provides the tools to assign addresses to channels that were created in the Design view and programmed in the Program/Simulate view.The Patch view provides the tools to assign addresses to channels that were created in the Design view and programmed in the Program/Simulate view.
Note: It is preferred that you patch channels before trying to simulate their control in the Program/Simulate view.
From the Patch view you can patch channels by output universe or by space and you can patch to either a DMX universe or to a Streaming ACN universe (sACN) depending on your network control system requirements. Additionally you can create relationships between DMX and/or sACN universes; such as associating a DMX input to a DMX output port or creating a gateway between a DMX port and an sACN universe using the Input Universe Editor.
From the Patch view you can:
The Patch view offers three tabs for viewing patch information including the Control Channels Patch, Universe Summary, and Reports. As with other application views in LightDesigner, the Patch view offers the Browser and Folders for object selection and the Property Editor to set properties for the selected objects.
Within the Patch display is a color code offered to clarify, visually, where the patch data has been derived from.