Guest guest Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Good morning all,I have decide that I am so far behind with the sequences for my show that I will not be going to work today (I am declaring a total lack of interest and a case of the Rodesian skull fever). Anyway, now I can concentrate for the entire day on sequence programming and I have come across a question. If I change a setting for a particular channel, i.e. I have named the channel, but I identify it as a light o rama controller and change the "unit" and "channel" setting in that selection, will it send the command to a second, third, or fourth controller; even though the channels are all in a row on the screen? I am assuming that it might and it would make programming a bit easier, but I do not have the time to screw it up now.......Any help would be most appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 drn1377 wrote: Good morning all,I have decide that I am so far behind with the sequences for my show that I will not be going to work today (I am declaring a total lack of interest and a case of the Rodesian skull fever). Anyway, now I can concentrate for the entire day on sequence programming and I have come across a question. If I change a setting for a particular channel, i.e. I have named the channel, but I identify it as a light o rama controller and change the "unit" and "channel" setting in that selection, will it send the command to a second, third, or fourth controller; even though the channels are all in a row on the screen? I am assuming that it might and it would make programming a bit easier, but I do not have the time to screw it up now.......Any help would be most appreciated.I don't quite understand the question ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I'm sorry, I was afraid of that, I poppe dup with the question and wrote it here pre coffee. Let's say that I have two controllers programmed into a sequence and pulled up ont he sequence editor. It lists the channels down the left side of the screen and calls them 1 through 32. Now I can rename them to snowman, tree, etc.; but in the same sealection screen it has a "change channel settings tab that also allows a name change, but it allows you to set the particular channel to a light o rama controller or something else and allows the change of unit id and channel (I think). If I change the unit ID or channel there would it send the command to a different controller instead of the default that pops up on the screen? I hope this one is as clear as mud, I'm still only half awake and have tons to get done today. I think if you could go back and ammend the channels and move things around, it would make programming so much easier.Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Let me see if I can shed some light on things...LOR doesn't care *what* you name the channels, it's only there for you to keep track of what's going on. If you then decide that your snowman won't work on Controller 1 / Channel 12 (1x12) then you could simply edit the properties to 2x5.You can rename the channel as many times as needed, and re-assign it as many times as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Thanks Don,That really is what I was trying to ask in some sort of way, so if I reset those properties to 7x2, 2x3, etc., I could leave the "snowman" name on that channel, but send the command to a different controller allowing me to move the snowman to a different place and controller in the yard without reprogramming, correct?Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I'm not Don, but yes that is correct.I have a snowman on Unit 1 Channel 6 right now for testing, but once I am setup it will Unit 4 channel 12. Instead of copy/pasting the snowman sequences down to Unit 4 I just modify the settings to change the unit info from Unit 1 to Unit 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Yep the order they are dislayed in doesn't matter either. Line 1 can be controller one circuit 1, while line 2 could be controller 2 circuit 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 thanks again for all of the help!Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Each controller receives all commands meant for every controller. It just ignores ones not meant for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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