dot2 User Manual
- New in the Manual
- Introduction
  - Intended Use
  - System Requirements dot2 onPC
  - Installation of dot2 onPC
- What are...
  - System Colors
    - Command History
    - Executor
    - Values
    - Background
  - Programmer
  - Groups
  - Presets
  - Tracking
  - Cues
  - Executors
  - Chasers
  - Effects
  - Preview and Blind
  - Network
  - IPv6
  - DMX Tester
- How to...
  - Turn the console on and off
  - Update the console
  - Add, patch, change, and delete fixtures
  - Save and load your show
  - Use the command line
  - Use Encoders in the onPC
  - Work with groups
  - Work with presets
  - Work with cues
  - Work with chasers
  - Work with effects
  - Connect nodes, wings, 3D and onPC
  - Use external input triggers
  - Use MIDI and MIDI Show Control (MSC)
  - Use the external screen
  - Use web remote
  - Reset the console
- Keys
  - Align
  - At
  - Backup
  - Blind
  - B.O.
  - Clear
  - Copy
  - Cue
  - Delete
  - DMX
  - [dot]
  - Down
  - Edit
  - Effect
  - [Encoder]
  - Esc
  - Exec (Executor)
  - [Exec Flash]
  - [Exec Go]
  - Fix
  - Fixture
  - Flash
  - Full
  - Go-
  - Go- (Large)
  - Go+
  - Go+ (Large)
  - [GoFastBack] <<<
  - [GoFastForward] >>>
  - Goto
  - Group
  - Help
  - Highlt (Highlight)
  - Label
  - If
  - MA
  - Macro
  - Magic
  - [Minus] -
  - Move
  - Next
  - [Numeric keys]
  - Off
  - On
  - Oops
  - Page
  - Page+
  - Page-
  - Pause
  - Pause (Large)
  - Please
  - [Plus] +
  - Preset
  - Prev (Previous)
  - Prvw (Preview)
  - Select
  - Set
  - Setup
  - Speed
  - Store
  - Thru
  - Time
  - Toggle
  - Tools
  - Up
  - Update
  - View [Eye]
- Views & Windows
  - Control Elements
    - Command Line
    - Encoder Bar
    - Executor Bar
    - Preset Type Bar
    - Title Bar
    - View Bar
  - Icons
  - Add New Fixtures
  - Backup
  - Beam Preset Type
  - Calculator
  - Calibrate Screens
  - Change Functions of Executor
  - Choose Clone Method
  - Choose Copy Method
  - Choose Delete Method
  - Choose Store Method
  - Choose Update Method
  - Clock
  - Color Preset Type
  - Command Line
  - Configure Slot
  - Control Preset Type
  - Cues
  - Dimmer Preset Type
  - DMX
  - Edit Cue Number(s)
  - Effects
  - Empty Executor
  - Enter Name for
  - Executor Bar
  - Executor Pool
  - Fixtures
  - Fixture Schedule Overview
  - Focus Preset Type
  - Gobo Preset Type
  - Global Settings
  - Groups
  - Help
  - Import Fixture Type
  - Key Backlight
  - Leaving Patch & Fixture Schedule...
  - Load Show
  - Macros Pool
  - Magic Speeds
  - MIDI Configuration
  - MIDI Monitor
  - MIDI Show Control
  - Network Interface
  - Network Protocols Configuration
  - Network Setup
  - New Show
  - Off...
  - Oops
  - Page Pool
  - Patch and Fixture Schedule
  - Position Preset Type
  - Presets Pools
  - Remote Inputs Configuration
  - Save Show As...
  - Select DMX Address...
  - Select DMX Ports
  - Select Fixtures ID(s)
  - Select Fixture Type...
  - Select Function for Remote Inputs Configuration
  - Select Function of Executor
  - Select Language...
  - Select Session Number
  - Select Station...
  - Select Trig
  - Select Type
  - Select View
  - Select View for External Screen
  - Select Wing...
  - Session Collision
  - Settings of Executor
  - Setup
  - Shapers Preset Type
  - Software Update via USB
  - Sound Input Configuration
  - Status and Messages
  - System Clock
  - System Information
  - Time defaults
  - Timecode Configuration
  - Tools
  - Video Preset Type
  - Virtual Playbacks
  - Window Settings
  - Wings
    - Wings & Nodes Diagnosis
- Commands
  - >>> [GoFastForward]
  - <<< [GoFastBack]
  - - [Minus]
  - + [Plus]
  - Assign
  - At
  - Black
  - Blind
  - Call
  - Clone
  - Copy
  - Cue
  - Default
  - Delay
  - Delete
  - Dmx
  - DmxUniverse
  - Edit
  - Effect
  - Executor
  - Fade
  - Fix
  - Fixture
  - Flash
  - Full
  - FullHighlight
  - Go
  - GoBack
  - Goto
  - Group
  - Help
  - If
  - IfOutput
  - Invert
  - Label
  - Learn
  - Macro
  - MidiNote
  - Move
  - Off
  - On
  - OutDelay
  - OutFade
  - Page
  - Park
  - Pause
  - Preset
  - PresetType
  - Preview
  - Rate
  - Record
  - Release
  - Remove
  - Replace
  - Select
  - Selection
  - SetIP
  - SnapPercent
  - Solo
  - Stomp
  - Store
  - StoreLook
  - SyncEffects
  - Temp
  - Thru
  - Toggle
  - Top
  - Unpark
  - Update
  - View [Eye]
  - Zero
- Hints for Operating
- Error Handling
  - CrashLogCopy
  - CrashLogDelete
  - CrashLogList
  - Error Messages
- Glossary
dot2 Quick Start Guide
dot2 3D
dot2 Release Notes

Version 1.9

What are presets

Presets are used to store values for fixtures in nice pools for each preset type plus a special pool for all values.

It's very useful when you want to reuse a value. It could be a position, color or something else that you use.

If you use a preset in a cue then you don't store the values stored in the preset, but you store a link to the preset. If you then update the values in the preset, then your cues will automatically use the updated values.

Think of presets as a lot of drawers in a big chest of drawers. We have a chest for each of the preset types we see on the right side of screen 1. So each chest is labeled "Dimmer", "Position", "Gobo" etc.

Now you can put something in these drawers. If you select a fixture and give it a color, you can store this in a color drawer. It's like writing a small note and putting it in the drawer. What you write is the ID number of the active fixture(s) and the(ir) active values.

This information is then put in the drawer and the drawer is labeled. If it was a red color then it would be labeled "Red". Not all drawers are labeled this smart. The dot2 doesn't know what the different positions are, so they are just labeled "Position".

You can put other notes in the same drawer, but there can only be one note for each fixture. The same fixture can't have a note that says "Red" and one that says "Blue". But fixture 1 can be "Red" and fixture 2 can be "Blue".

Now if we select a fixture and then a preset and store this in a cue, then we actually store that the cue should go look in the drawer for the value. It only stores this reference for the fixture you have stored in that cue. This means that if you later add more notes for other fixtures in the same drawer, then this doesn't change the cue. The cue is still only looking in the drawer for the notes to the specific fixtures stored in the cue.

If you change the values written on the note for the fixtures you use, then your cues will use the updated values. You might need to change the values on the note if the color wasn't right or if the position changes for the singer or for a million other reasons.

The special group of presets called "All" will store all the possible values in an all preset.

What are presets

Related links