5. Adding, Patching and Managing Fixtures 125
Patching Several Fixtures at Once
If you select several fixtures and patch them, Hog 4 OS will allocate them to a continuous
range of DMX addresses, assigning each fixture's patch address so that it follows on from
the last.
For example, to patch 5 Studio Colors, starting at DMX address 1:
1. Open + Fixtu re : open the Fixture window
2. Fixture 1 Thru 5 Patch @ 1 , Enter : You can use the @ key as an alternative to
the Patch @ button.
Studio Colors 1 to 5 will now have the incremental patch addresses of 1:1, 1:17, 1:33, 1:49,
and 1:65. Note that the fixtures selected do not have to be from a contiguous range, and they
can be of different types.
Tip: When you patch a range of fixtures, Hog 4 OS takes the selection order into account,
so that Fixture 1 Thru 10 @ 1 patches the fixtures starting with Fixture 1 and going up in
numerical order, while Fixture 10 Thru 1 @ 1 patches the fixtures starting with Fixture 10
and going down in reverse numerical order.
Patching Fixtures to Multiple DMX Addresses
You can patch one fixture to multiple different DMX addresses; this can be useful with desk
channels, where you want one desk channel to control several dimmer channels. This is
sometimes known as ‘soft patching’.
To patch a fixture to a second DMX address, select the fixture again and patch it as before.
Alternatively, using the command line:
Fixture [Desk Chann el] 1 @ 1 / 1 + 2 / 5 , Enter : patches the desk channel to
universe 1, address 1, and to universe 2, address 5.
Similarly, you can patch a fixture multiple times so as to fill a specified range of DMX
addresses. This can be useful if you want to soft patch a desk channel to a continuous series
of dimmer DMX addresses.
Fixture [Desk Chann el] 1 @ 1 Th ru 1 0 , Enter : patches the desk channel to each
address between 1 and 10.
Tip: You don't have to patch fixtures before you start programming. Once the fixtures have
been added they can be programmed. However, without a patch you will not be able to
output DMX.
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