Searching for Substitute Fixture

[DALX]

Is there any way of searching for a fixture to either use or use as a template to modify for an unbranded fixture ?

In this particular case, I have an 18 cell RGB LED Bar with a 5 channel mode, CH1 is dimmer, CH2 is Strobe, CH3 is Red, Ch4 is Green, CH5 is Blue. Working my way down the gft40_00_Fixtures.txt I can find RGBDS but no DSRGB. 

One option is to open a fixture in the fixture editor to see what parameters it has, but I cannot find the library file location on my pc.

[Edward Z88]

Hello,

In this scenario, I would recommend loading the GENERIC -> LED Unit -> 4ch (D RGB) fixture into the fixture editor. This can be done by downloading the fixture library onto your Windows PC, and extracting/unzipping it. Then open the Fixture Editor software, choose create new, then go to File -> Import Fixture Type, and browse your PC for the extracted library file. You will then be able to navigate this to find the 4ch (D RGB) fixture. 

Once loaded in, you can then readdress RGB to 3, 4 and 5 respectively, add in a Strobe parameter under the Beamshape attribute, and then rename the fixture and manufacturer. You can then save the fixture file, copy the .ift file to a USB stick, and you will then be able to load this into the console.

To download the latest library, see below...

https://zero88.com/library

Hope this helps,

Edward

[DALX]

Hello Edward

Yes that definitely helped, thank you for your assistance and detailed description.

Regards

Don

[Edward Z88]

Hi Don,

No problem, any questions just let me know.

Edward