elektraLite CP10xt Manual - Manual (Page 23)

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Soft Patching
The soft patching display reads:
FIXTURE 01
START ADDR 001
Use the number keyswitches to select the fixture (01-16). Next use the right or left arrow switch to
move the cursor under the start address number (in this case 001), then select a start address for that
fixture from 001 to 121. To patch another fixture use the right or left arrow switch to move the
cursor under the fixture number and select another fixture. If you select 0 as the starting address for a
fixture it will be removed from the DMX output. If you try to select a number higher than 121 it will
be ignored. Be careful not to allow channels from one fixture to overlap another.
When using fixtures that require more than 8 channels you will be using two or more consecutive
fixture numbers to control that fixture. It is important that the start addresses of the consecutive
fixture numbers be set to align with the channel numbers within the fixture. For example a 20
channel fixture will require 3 fixture numbers. Fixture 1 would control 8 channels if for example pan
and tilt are on channels 5 and 6. Fixture 2 would control 6 channels using the 6 faders and no
joystick. Fixture 3 would control the remaining 6 channels. If the 20 channel fixture’s start address is
DMX512 channel 1, fixture 1 would be soft patched to 001, fixture 2 to 009 (1+8) and fixture 3 to
015 (9+6).
Xfade Mode
This allows you to program the way each of the 128 DMX512 channels executes a crossfade
whenever a cue is called. This is done automatically for you whenever a particular fixture type is
selected from the fixture library. Use this feature to override the settings used by the library. The
crossfade mode display reads:
FIXTURE 01
CHNL 1 SNAP AF
You must select both the fixture number (01-16) and the channel number within the fixture (1-8).
Use the arrow switches to move the cursor under the fixture number, the channel number or the
crossfade mode. Use the number keyswitches to make a selection. NOTE: The channel number
represents the number within the fixture and may not correspond to the fader number on the
CP10xt. The choices for crossfade mode are "XFADE" which gives a timed crossfade, "SNAP BF"
which instead of crossfading makes the channel snap to its new setting at the start of the crossfade,
and "SNAP AF" which makes the channel snap to its new setting at the end of the crossfade.
NOTE: Whenever you select a new fixture from the library these settings will be set to the library
defaults for that fixture.