Custom Prop Definition confusion

[Entropy]

Greetings,

I created a tree custom prop definition for a tree that I have that is wrapped with three different colored strings plugged into three channels on my LOR controller. Conventional lights.
In the definition, I drew a tree using 1, 2 & 3.
Lights: Traditional, Type: Channel by color
Channels: LOR, Enter a channel on every row.

For whatever reason, the channel assignment gives me 9 channels instead of three. I have to repeat channels 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7 to get it to display correctly.
Why are there nine channels instead of three?

Edited November 18, 2018 by Entropy
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Mickey,

Try these settings instead. You will have to decide what colors are assigned to each Start Circuit.

Alan...

 

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Also, your profile says you are using 4.4.0 but you posted the S5 area. If you are using S5, please update your profile.

Alan...

[Entropy]

I updated my profile.

When I select multicolor String, it doesn't let me select colors. I'm stuck with multicolor. This is a custom, not a predefined shape.

It also nuked the sequencing for the white and green tracks, leaving me with three red tracks. I can fix that the hard way. It may be because of the way that I set it up from the beginning.

I've attached before and after screenshots.

EDIT: I think that I just figured it out. I need to create my tree with all 1s, define three colors and let the software fill in the tree colors.
I just did a test tree and it seems to work. I have a lot of cutting and pasting in my future.

Edited November 18, 2018 by Entropy

[Entropy]

Deleted. See above

Edited November 18, 2018 by Entropy

[MattBrown]

1 hour ago, Entropy said:

EDIT: I think that I just figured it out. I need to create my tree with all 1s, define three colors and let the software fill in the tree colors.
I just did a test tree and it seems to work. I have a lot of cutting and pasting in my future.

This is the correct approach.

Matt