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Setting Up a Link in Express

To set up a link, you must assign at least one channel to the X channel list and one channel to the Y channel list. In the following example, two color scrollers are linked so that their color settings are controlled by the trackpad. For the two scrollers, color is controlled by channels 1 and 11, respectively.

To link two channels, follow these steps:

Keystrokes: Action:
1. Press [Setup] [1][1] [Enter]. Selects Channel Attributes display
2. Press [S7], Link List. Selects Link List display
Prompt reads:
Select link number (Channels in ML fixture patch cannot be linked)
3. Press [1] [Enter]. Selects link number, for instance 1.
Prompt reads:
Select X channel number(s) (Precede with AND to add to existing link, or EXCEPT to delete from link)
4. Press [1] []. Channel 1 is assigned to the link’s X list.
Prompt reads:

Select Y channel number(s) (Precede with AND to add to existing link, or EXCEPT to delete from link)
5. Press [1][1] []. Channel 11 is assigned to the link’s Y list. Set the trackpad mode for this link
Prompt reads:
Select fixture type, then press ENTER (1=XY position, 0=other) Select link number (Channels in ML fixture patch cannot be edited)
6. Press [0] [].a The link sets the trackpad to double mode. Link entry is complete
7.Go back to step 3. Create additional links, if needed

The position column pertains to the mode in which the trackpad operates for linked channels. See Using the trackpad, for information about the XY and double modes of trackpad operation.

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