PRG Mbox - Patching Notes; Output Master Guidelines

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MBOX® USER MANUAL
PATCHING NOTES
Output Master Guidelines
CAUTION! When patching multiple Output Masters care must be taken to get the patch ordering correct.
Mbox Designer can have 32 Output Masters:
+ By default, Mbox Designer has one assigned Output Master which includes all of the functionality – base, two
effects, camera, geometry, keystone, and shutter – and which requires 93 channels. At least one Output Master is
always required.
+ Patched Output Masters start on the rst control universe (offset 0) for the server, immediately after the Global
Master and Lighting xtures - at address 51.
+ Only four Output Masters will t into the rst universe. Additional Output Masters must be placed on the next
consecutive universe, with each universe after the rst having room for ve Output Masters total.
+ Universe Offset 0 = Output Masters 1 – 4
+ Universe Offset +1 = Output Masters 5 – 9
+ Universe Offset +2 = Output Masters 10 – 14
+ And so on…
+ When more than four Output Masters are required, the controls for playback layers, which normally start on the
second control universe (offset +1), will be moved up one universe (to offset +2). Because of this, the playback
layers will always be moved up by one universe when Output Masters are added beyond the limit of the existing
universe.
+ If an Output Master is assigned to an output but no data is available on the corresponding channels, then the output
will not be visible as it will have been dimmed to black.
Mbox Studio can have eight Output Masters:
+ By default, Mbox Studio has one assigned Output Master which includes all of the functionality – base, one effect,
geometry, keystone, and shutter – and which requires 63 channels. At least one Output Master is always required.
+ Patched Output Masters start on the rst control universe (offset 0) for the server, immediately after the Global
Master and Lighting xtures - at address 51.
+ Seven Output Masters will t into the rst universe. The eighth Output Master must be placed on the next
consecutive universe.
+ Universe Offset 0 = Output Masters 1 – 7
+ Universe Offset +1 = Output Master 8
+ When eight Output Masters are required, the controls for playback layers, which normally start on the second control
universe (offset +1), will be moved up one universe (to offset +2).
+ If an Output Master is assigned to an output but no data is available on the corresponding channels, then the output
will not be visible as it will have been dimmed to black.