Bring up output by dimmer

Sorry for the stupid new-user question, but I can't figure out how to bring up an output by dimmer on a RoadHog. I asked a couple of Hog experts and they said you do it by "DMX." I searched the whole manual for DMX and couldn't figure it out. They thought it was in the patch screen, but I can't find anything remotely like dimmer or DMX. I brought up the DMX output screen and tried "setting" an output, but that didn't work. In learning the Hog, I've discovered that it does most everything the traditional boards do, it just calls it something different. That makes it a little hard to search the manual to find what I want, but I'm adapting.

Anyway, what I want is the function that every console has had from day one: bring up a dimmer for focus or whatever. On Obsession, you just say "Dimmer xx at xxx enter" to bring up a dimmer. You can also park dimmers on. The syntax on Strand 520 is similar and the tricky thing is knowing to press "dimmer-dimmer" to unpark the dimmer. But for the life of me, I can't find how Hog3 brings up dimmers. Sorry for the stupid question, but I've spent a long time looking for it and I feel really stupid that I can't find it. If it's not called DMX or dimmer or DP, I can't guess what it might be.
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    What you are suggesting is bringing up an output by channel, I want by dimmer NOT channel.

    Actually, on Obsession you must patch an output before it can be brought up by dimmer. This is a peculiar quirk of the Obsession that doesn't happen on Strand. The workaround for this is to patch everything to channel 299 or any other unused channel. Then put the real patch in later. Nonetheless, when you then bring it up by dimmer, only the one dimmer comes up. What you are suggesting is to bring up channel 299 which would bring up all the unused dimmers.

    Suppose I patch desk channel 1 to dimmers 2 and 5. How do I bring up only dimmer 2 without also bringing up dimmer 5? On Obsession, you type "dimmer 2 Full" and you get just that one dimmer. What you are suggesting is to bring up channel 1 which brings up both dimmers 2 and 5. Many times when something is not coming up by channel, I bring it up by dimmer. If that works, there's an error in the patch.

    Thanks for your quick replies. Sorry my original message wasn't a little clearer. Hope this explains what I'm looking for.
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    What you are suggesting is bringing up an output by channel, I want by dimmer NOT channel.

    Actually, on Obsession you must patch an output before it can be brought up by dimmer. This is a peculiar quirk of the Obsession that doesn't happen on Strand. The workaround for this is to patch everything to channel 299 or any other unused channel. Then put the real patch in later. Nonetheless, when you then bring it up by dimmer, only the one dimmer comes up. What you are suggesting is to bring up channel 299 which would bring up all the unused dimmers.

    Suppose I patch desk channel 1 to dimmers 2 and 5. How do I bring up only dimmer 2 without also bringing up dimmer 5? On Obsession, you type "dimmer 2 Full" and you get just that one dimmer. What you are suggesting is to bring up channel 1 which brings up both dimmers 2 and 5. Many times when something is not coming up by channel, I bring it up by dimmer. If that works, there's an error in the patch.

    Thanks for your quick replies. Sorry my original message wasn't a little clearer. Hope this explains what I'm looking for.
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