Patch Screen; Viewing Patch - Philips 250ML Operation Manual

250ML Lighting Control Consoles
Operation Guide

Patch Screen

The Patch screen is the point of information for all DMX output assignments. Pressing [F3 – Patch] will open the
patch screen on the VGA monitor. From the Patch Screen, [+] and [–] will page the patch screen to view all DMX
outputs from 1 to 1024 and their patch assignment. DMX512 Port A will output 1 thru 512. The first universe of
DMX. DMX512 Port B will output 513 to 1024. The second universe of DMX.
Figure 13: Patch Screen
This is for display only. Any patch adjustment shall be done thru Setup and instructions can be found in "Setup" on
page 10.

Viewing Patch

Patch can be viewed at anytime, whether in the Setup screen for patching activities or not. In many screens, the F
keys will give you a Patch option. When the F key for Patch is pressed, the patch screen above will be displayed. The
[+] and [-] keys will advance the patch screens to show you all 1024 patch outputs. Pressing the F key for Patch will
return the console to the previous screen.
While in the Patch Menu, the F keys will access paging the patch screen with [PATCH +] and [PATCH -].
In order to change the default patch, direct your attention to the color screen on the console as illustrated in Figure
14.
Figure 14: Console LCD Patch Menu
The second option (and the examples) focus on using Command Line to patch. The syntax will be [DIMMER] [@]
[CHANNEL] so if you need dimmer 2 to be controlled by channel 1, type [2] [@] [1] [ENTER]. Once that is done,
the channel number (yellow) will have changed under dimmer 2 to reflect its assignment to channel 1. Any patching
done will appear in the Command Line section of the color screen. Just repeat this process for any non-default
patching that is required. Notice that you can use THRU, + and - to speed up the patching process.
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