Status Bar
Status Bar with a running show
Along the bottom of the screen, the status bar displays important system information at a glance. The
following information is available for view:
Attention: The following status icons act as buttons and can be clicked on to toggle following.
Mode Status: Displays if calibration mode is active or normal mode is active.
Normal Mode: Fixtures follow according to chapter programming and current chapter.
BlackTrax controls pan and tilt, and optionally zoom, iris, and dimming of intensity.
Fixture Calibration Mode: Fixtures follow according to the Fixture Calibration View, and
BlackTrax controls intensity, pan, tilt, zoom, iris, colour, and gobo. Chapters are ignored.
Attention: The calibration status icons act as buttons and can be clicked on to toggle calibration.
Current Chapter: Displays the chapter currently active.
MCV: Stands for Merging Channel Value and displays the current DMX value from the console of
the merging channel.
Note: The numbers beside "MCV" will flash colors when a new DMX packet is received by
BlackTrax.
DMX Input: Indicates if the system is receiving DMX information either from ArtNet or sACN. An
animated icon indicates the system is receiving information.
Motion Control: Indicates if the system is receiving motion information. An animated icon
indicates the system is receiving information.
BTWYG Updates: Indicates if the system is receiving an update from BTWYG via the BTX Apply
function.
Messages: A button to access the messages widget.
Changes: Indicates if changes are Live (everything is actively sending to the lighting fixtures and
all constructed Frames are reporting position) or Blind (changes that have been made, but are not
actively sending to the real world system or live space). The Apply Changes button will apply the
changes to the live space.
Any change made to the BlackTrax project will be saved to a temporary savepoint. The
savepoint that was created will last until the BlackTrax project is closed.
The blue LED next to the Changes: Live indicator will turn to a flashing red LED next to the
Changes: Blind indicator whenever changes are made to the project but are not yet applied
to the live space.
Apply Changes: Click Apply Changes to apply any blind changes to the live space.
Result: The changes made from the selected option/s will be applied to the live space and
blue LED next to Changes: Live will be displayed.
Mode Status
To enable fixture calibration
When in Normal Mode, in the status bar, click the Normal Mode button to switch to Fixture1.
Calibration Mode.
Result: BlackTrax is set to Fixture Calibration Mode and the features of the Fixture Calibration view
is unlocked.
To disable fixture calibration
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