New Preview Creation in S5

[LAdesign]

Hello,

I just upgraded to S5 and also added a 2nd controller this year.  When I create a new preview, it asks for max circuit....should I put 16 for each controller amount (since controller ID will be different) or the total number?  Also, what is the purpose of creating groups?  I watched a tutorial of someone creating basic lights on a house.  She created groups, but didn't say why.  Thank you for your help!  🙂

[tlogan]

I'm not sure on the max circuit, so will be interested in that answer.

However, the groups allow you to treat the group as a single entity when applying effects or just moving them around the preview. From the help file:

Groups
Props can be grouped together.
You might do this so that the props appear together in the sequence grid.
You might also create a group so that you can apply an effect to the group instead of individual
props. This enables things like sweeping a color across your entire display.