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Changing Master Fader Causes Focus Points to Change Values

I am new to MLs and only just yesterday installed and configured my first two MLs being controlled by an Express 24/48 console.  As a first attempt (thinking this was the best way to do it??) I saved several "looks" as Focus Points.  Then, I saved each Focus Point into Cues so that I could call the Cue and the ML would display the "look" that was saved as a Focus Point.  This method worked fine until I moved the Master Fader.  As the Master Fader changed it's value, all the values on the Fixture that was recalled as a Focus Point also changed their values.  (Many of you are saying "Duh!  right now...  :) 

Question:  Is there a way to force Focus Points to be "static" so that their values don't change (independent of the Master Fader)

OR:  Is there another way to accomplish what I am trying to do?  Which is: Save a "look" from a ML Fixture so that it can be recalled in a Cue AND have that look be static.

Thanks,

Dave Williams

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  • Hi Dave -

    How have you patched your moving lights? If the units are patched as movers in Setup>Moving Lights Functions> Fixture Patch, then the non-intensity parameters of the fixtures should not be affected by the grand master fader or black out key. I am thinking you have your devices being controlled by a dimmer patch instead (standard patching, one dimmer per channel, for as many channels as the fixture needs) and that is causing the lights to move when you change the grand master level - is that correct?

    You have two options - either repatch your moving lights as devices (which may be more than you're comfortable doing - I would recommend looking at this guide for help in doing that), or simply set the channels that control non-intensity parts of your fixtures to LTP operation in the Setup>Channel Attributes display. To do this, go to that display, select the channels you want to adjust and then press S6-LTP.

    I hope this helps -

    Thanks -

    Sarah

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  • Hi Dave -

    How have you patched your moving lights? If the units are patched as movers in Setup>Moving Lights Functions> Fixture Patch, then the non-intensity parameters of the fixtures should not be affected by the grand master fader or black out key. I am thinking you have your devices being controlled by a dimmer patch instead (standard patching, one dimmer per channel, for as many channels as the fixture needs) and that is causing the lights to move when you change the grand master level - is that correct?

    You have two options - either repatch your moving lights as devices (which may be more than you're comfortable doing - I would recommend looking at this guide for help in doing that), or simply set the channels that control non-intensity parts of your fixtures to LTP operation in the Setup>Channel Attributes display. To do this, go to that display, select the channels you want to adjust and then press S6-LTP.

    I hope this helps -

    Thanks -

    Sarah

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