Digilite Pulse MX - Fixture Builder

PULSE MX
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5.10 FIXTURE BUILDER
For each xture included in a show, the console uses a “xture denition le”, called fdf, containing the
information necessary to hide from the user’s view all technical details.
The information necessary for creating an fdf le is:
• number of DMX channels taken up by the xture;
• list of xture’s features and corresponding internal patch;
• any information on commands such as reset, lamp-on, etc.;
• information for inserting predened palettes (value ranges for color wheels or gobos, macro chan-
nels, etc.).
It is not mandatory to insert a palette, the user is free to decide whether to use them or not. Of course, a
xture with a good palette set is easier to use.
IMPORTANT: Each xture is subject to the following restrictions:
Maximum number of parameters: 128
Maximum number of commands: 16
Maximum number of library palettes: 64
Moreover, the total number of features included in the library palettes cannot be higher than 1024.
The next paragraphs contain a step-by-step explanation on how to create a new fdf le.
Parameters window
Open the Fixture builder programme and press the Add parameters button. The number of DMX chan-
nels that form the xture has not yet been dened; therefore the digital numeric keyboard will appear,
asking to type in a value. Insert the number of DMX channels for the xture and conrm.
The parameters selection window will open: select the features included in the xture. If the xture in-
cludes parameters which are not listed, choose a parameter with a similar function, to be subsequently
renamed.
Use properly the 8-bit and 16-bit buttons to select the size of the feature.
Please remember that this operation does not have to be completed at once; it can be resumed, modi-
ed, reduced or expanded at any time.
Once completed, press OK. Next time the parameters window will be opened, all previously set param-
eters will be displayed.
Data can be edited by clicking on the dierent elds and using the wheels. On the top part of the screen,
the following buttons are displayed: Move up, Move down, Delete Parameter, Rename parameter.
The Add parameter button goes back to the parameter selection window where more parameters can
be added.
IMPORTANT: please remember to carefully check the Htp/ltp value. Throughout several processes, the console
uses dierent computing algorithms for Htp and Ltp channels, sometimes generating results apparently
unaccountable.
IMPORTANT: please remember to carefully check the Standby, Hilite and Locate values. For obvious reasons,
default values are not always appropriate.