Pathway Pathport Manager 5 User Guide - Manual (Page 16)

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Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 16
Building from Existing Patches
Editing a Standard Universe will cause the automatic creation of a custom patch.
Click “New” and enter a name for the custom patch beside “Universe Name”. Click on
either “HTP Merge” or “Priority” and select a standard universe patch from the pop-up
list. If any Custom patches already exist, they will be shown at the top of the list, and
can also be selected.
If you wish to merge another standard universe (or source), click the “HTP Merge” button
and select the second source patch from the pop-up list. Merged sources are entered
into the spreadsheet at the same priority level as the channels immediately to the left.
If you wish instead to add another standard universe as a back up source, click the
“Priority” button and choose from the list. Channels entered this way will be given the
next lower priority level than the ones to the immediate left.
Merge and Priority can be used in any combination or order to create a customized
output universe based on up to eight source patches.
Click on “Save Custom” to add the new custom universe to the universe lists.
Command Line Syntax
The basic syntax is [Output Range] {at} [Input Range Start Channel]. For example, to
create a simple 1-to-1 patch for Universe 1, enter:
1-512*1.1-
The final dash is required, but there is no need to enter the final channel number. PM5
will do that calculation.
The input channel can be entered in either “dotted notation”, where the number before
the dot is the universe and the number after the dot is the channel, or simply a numeric
value between 1 and 65536 (65536 = 128.512). The “Dotted Notation” checkbox allows
quick flipping between the two numbering systems on the fly, although either method
may be used at any time.
The command line makes it easy to write partial universe patches. Sometimes it’s
desirable to only control a portion of a dimmer rack, or to compensate for out-of-order
channel assignments. Merge and priority of multiple ranges is easily and quickly entered
using the command line.
The + sign is used to create merges. To merge input universe 1, 2 and 3:
1-512*1.1-+2.1-+3.1-
Remember, the ending dash is necessary to indicate a range. The result will look like
this: