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Parking Fixtures in Express

You can park fixtures, one at a time or in ranges, either at levels set from the keypad or at a focus point. When you park a fixture, all channels patched to the fixture are parked whether you select them to set levels or not.

After setting attribute levels from the keypad

Follow the procedure below to park fixtures with their intensity and position attributes set from the keypad.

Keystrokes: Action:
1. Press [Stage]. Selects Live display
2. [S8], Fixture, [1] [Thru] [3]. The fixture box appears and is set to fixture 3
3. Press [Full]. Sets fixture intensities to full
4. Set pan and tilt with encoders or your mouse. Sets position attribute levels
5. Press [S6], Park. Prompt reads:
Press ENTER to park channel(s), press AT to select level, or press RELEASE to unpark channel(s)
6. Press [Enter]. Parks the fixture

After setting attribute levels at a focus point

You can park a fixture that has attributes set at a focus point. If you do not select fixture attributes, all attributes are parked at the focus point. If you select attributes before parking, those selected are parked at the focus point, and the remaining attributes are parked at their existing levels.83

Follow the procedure below to park all attributes of a fixture at a focus point.

Keystrokes: Action:
1. Press [Stage]. Selects Live display
2. [S8], Fixture, [1]. The fixture box appears and is set to fixture 1
3. Press [Focus Point] [5]. Sets all attributes at focus point 5
4. Press [S6], Park. Prompt reads:
Press ENTER to park channel(s), press AT to select level, or press RELEASE to unpark channel(s)
5. Press [Enter]. Parks the fixture

83  See The Only command, to select fixture attributes.

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