Rack Palette - Operators Manual - Strand Lighting

General Information
Patch
Note:
Palette uses Channel numbers as the base user addressable unit. Conventional
desk often refer to these as Channels and moving light desks may call them Spots.
Because of Palette's very powerful Abstract Control Model, calling everything a
Channel provides the most functionality. That way, what was once a par can, can be
converted into a VL1000, just by changing the Channel Type.
To enter the patch, press [S1] when there are no Channels selected. The default
method of patching is Channel to Output. You can reverse this to patching Outputs
to Channels by pressing [S12].
The softkeys are sensitive to your current Channel selection (i.e., if you have
moving lights selected, [S1] will not be Patch). To enter the patch,
regardless of what the softkeys are displaying use the mouse to select the
Setup icon
by Channel.
above the Cue List Directory. The default selection is Patch
Adding and Deleting Channels
When you create a new show file, the default patch contains 128 Channels of Type
Dimmer and the console is patched 1:1 such that each Channel is patched to the
corresponding output. You can see a summary of how many control channels your
console is authorized for, how many you've used and how many remaining by
looking in the top left pane of the display when you enter the patch display:
[S1] puts Add Channel into the command line such that you can type command like
[Add Channel] [129] [Thru] [500]. Note that you can also delete Channel with [S2]
as simply as typing [Delete Channel] [12] [Thru] [15] [+] [19]. If you were to type
that command, the Channel Grid would look like this:
The Channel Allocation above will change depending on how many Channels total
you have. The Moving Light total is a sub-set of the total Channel count. The used
channels is how many DMX or Ethernet outputs you're consuming.
Patching Dimmer Type Channels to Outputs
To patch normal intensity Channels (commonly referred to as channels), enter the
patch in either way as described above. If you have paperwork that lists the
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