An XY Pad is for manually controlling the pan and tilt channels of intelligent lighting fixtures, namely scanners and moving heads. The pad is a resizable canvas with a handle that you can grab to obtain direct access to the attached fixtures' mirror/head position.
XY Pads can be configured with the properties
button found in the toolbar or
with the Edit -> Properties menu item.
XY Pad name | Set the name of the XY Pad. The name is shown in the upper-left corner of the widget on Virtual Console. |
Fixture list |
Shows the fixtures that are currently controlled with the XY Pad.
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Add Fixtures to be controlled by the XY Pad, using the Select Fixture dialog. NOTE: only such fixtures that have pan and tilt capabilities are shown in the dialog. |
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Remove the selected fixtures from the XY Pad's control list. |
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Edit the selected fixture's behaviour with the XY Pad. |
You can change the extent of movement and reverse fixtures' movement with the XY Pad Fixture Configuration dialog.
Horizontal X-Axis |
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Vertical Y-Axis |
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