a layer of a selected fixture or group. In order to switch fast there is a CLI (command line interface) where typing of e.g. k1-8 select fixture 1-8.

Note: This concept also made it so much faster then you where used to.


Is it not common to have different fixture being controlled by one
engine ?
It's is common to have one group controlled by a layer at a time. For editing complex groups you should select 1 fixture at the time. On the other hand if you have a group of e.g. MAC600s you can set them instant to a certain preset by creating presets. These presets are callable by a CLI command e.g. po2 (select preset "Other" # 2) or even by a user defined single key (e.g. F3). As fixtures have more and more controls, it would become a mess if you get them all on your screen.


As a solution I tried to make groups but here´s what happens: putting
two Robocolours in one group will only show controlls for both robos
together - no way to controll them seperatly.
Putting Robos and pars in one group ends up with: panels dont match or
something like that.
Different types of fixtures are merged as much as possible, but in your case it's only intensity.

Fokko
  • LC+, Michael Lohrengel
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