Setting a Level and a Palette in a Single Command

No, That's not how palette's work, I'm afraid!

Focus Palletes just record focus (ie Pan and Tilt) values, not Intensity.

So [1] [record] [focus palette] [1] [enter] will record the pan and tilt position of the moving light on channel 1.

If you want to record the level you need to either record an intensity palette as well or (probably more commonly in this kind of situation) simply record it in a cue.

So to use the focus palette:

[1] [focus palette] [1] [enter]

sets the pan and tilt of the mover on channel 1 to the previously recorded focus palette 1

[1] [@] [full] [enter]

sets the level at full

{record] [cue] [1] [enter]

records the mover at full in the position set by focus palette 1 into cue 1.

That help a little?

Andy

I don't think I made myself clear enough. I understand that palettes only record one category of data. I'm not trying to record or create palettes; I'm trying to recall the palettes to a fixture in live.

My problem is that I can't seem to recall a palette to a fixture and set a level with only one entry in the command line, even though it seems the manual suggests this should be possible.

It's already possible to recall more than one type of palette to a fixture at once. Ex: [1] [Focus Palette] [1] [Beam Palette] [2] [Enter] will recall beam palette 2 and focus palette 1 to fixture one

You could try recording an intensity palette. Even if it's simply a case of recording 1 through x at full in IP1...

Thoughts for a new desk function: could intensity palettes work like cues? ie, chan x @ IP ON. Then, you could say (to use  the above example): [1] [Focus Palette] [1] [Beam Palette] [2] [IP] [ON] [Enter]

Of course, [IP] [OFF] might be more useful (saving making channels data 'absolute', for example)!

You could try recording an intensity palette. Even if it's simply a case of recording 1 through x at full in IP1...

Thoughts for a new desk function: could intensity palettes work like cues? ie, chan x @ IP ON. Then, you could say (to use  the above example): [1] [Focus Palette] [1] [Beam Palette] [2] [IP] [ON] [Enter]

Of course, [IP] [OFF] might be more useful (saving making channels data 'absolute', for example)!