Add Fixture Intensity to Layout View

This example demonstrates how to add a dial for the intensity of multiple fixtures to the layout view.

Pre-requisites:

Open the Fixtures view (F5) and select the desired features.

Figure 1. Select Fixtures

Press the Store button (Insert) in the Programmer pane to store the selected fixtures as a new group.

Figure 2. Select Store Mode

Figure 3. Create new Group

Open the Nodes view (F3) to create a dial and assign it to the group intensity.

Double click or right click to create a new Dial node.

Figure 4. Create Dial Node

Now is a good time to give this node a good name as it will be used later in the layout view.

Select the new node and press Rename Node (Ctrl+R) to give it a new name.

Figure 5. Rename Node

Double click or right click to create a new Group Control node.

Figure 6. Create group control node

Select the new node and in the properties pane, select the group you created in step 1.

Figure 7. Select Group

Here you could also select other channels like shutter, pan or assign a rgb color.

Drag from the Output port of the dial node to the Value port of the group control node.

Open the Layout view (F1).

To add the dial right click on the layout view and select the dial node you created in step 2.

Figure 8. Add Dial to Layout

The dial won’t have a label after creation. To add a label right click the dial and select Rename to assign a label.

Figure 9. Result

If you have a midi controller connected to your computer you can assign the dial to a midi fader.

Go back to the Nodes view and create a new Midi Input node.

Select the new node and in the properties pane select the midi controller as well as the fader you want to assign.

Assign the Output port of the Midi Input node to the Input port of the Dial node.

If you now open the Layout view again you should see the dial turn when you move the midi fader.