GeniusPro/Lightpalette Operator's Manual - Strand Lighting

Patches
Patching Double Width Outputs
Some analog multiplexed dimmer systems have double width dimmer modules which take two
consecutive output signals (for example, Strand’s CD80 dimmers, which take single width 2.4K
or 6K dimmers or double width 12K dimmers). These can be handled by unpatching the
unused output or patching both outputs to the same channel. For example if outputs 3 and 4
control a double width dimmer then we might patch as follows (the output addresses are also
shown, assuming the default AMX mapping in the Setup display):
Output 1 2 3 4 5 6 …
Channel 1 2 3 4 5 …
DMX output 1 2 3 5 6 …
Outputs 5 onwards need to be changed from their default 1 to 1 patch. The alternative is to
define output 3 as a double width output in which case it will automatically take two output
addresses. The same patch would then appear as a default 1 to 1 patch as follows:
Output 1 2 3 4 5 6 …
Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 …
DMX output 1 2 3 5 6 7 …
You must be very careful using this facility since outputs 4…are really outputs 5… (since they
are actually mapped to output address 5…). In addition, the last output is now ignored since its
number is now one larger.
out {@6k12k} [*] changes a normal output to a double width output or a double width
output to a normal output. Double width outputs are shown on the Patch display State
screen as a grey bar.
[1] {@6k12k} [*] All Modes
Toggles output 1 between normal and double width.
Assigning Output Profiles
Any output can have a profile assigned to it. Profiles let you change the fade characteristics of
the output. You cannot assign a profile to a non-dim output.
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