Patching Multiple Dimmers into a Channel in EchoTouch
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.
- Go to Setup > Patch
- Press on "Add Device" (this button said "Add Dimmer" in earlier software versions)
- 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.
- Press on the Green Checkmark to Confirm. Now you should see multiple channels listed with the same number, but with different DMX addresses:
- This results in multiple channel squares which will always be selected and controlled together.