Network - controller association, Project vs real controllers, Managing project tpcs and mscs – ETC Unison Mosaic Designer v1.11.0 User Manual

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Network - Controller association

Network - Controller association

It is here that you connect your project programming in Designer with real, networked Unison Mosaic Controllers:

Project vs real Controllers

The list of Controllers is split into two sections: At the top is the list of project Controllers which may or may not
be associated with real Controllers. Underneath is a list of all the unused real Controllers found on the network
that have not been associated with project Controllers.

When you create a new Designer project a single MSC with 2 output universes is added to get you started. These
project Controllers are purely virtual and so must be associated with a real Controller on the network before you
can

Output Live

or

Upload

.

IMPORTANT: You can only associate a Controller running the same firmware as Designer - Controllers running
incompatible firmware will be displayed in red. To update a connected Controller's firmware see

Controller firm-

ware

.

Managing project TPCs and MSCs

If you will use a different type of Controller for your project, such as a TPC for a touch screen interface or an MSC
X for a high DMX channel count, or more than one Controller if the installation is large or distributed, then you will

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