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Patching Multiple Dimmers into a Channel in EchoTouch

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Issue

I would like to patch multiple different DMX Addresses into a single Dimmer Channel on an EchoTouch. Any attempt to change an existing channel's number in Patch to match another channel results in a "Channel is already in use" message.

Solution

EchoTouch is able to patch multiple dimmers to a single channel number, but only by doing this in the Add Device wizard.

  1. Go to Setup > Patch
  2. Press on "Add Device" (this button said "Add Dimmer" in earlier software versions)
  3. When adding the Device, change the "Channel" to match the same number of another existing Channel, and change the DMX number to the desired unique value.
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  4. Press on the Green Checkmark to Confirm. Now you should see multiple channels listed with the same number, but with different DMX addresses:
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  5. This results in multiple channel squares which will always be selected and controlled together.
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