Simple Multipart Patch Problem???

I was told by a customer an idea: Create two custom fixtures: 1 has Intensity and the other Intensity 2. Patch each as PARTS of the same channel, which will allow the gap in addressing. I hope this helps you.

Sasha, I'll try yours two. I feel like I tried that one as well. I'll let you know how it goes.

BTW, a fellow EOS programmer found a decent solution:
Create two fixtures.
Fixture1 uses parameter Intensity 1 (which creates a "master intensity")
Fixture2 uses parameter Amber (which also creates a "master intensity")

Then make a 2 part channel. Assign Fixture1 to Part 1, at DMX 1. Assign Fixture 2 to Part 2, at DMX 3.

This way, using a color parameter as the DMX 3 part, the console will allow a non consecutive DMX number, and relinquish control of DMX 2 for other use.

The only two problems with this workaround are thus: you must patch all your like fixtures in this manner to be able to manipulate a group of them at the same time. AND, you must realize that your "Amber" parameter is actually controlling Intensity 2. (just a bit lamo.)

BTW, this solution came from the great, Art Whitehead, a fellow IATSE 728 Programmer in LA.

BTW, a fellow EOS programmer found a decent solution:
Create two fixtures.
Fixture1 uses parameter Intensity 1 (which creates a "master intensity")
Fixture2 uses parameter Amber (which also creates a "master intensity")

Then make a 2 part channel. Assign Fixture1 to Part 1, at DMX 1. Assign Fixture 2 to Part 2, at DMX 3.

This way, using a color parameter as the DMX 3 part, the console will allow a non consecutive DMX number, and relinquish control of DMX 2 for other use.

The only two problems with this workaround are thus: you must patch all your like fixtures in this manner to be able to manipulate a group of them at the same time. AND, you must realize that your "Amber" parameter is actually controlling Intensity 2. (just a bit lamo.)

BTW, this solution came from the great, Art Whitehead, a fellow IATSE 728 Programmer in LA.

i don't understand what is the advantage of using Amber instead of Intens 2 inf Fixture2?

Using Colors is kind of genius.  

 It never ceases to amaze the amount of effort programmers will go to get all of the physical components of a light into one "channel".

I have an older show file I will pull up and look at. I was able to get this to work-to some degree. I don't know if I sorted out the global ints issue or not, but I will look at the file tomorrow and post what I have.

I looked at my show file and found I had created a fixture profile with different parts but as mentioned this did not give me global control over the ints values.

This is for a 4circ Bay light which had 4 differernt types of bulbs we used in various combinations. This gave me control over the fixtures by patching the out of sequence dimmer #'s into  the 4 parts of 1 ch, but I didn't have global control and I needed a cheat sheet to know which INTS was which type of bulb. It would be great to be able to have global INTS control and the ability to label the different INTS for live display. I build quite a few custom profiles so this comes up quite a bit.

Here is what the ch's look like in Live, ML control, and Patch

Ueli, I believe I tried that solution. For some reason, a second fixture with Intensity 2 won't allow gap addressing, whereas, Amber (or another parameter that responds to a "master intensity") will allow gap addressing.