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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    Rick,

    The feature you are looking for is commonly referred to as "DMX Test" in the Wholehog world. It is a feature that is on the Wholehog 2, but not part of the current Wholehog line of consoles. As suggested the best method to achieve what you desire is to patch dimmers one to one to desk channels.

    We do plan to implement a DMX test funciton in the future, however it goes a bit against the abstract fixture library model. The current Wholehog consoles operate on the principle that users do not have to be aware of DMX channels and instead make use of common functions throughout fixture libraries. This is why you need to use desk channels. However this system is not ideal in all situations, thus the need for a true DMX Test mode where you can assign values directly to specific DMX channels.

    thanks for you understanding,
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    Rick,

    The feature you are looking for is commonly referred to as "DMX Test" in the Wholehog world. It is a feature that is on the Wholehog 2, but not part of the current Wholehog line of consoles. As suggested the best method to achieve what you desire is to patch dimmers one to one to desk channels.

    We do plan to implement a DMX test funciton in the future, however it goes a bit against the abstract fixture library model. The current Wholehog consoles operate on the principle that users do not have to be aware of DMX channels and instead make use of common functions throughout fixture libraries. This is why you need to use desk channels. However this system is not ideal in all situations, thus the need for a true DMX Test mode where you can assign values directly to specific DMX channels.

    thanks for you understanding,
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