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This will be used on screen to identify the channel.
J , K and L: define three default levels that can be output. These are
Locate fixture, Highlight and Lowlight.
The range is 0..255 and -1 means no change to the output.
Locate Fixture is used in the moving light menu to turn on a
fixture and set channels to a level such that you can see where
the instrument is. Generally the settings give 50% pan 50% tilt,
white, no gobo, 100% dimmer.
Highlight and Lowlight are used when editing to brighten or
otherwise mark one instrument whilst the others are turned into
a dim state.
14.2.8
Text Field
The text field will be displayed when patching the devices.
This text field can hold any text you like, but generally it displays the
Attribute Bank layout of the device being patched.
If you are going to want to use the personalities on other DORTRON’s
consoles, bear in mind that different consoles have different sized
displays. Limit the text to 20 characters a line if you want the
personality to be compatible.
14.2.9
The Preset Focus (Palette) table
Tables on the DLC-C003 are for default Palettes which are automatically
loaded when an instrument is patched.
Two key lines are required for tables, the definition line and the data
line.
The definition line looks like:-
PFTABLE “table name” A B..
Where A is allows the table to be connected to a tablet attribute button.
With the instrument when the pen is clicked on the tablet the table list
appears on the VDU screen, moving the pen up or down allows selection of
a table entry.
The range for this is -1 meaning table is not attached to a tablet button
or 1..30 to define which button the table will be attached to.
Where B is the list of dmx channels values which will be defined within
the table.
For example:-
PFTABLE “GOBO” 3 4 7
The first word is the keyword
PFTABLE
to indicate that a preset focus
table follows.
Next follows the table name. This can be up to 11 characters and can
include spaces. It must begin and end with double quotes.
The first number indicates which tablet attribute button the table will be
available on.
The final numbers are the actual DMX channel numbers.
The next lines contain the actual focus information and is defined as
follows:-
“focus name” palette entry number channel level(s
)
When
“focus name”
this is the name given to the focus. This can be
up to 11 characters and can include spaces. It must begin and end with
