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Project Properties

The Project Properties widget is where descriptive data and properties of the BlackTrax project are created, displayed and managed. You can change the properties that were set in the Project Properties widget.

ProjectProperties240  Project Properties widget

The Project Properties widget displays the following:

  • Show Name:  Type the name of the current project in this box.
  • Show Author:  Type the name of the author of the current project in this box.
  • DMX Control:  On the Source drop-down menu, select the source of the DMX input for the Universe and the Chapter Control Channel.  On the Source drop-down menu, select from either Art-Net or sACN.
    • Note: As Art-Net starts at 0 instead of 1, universe selection reflects that when changing between sACN and Art-Net.
  • Chapter:  Set the Chapter Control Channel number and the Universe for the assigned control channel of the active Chapter.
    • Universe: Click on this scroll box to set the Universe for the assigned control channel of the active Chapter.
    • Chapter Control Channel:  Click on this scroll box to set the channel number for the control of the active Chapter.
    • Note:  Book Control Channel scroll box is displayed in this section when the project is in Multi Book Mode.  
  • Merging Channel:  Set the channel number that will only monitor the Merging Channel that was set in the merge node.
    • Universe:  Click on this scroll box to set the Universe for the assigned control channel of the Merging Channel monitor.
    • Channel:  Click on this scroll box to set the control channel for the Merging channel monitor.
    • Note: The Merging Channel is a single DMX channel that is patched into your lighting console to enable the control of moving fixtures from BlackTrax. This can be a dimmer channel that controls intensity fading between BlackTrax and the lighting console, or a simple On/Off control. This channel must be patched in your console and set as the trigger channel in your merge node. See DMX/Ethernet Node for Tracking with Moving Lights.
  • Display Units:  BlackTrax allows for either metric or imperial measurement to be used. This setting can be changed in the Display Units section. The default unit settings of BlackTrax is metric. Loading a project will revert BlackTrax to the default unit of measurement. Click on the Display Units drop-down menu to select the measurement unit.      

To open the project properties widget

From the Settings menu, choose Project Properties.

Result: The Project Properties widget appears.

To set the DMX control source

In the Project Properties widget, in DMX Input section, select from the Source drop-down menu.

Result:  The selected source will set the DMX input for the Chapter Control Channel of the BlackTrax project.

To set the universe and chapter control channel

  1. Open the Project Properties widget.
  2. In the Chapter section, click on the Universe scroll box.
  3. Click on Chapter Control Channel scroll box.

To enable the merging channel monitoring

  1. Open the Project Properties widget.
  2. In the Merging Channel section, click on the Universe scroll box.
  3. Click on the Channel scroll box.

To set the units of measurement

  1. Open the Project Properties widget.
  2. In the Display Units section, click on the drop-down menu to select Metric or Imperial.
  3. Select the desired measurement type.

Result: The selected unit of measurement will apply to the BlackTrax project.

Attention: Inputs will always be in metric.

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