Patching DMX adress to multiple faders

[UMB]

I want to use some RGBA LED-Spots for coloured light. For that I need to patch the same fixture on more than only one preset-fader. One time for an individual green (green mixed with amber), one time for an individual red and one time for an individual blue. But when I patch the fixture the second time, desk only gives the option to unpatch the first patching. Is there any solution?

I'm using zerOS 7.9.2.

Thanks for help!

[KWR88]

You cannot patch mutiple faders with the same address, the DMX address can only be assign to 1 fader or 1 fixture at a time.

The way you would achive what you are looking for is to patch as normal, then program jindividual RGBA values to different playbacks and change the playback control option to allow colour mixing of the faders.

The link below shows how to do this, if you want any further help then please feel free to email on the address in my signature.

https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/cues-playbacks/playing-back-cues/rgb-colour-mixing-on-playbacks

 

[Edward Z88]

Hi @UMB

Welcome to the forum.

On 2/29/2024 at 9:17 PM, UMB said:

One time for an individual green (green mixed with amber), one time for an individual red and one time for an individual blue.

Solution consoles are designed so that each individual channel fader controls separate individual fixtures.

If you wanted to access the individual DMX channels of a fixture on the Channel faders (Dimmer, Red, Green, Blue, Amber, etc), you could just patch dimmer channels onto the Channel faders, on the DMX addresses you need.

On 2/29/2024 at 9:17 PM, UMB said:

But when I patch the fixture the second time, desk only gives the option to unpatch the first patching. Is there any solution?

You cannot have the same light patched onto multiple channel faders.

On 3/1/2024 at 9:16 AM, KWR88 said:

The way you would achieve what you are looking for is to patch as normal, then program individual RGBA values to different playbacks and change the playback control option to allow colour mixing of the faders.

As Keith mentions, rather than having individual channel faders to control RGBA, you could instead program individual playback faders to control RGBA. Please watch this video for more information...

 

On 2/29/2024 at 9:17 PM, UMB said:

I'm using zerOS 7.9.2.

It is worth mentioning that currently the latest software for Solution consoles is ZerOS 7.14.2. If you would like to update the console's software, you can download the latest software from the link below...

https://www.vari-lite.com/global/products/zeros-software

Please let us know if you have any questions.