Project Properties
The Project Properties widget is where descriptive data and properties of the BlackTrax project are
created, displayed and managed. You can change the properties that were set in the Project Properties
widget.
Project Properties widget
The Project Properties widget displays the following:
Show Name: Type the name of the current project in this box.
Show Author: Type the name of the author of the current project in this box.
DMX Control: On the Source drop-down menu, select the source of the DMX input for the
Universe and the Chapter Control Channel. On the Source drop-down menu, select from either Art-
Net or sACN.
Note: As Art-Net starts at 0 instead of 1, universe selection reflects that when changing
between sACN and Art-Net.
Chapter: Set the Chapter Control Channel number and the Universe for the assigned control
channel of the active Chapter.
Universe: Click on this scroll box to set the Universe for the assigned control channel of the
active Chapter.
Chapter Control Channel: Click on this scroll box to set the channel number for the control of
the active Chapter.
Note: Book Control Channel scroll box is displayed in this section when the project is in Multi
Book Mode.
Merging Channel: Select the Enable Monitoring checkbox to set the channel number that will
only monitor the Merging Channel that was set in the merge node.
Universe: Click on this scroll box to set the Universe for the assigned control channel of the
Merging Channel monitor.
Channel: Click on this scroll box to set the control channel for the Merging channel monitor.
Note: The Merging Channel is a single DMX channel that is patched into your lighting console
to enable the control of moving fixtures from BlackTrax. This can be a dimmer channel that
controls intensity fading between BlackTrax and the lighting console, or a simple On/Off
control. This channel must be patched in your console and set as the trigger channel in your
merge node. See DMX/Ethernet Node for Tracking with Moving Lights.
Display Units: BlackTrax allows for either metric or imperial measurement to be used. This setting
can be changed in the Display Units section. The default unit settings of BlackTrax is metric.
Loading a project will revert BlackTrax to the default unit of measurement. Click on the Display
Units drop-down menu to select the measurement unit.
To open the project properties widget
From the Settings menu, choose Project Properties.
Result: The Project Properties widget appears.
To set the DMX control source
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