Fixture Selection

LightShark assigns an ID to each patched fixture, so it can be selected in 3 different ways:

1. Group View: By default LightShark creates Auto Groups for each of the fixtures added to the patch. Thanks to this functionality, you will find groups of the different types of fixtures according to the model. Auto-groups can be moved, but not deleted. The user can also create custom groups.
   

   

2. Fixtures View: each of the fixtures added to the show are listed in this window. Each checkbox has 3 fields:
   

   

   Each of the boxes has 3 types of information

   

   1. Fixture ID
      

   2. Description/label of the fixture
      

   3. DMX Address
      

3. Numeric Keypad: The fixtures can be selected using the numeric keypad. The syntax is as follows:
   

   • Select the fixtures from 1 to 8: 
     

     1THRU8OK  
     

   • Select fixtures 1 and 8: 
     

     1+8OK
     

   • Select fixtures 1 to 5 and 8: 
     

     1THRU5+8OK
     

   • Select the fixtures from 1 to 5, but not 3: 
     

     1THRU5-3OK 
     

   • Select the fixtures from 1 to 3, and from 6 to 8:
     

     1THRU3+6THRU8OK