elektraLite CP16/24 - Manual (Page 21)

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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
384. 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 384 it will be ignored. Be careful not to allow channels from
one fixture to overlap another.
The default soft patch is shown on page 2.
Xfade Mode
This allows you to program the way each of the 384 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 (1-24). 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 CP16/24. 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.