Adding fixtures – PRG Mbox Remote Manual 3.9 User Manual
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Protocols
Fixtures can output one of the four available protocols: Art-Net, sACN, KiNET DMXout, and KiNET Portout.
Guidelines:
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Each fixture’s output data may only use one protocol.
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Every fixture placed onto the same context will have the same protocol. To place fixtures that output a second
protocol, a new context must be created for those fixtures. (The second context may have identical sample and
sub-sample properties as another context.)
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Each protocol is bound by the specification of the protocol as to transmission method, number of universes,
number of channels per universe, and devices that can receive it.
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Protocols may be routed to one or more Ethernet ports on the computer.
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Protocols may be routed to one of more destinations (IP Addresses).
Note: Refer to
on page 45 for more detailed information about protocols and Ethernet setups.
Adding Fixtures
Fixtures can be added using the Place New Fixture controls. When the fixture is first placed on the grid, it will
reference the defaults in its profile. (The fixture and/or fixture profile can be edited, as discussed later in this section.)
Mbox Remote provides a list of built-in fixture profiles which can be selected using the Fixture Profile menu. The
fixtures in this list are a combination of RGB LED fixtures and moving light fixtures (both CMY and CYM).
To add a fixture:
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1. Be sure either the Offline or Live Editing mode is active. (Refer to
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2. At Fixture Profile pop-up menu, select a profile type to be added.
Step
3. Click Place New Fixtures button to enable fixture placement mode. (The button’s text will be highlighted in
green and a green box will be shown around the Context Grid while this mode is active.) You can also press
[n] on the computer keyboard.
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4. Click on a sub-rectangle inside Context Grid to place fixture in that location. (Fixtures are anchored by their
top-left corner.)
Notice that the fixture, when highlighted, has one darker pixel (the fixture's origin pixel in its patch order)
while the remaining pixels are lighter. Even when not highlighted, the origin pixel will be slightly darker than
the rest. When a fixture is placed on the context grid, an entry for that fixture is added to the table on the
right of the grid. Mbox will automatically patch fixtures in order as they are placed. Therefore, you can
reduce your patch time by placing fixtures in order. You can also modify the patch information for any fixture
at any time.