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2.    DMX set up.

Layers created in Catalyst can be controlled from a lighting console using DMX.

This is the normal way that Catalyst is used and controlled.

 

Figure 29 - Setting DMX Addresses in the Hog 2 and Catalyst.

This Hog 2 Patch window shows 6 fixtures, which in this case are different layers in Catalyst. Each Catalyst layer is assigned a DMX address each with 40 channels. These DMX addresses are then also set in the Catalyst control window.

 

 

Figure 30 - Close up of DMX settings in the Hog 2 and Catalyst.

 

 

Usually in lighting consoles each DMX address relates to a lighting fixture. In Catalyst each DMX address relates to a layer, with the 40 channels controlling different parameters of that layer. When a lighting console like the Hog 2 is used to control catalyst and is set up in this way it can also control all the parameters in each layer in Catalyst.

 

 

 

The contents and properties of the Catalyst layers can be altered through the lighting console by editing the fixture parameters.

 

Figure 31 - Controlling the Layer Parameters in Catalyst from the Hog 2.

 

 

Figure 32 - Close up of Controlling Catalyst Layer Parameters from the Hog 2.

 

 

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