Editing the file on a PC
Keypresses Results/Comments
1. Boot up to DOS
2. Insert the disk containing
the Patch 999 copied
from the console.
3. Change directory to your
floppy drive.
4. Type Edit and the file
name.
5. Edit the file.
DO NOT change the numbers in the channel
column. Only the DMX # column should be edited.
A DMX NUMBER CANNOT APPEAR TWICE.
DELETE IT WHERE NECESSARY.
6. Save the edited file to the
floppy disk.
When saving the new data, the file name can be
changed
7. Copy the edited file to the
console (see steps 7 – 10
above).
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Note
Comments can be added by starting a new line. This line must begin with the character #,
which signals that this is a comment line and not to be considered part of the patch.
Now that we've seen how to download, edit, and flash in Patch 999, let's look at how it
applies to the example above. As it stands the control channels for the instruments (when
left at default 1 to 1) hung on lx pipe 5 are DMX 1, 25, 2, 26. If you want them to run
consecutively starting from channel 21, edit Patch 999 like this:
chan DMX chan DMX chan DMX
1 0 2 033
445566
778899
10 10 11 11 12 12
13 13 14 14 15 15
16 16 17 17 18 18
19 19 20 20
21 1
22 25 23 2 24 26
25 0 26 02727
Note that the default DMX assignment for channels 1, 2, 25, and 26 have been cleared.
A DMX ASSIGNMENT CANNOT BE ASSIGNED TO MORE THAN ONE
CHANNEL. DO NOT change the numbers in the channel column.