Leprecon LP-2000 - Manual (Page 23)

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LP-2000 WITH SOFTPATCH OPTION & LP-2000 CUE PLUS: USING THE
SOFTPATCH
With the SoftPatch or Cue Plus options, the LP-2000 console has been
enhanced to include a patching feature where four custom assignments
of dimmer circuits to console channels, in addition to the "straight"
patching assignment, are stored for instant recall. Consoles may be
purchased with this feature installed, or the option may be added to a
standard LP-2000 with minimal hardware changes.
Each of the four custom softpatches allows the assignment of each
dimmer circuit to a specific console channel. Up to 512 DMX dimmer
channels can be assigned. (Note: With software versions prior to 2.0,
only 256 DMX channels could be addressed.) For LP-2000s with the
analog output option, the number of addressable dimmer channels is
limited by the number of output decoder cards that are installed in
the console; this is something that the customer specifies when the
analog option is ordered. The output decoder cards address a specific
number of dimmer channels, and this number is not necessarily the same
as the number of console channels.
More than one dimmer circuit may be assigned to a single console
channel; in other words, the channel 8 fader on the console might
bring up dimmer circuits 8, 16, and 32. However, a dimmer circuit can
be controlled by only one console channel. In the above example,
dimmer circuits 8, 16, and 32 can only be controlled by channel 8 of
the console. A dimmer can be disconnected from the system by
assigning it to the non-existent channel 0.
To access the softpatch features, go to the main menu and use the UP
and DOWN arrows to select "SoftPatch." Pressing the right SCROLL
button then moves the display to the SoftPatch menu.
Selecting the Active Patch Assignment, Naming Custom SoftPatches
The first item of the SoftPatch menu is "Select." Choosing this, and
scrolling to the right, allows the selection of the active patch, or
the one that is currently controlling the dimmer network. This can be
the "straight" patch, where console channel 1 controls dimmer circuit
1, channel 2 controls dimmer circuit 2, and so on, or any of the four
custom softpatches, with the default names of "PATCH_1_" through
"PATCH_4_." (Note that there are five lines of options on this
screen, but only four lines of display; the UP and DOWN arrows will
scroll the display to access all of these, though they cannot all be
seen simultaneously.)
This screen also allows for the naming of each patch assignment.
Names are limited to eight characters in length. To edit a name,
first select the patch with the UP and DOWN buttons, then use the