86 Ion Operations Manual
Patching Discovered Dimmers and RDM Devices
When dimmers/devices are discovered, they are not automatically attached to any patched
channels in Ion. If you want the benefits of dimmer or RDM feedback, you must attach a dimmer or
device to a channel.
If you patch a dimmer/device's address to a channel, while in the device list display, the dimmer/
device will be automatically attached to that channel. However, if you patch outside of the device
list, you will need to {Attach} the device to the channel.
<Chan> [X] {Attach} or <Address> [X] {Attach} will link that channel/address in patch and the
dimmers/devices at that address.
When a channel number is attached to a dimmer/device, by patching it or using {Attach}, the
channel’s fixture type is changed to the dimmer or device fixture type.
The advantages of attaching a dimmer to a channel are:
• The desk warns you when a channel’s attached dimmer has an error or is offline.
• Items that are attached between patch and the device list will display a caret (>) beside their
channel/address in patch.
The advantages of attaching a device to a channel are:
• Its fixture type is copied to the channel.
• The desk warns you when a channel’s attached device is offline or has an error.
• The device will always appear in the device list display, even if the device is offline.
• Items that are attached between patch and the device list will display a caret (>) beside their
channel/address in patch.
Errors and Warnings
One of the advantages of using dimmer and RDM feedback is error and warning reporting. If
something happens with a patched and attached dimmer/ device, you will be notified in live, patch,
and about.
The notifications you can see are:
• A red “!” means that the dimmer/ device has errors, such as overtemp, breaker trip, and lamp
out.
Note:
If the dimmer/device's address is not yet used in the patch, it is easiest to patch
the address to a channel in the dimmer list or device list screen.
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