Smartfade 2496 clearing all dimmers from a channel

I'm not sure about unpatching a selection of dimmers, but you could just clear the patch and start from scratch if that would be easier than unpatching each dimmer.

Menu>Patch>Patch - special>[Clear Patch]

Hope that helps,

-Tim

Sure, but thought there would be a way.  How did someone manage to patch every dimmer to one channel in the first place?  Is that an option?

=Dave

Hi, this is very easy using the SmartSoft software on a PC/Mac, but on the desk itself you would have to unpatch each of the dimmers.

http://www.etcconnect.com/product.overview.aspx?ID=20363

-luke-

Thanks for the tip.  I'll try out the software.

=Dave

luke.delwiche said:

Hi, this is very easy using the SmartSoft software on a PC/Mac, but on the desk itself you would have to unpatch each of the dimmers.

http://www.etcconnect.com/product.overview.aspx?ID=20363

-luke-

Dave, just checking -- is there any chance that the bump button led is red rather than green?  If so, you may be looking at a memory that includes all of the channels at full rather than a repatch.  If that's the case, you could press one of the channel buttons in the faders column to the left of the crossfader to switch back to a channel page.

No, it is a patch that someone did a moment before I got to the board in order to see what circuits were good (old house with questionable wiring).  Anyone know how you would patch all dimmers to one channel like that?  He did it quick, so it must be a command.  Anyway, I ended up clearing the patch and starting over. 

I did download SoftPatch and it is very cool and solves the problem of course. 

Thanks all.

=Dave