Custom parameter names in Ion

Hi

I'm creating a custom fixture for a show, it's a media server app designed to emulate the physics of a motorised hare at a dog racing track. It's controlled by DMX and does some fairly unique things on top of normal media server stuff. The fixture itself is subject to change throughout production week so I don't want to post the DMX profile here as it will just change tomorrow.

It's been a while since I've done this, so I apologies if these are obvious.

How do I create new names for parameters? I need 'track friction'', 'hare mass', 'brake force' etc...

How do I choose which palette (beam, focus) etc... parameters live in? For instance under shutter there are some keystone parameters (x1, y1 etc...) that would be useful, but they'll be much more useful if they were in the focus palette and therefore associated with the pan/tilt of other lights used in the show.

 

Cheers - Chax

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