Congo Kid - Device outputting another channel

May be someone can help, I'm stucking with a patch problem.

I have a show on Congo Kid v7, and I want a device (address 160) to output the same values as another device (address 70),

I tried to multi patch through the Channels list channels column but without any results.

The conventional patch way through Output or Channel keys don't seem to be an option with devices, like my 2 Martin Rush 5 CH.

Hope someone can figure it out... Long time I didn't spend that time reading the full manual...

Thanks in advance, I searched all other but am not able to find any efficient advice.

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  • Do you mean patch two devices to the same desk channel?
    Cobalt supports patching only one device per channel, plus "many" dimmers.

    Usually you'd just patch the two lights to different channels - you have plenty - and use Groups to make it fast to select them both for the times you want them to do the same thing.

    If you really need the two fixtures to behave identically, simply give them the same DMX address.

  • Thanks for the quick answer. Yes I would have like them to respond to the same channel.

    I wanted to patch several devices with different DMX, because I have to manage several shows at the same time, but some already exists, and it would have saved me a lot of time if that was possible.

    As for today, all playing shows got those 2 devices with different addresses, but soon I have to add back an already recorded show, with lots of presets, and same address for those same devices, so I guess I will have to update my show, as I don't have the possibility between 2 shows to climb a ladder.

    I didn't know you could only patch one device per channel, unlike dimmers, thanks, pity that can't be done.

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  • Thanks for the quick answer. Yes I would have like them to respond to the same channel.

    I wanted to patch several devices with different DMX, because I have to manage several shows at the same time, but some already exists, and it would have saved me a lot of time if that was possible.

    As for today, all playing shows got those 2 devices with different addresses, but soon I have to add back an already recorded show, with lots of presets, and same address for those same devices, so I guess I will have to update my show, as I don't have the possibility between 2 shows to climb a ladder.

    I didn't know you could only patch one device per channel, unlike dimmers, thanks, pity that can't be done.

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