Leviton MLC16 User Manual

User Guide
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Creating a New Fixture Definition
Many of the fixtures you use are already defined within the MLC 16D or on the
DDL floppy disk provided with the console. If not, or if you want to create a new
fixture of multiple fog machines or PAR devices for example, you need to use the
Fixture Definition Setup mode. From here you can enter a unique name for the
fixture and define the personality traits of each channel.
To enter the name of a new fixture:
1 Press Edit.
2 Press F1, above Setup.
3 Press F2, above Fixture.
4 Press F2, above Define.
5 Turn Modify wheel 4 clockwise to select New.
6 Press F4, above Select <New>.
You can now enter a name.
7 Turn Modify wheel 2 to move the cursor.
8 Turn Modify wheel 3 to change the character.
9 Once you have entered the name, press F4, above Select <Save>.
You are ready to add personality traits to the fixture you have named.
To add personality traits to the fixture definition:
1 Turn Modify wheel 2 until the LCD display shows the name of the desired
fixture. (If your new name appears, go directly to the next step.)
2 Turn Modify wheel 4 until the LCD display shows <Traits>.
3 Press F4, above Select <Traits>.
4 Turn Modify wheel 3 to choose Continuous, Indexed, or Union.
Continuous traits move continuously from a minimum value to a
maximum value. Indexed traits do not move continuously; discrete values
are assigned to each index along with a unique label. These are most
often used to describe the positions of such things as gobo and color
wheels. Unions are made of combinations of both continuous and indexed
traits. An example of a union would be a color wheel that uses a
continuous range of DMX512 values for spins and then indexed values for
fixed color positions. The end union trait is used to flag the end of the
union structure. The console fills this in when you select a union trait. For
example, if you were to define a color wheel as described above, you
would first insert a union trait, then insert continuous and indexed traits
as needed.
5 Turn Modify wheel 4 until the LCD display shows <Save>.
6 Press F4, above Select <Save> to save the type.
Now you can assign a label to this trait.

Leviton MLC16 Specifications

General

Brand	Leviton
Model	MLC16
Category	Controller
Language	English