Original LXSeries Forum

I want to use console to modify a show for touring. There are a few things I would like to do and can't see how to do them in the current version (2.0.2).
I need to patch channels to dimmers.
I need to copy intensity info from one existing channel to a new unused channel through the whole show (120 cues) - as standard function in most desks.
I need to delete channels from the whole show once this substitution has taken place.
Once I have done this I need to reduce the show file from 160 channels to under 125 to fit onto an existing desk.
I would like console to be able to blend 5 channels with slightly varying levels and uses into 1 channel on an HTP basis.

The patch is found in the channel table in the lower pane of the split main display. To patch a single channel to more than one dimmer, separate the dimmer numbers with commas.

The script command called "repeatCommandUsingLevelOfChannel" allows you to copy the level from one channel to one or more channels in all the cues. (The name could probably better reflect the function of the script).

The latest build 2.0.21 has insert and delete channel commands.

You can use import channel translation to blend the five channels. (2.0.21 adds the option to do this HTP).

What you would do is set up the channel translation table so that all 5 input channels are imported into a single channel (it could be the first channel number of the 5 if you wish). You would then use the "Import Cues" command to import the file of the cues you want to translate. You can either duplicate the original file and import a copy. Or, you can also import a file to itself and use the translation function that way.

These kinds of transformations are very useful. I've done them overnight to move a show from one plot to another when there was no time for re-writing the cues at the board. In such pressure situations, it is easy to make an error in the translation table/process. So, my advice is to make copies of the file at each step of the transformation(s) just in case you need to roll something back.