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Creating Control Groups

Control groups are available for use only in the "Advanced" LightDesigner access level.

Control groups are "groups of controls" that can be used by certain controls such as Record, Manual, and Take Control. The control group specifies what controls the action should take affect over. A control can only belong to a single control group at a time, although a control group can span multiple stations.

Assigning a control to a new control group will remove it from the current control group it was previously assigned.

Control Group Types

By default, all controls of a station are of the same control group. A control group allows you to group controls together so that multiple controls on multiple stations can be affected by record, manual, or take control actions. For instance, a control group could limit the record function to presets 5-7 on a given station.

For the record action, a control group specifies to which buttons or faders the record action will apply.
For the manual action, it determines which faders will activate simultaneously.
For the take control action, it determines which button and fader controls will be unlocked, as well as which faders will activate simultaneously.

Add a Control Group

Right-click on "Control Group" text and icon in the Browser and select "Create Control Group" from the context menu.
Open the control station(s) in simulation by double-clicking on the station icon(s) in the Plan workspace or expand the station(s) for viewing in the Browser.
Select the station controls by pressing (Alt) and clicking the control in simulation. To select multiple controls on a station press (Alt) + (Ctrl) and click the controls. To select from the Browser, press (Ctrl) and click the desired controls.
Choose the new control group from the "Control Group" drop down menu in the Property Editor or right-click on the new control group text and icon in the Browser and select "Add Controls to Control Group" from the context menu.

Select a control group contents by right-clicking on the control group text and icon in the Browser and selecting "Select Control Group Contents" from the context menu. This selects all included controls of the stations in simulation and in the Browser.