Patching, DMX, and Fixture Setup

Patching is one word for everything that has to do with the fixtures we have in our show, how they are addressed - both signal wise but also for selecting them - and how they are arranged in a virtual 3D room.

The following pages deals with adding fixtures to your show, giving them DMX addresses, arranging them in the Stage view and all the connected topics. We are not going to look at details about the Fixture types nor how to control the fixtures. For this please have a look at Basic Fixture types, Advanced Fixture types and Controlling Fixtures.

 

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Sub topics

• What are channels & fixtures
• What is 3D and stage setup
• Adding fixtures to the show
• Delete fixtures from the show
• Working with layers
• Multipatching
• Live patching
• DMX sheet
• DMX testing
• DMX and parameter lists
• Universe pool
• Stage view
• Virtual 3D cameras
• Position fixtures in the 3D stage
• Auto calibrate fixture positions