Pathway LR Manual - Manual (Page 24)

DMXPathfinder LR DMXPathfinder Operations
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Maximize the report window so that it fills the screen. If the report form looks
empty, you probably don’t have any stations patched. Close the report window
and patch a few stations before re-opening report. Controls for the report
display appear along the bottom of the window.
C
OMMAND
L
INE
As an alternative to the “drag and drop” style of patching, you can work in a
“Command Line” mode, without the mouse. Similar to many lighting control
consoles, in this mode the numeric keypad on your keyboard can be used to
assign stations to sources. TIP: You’ll find that the selecting the Detail view for
both Non-Connected and Connected panes will make this process easier.
With the mouse, click on the Command Line box at the bottom of the workspace
(if the Command Line box isn’t there, make sure it is checked in the main menu
under View). Make sure that your keyboard Num Lock is enabled and the
keyboard LED is illuminated. Patch information is entered by using the numeric
keypad to key in the station number followed by the [
* ] or [@] key, then the
source number followed by the [Enter] key. To clear the Command Line for the
next entry, press the [Delete] key on your keyboard. If the Command Line is no
longer highlighted, use the mouse to click on the “eraser” button to the right of
the Command Line to clear it. To patch several stations to the same source,
use the [+] as “and” or the [/] key as “thru”. For example to patch stations 1, 3, 5,
and 7 to source 1, key in:
1 + 3 + 5 + 7 * 1 [Enter]
Similarly to patch Stations 8 thru 15 to Source 2, key in:
8 / 15 * 2 [Enter]
Or you can mix it up to patch 1and 7 and 12 thru 15 to Source 3 by keying:
1 + 7 + 12 / 15 * 3 [Enter]
B
ACKUP YOUR DATA
!
To protect yourself from an accidental loss of patch data, we suggest that you
make archive copies of your data. Select File from the main menu, followed by
Create Backup… Use the standard Windows file management conventions to
specify where you want the data archived to. If you need to restore a show from
an archive, Use File, Restore From Backup… You will be asked if you wish to
make a backup of the existing data first since this action will replace the current