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Dimmer Doubling
You can patch channels in Ion to accommodate for dimmer doubling with Sensor dimmer racks.
This is done using the softkeys available in patch ({No Dim Dbl}, {A}, and {B}).
For Example:
Let’s assume you patch 96 channels of dimmers to addresses 1-96.
• [1] [Thru] [9] [6] [At] [1] [Enter]
Now you wish to dimmer double 1-12 of your Sensor+ rack and you want these to be
channels 97-108. To patch this, press:
• [9] [7] [Thru] [1] [0] [8] [At] [1] {B} [Enter]
Channels 97-108 are patched to address 1-12 B, while channels 1-12 are now patched to
address 1-12 A.
To remove the dimmer doubling from these addresses, you must first press [Format] to
enter Address mode and then press:
• [1] [Thru] [1] [2] {NoDimDbl} [Enter]
Addresses 1-12 have been returned to single dimmer modes and channels 97-108 are now
unpatched.
By default, doubled dimmers start with an offset network DMX address value of 20000. Therefore,
in the above example, address 1B (channel 97) is actually controlled by network DMX address
20001. Address 2B is actually controlled by network DMX address 20002 and so on. This offset
matches the default offset in CEM+ / CEM3 when configuring your Sensor dimmer rack for dimmer
doubling. To change the default offset value, see Show Settings, page 96.
Moving and Copying Channels
Channels and their data can be moved from one location to another within patch. Channel data can
be copied between different channels. You can also move the channel data from one channel to a
different one.
• [1] [Copy To] [Copy To] [7] [Enter]
The second press of the [Copy To] key changes the command from copy to into move to.
This syntax will move the patch information for channel 1 to the patch for channel 3. All data in the
show file that was stored at channel 1 is also move to channel 3.
To copy a channel to another location within patch:
• [1] [Copy To] [2] [Enter]
To copy a channel to another location within patch and all record targets in the show:
• [1] [Copy To] [2] {Plus Show} [Enter]
To copy a channel to another location with all record targets in the show but not the patch data:
Note:
For Ion, dimmer doubling needs to be turned on per DMX port in the ECU. See
“Local DMX Outputs” on page 351.
Note:
There is also a Dimmer Doubling setting for Net3 Gateways with DMX outputs.
This is used with Sensor racks that are connected via DMX. The Gateway must
be properly configured.