Clay Paky HandsOn - Manual (Page 15)

Handson Manual
6 G
ROUPS
The Group menu enables you to create groups with fxtures and/or sub-fxtures. This makes selection of
groups or (sub) fxtures easy and, when assigned to a playback, allows you to use sub-masters per
group (see page 11 for more information on playbacks).
6.1 C
REATING A GROUP
Add a group with the ADD button on the left. Select the newly created group and add fxtures to it by
clicking on the ADD button on the right. The following dialog will pop-up.
Select fxtures in the FIXTURES or
SUBS list . Click “>>” to add the
selected fxtures to the group.
You can also create a group directly
in the main view by recording your
current fxture selection to a
playback, the group is then
automatically assigned to this
playback. To achieve this, execute
the following steps:
1. Make sure the programmer is cleared (press CLEAR twice)
2. Select fxtures
3. Press RECORD
4. Press the GO button of an empty playback
6.2 A
UTO CLASS
& A
UTO MODEL
The software can automatically create groups for you. Click AUTO CLASS in the GROUP menu and the
software will automatically create groups per fxture-type. Click AUTO MODEL and the software creates
groups per model.
6.3 S
UB
-
FIXTURES
Handson uses the concept of sub-fxtures. This means that some fxtures consist of multiple sub-
fxtures, like a 10-channel dimmer rack is - in our terms - just one fxtures with 10 sub-fxtures. This also
works for LED fxtures with multiple segments/pixels. In this manner the maximum of 48 will not be
reached that quickly (you can add 48 x 10 = 480 dimmer channels). The reason behind the concept of
sub-fxtures is that it makes patching easier; you only add the physical fxtures to your patch and you
don’t have to worry about setting starting addresses per dimmer channel, or worse, per LED segment.
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