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These terms are most commonly used in professional lighting consoles such as those from MA Lighting (e.g., grandMA3) and ETC (e.g., Eos). The exact terminology varies slightly by brand, but the core concepts are similar. Here’s a clear breakdown of each term and how they relate to each other: 1. Presets Definition: Building blocks (raw ingredients). A preset stores a specific value for one parameter (or a group of related parameters) that you can reuse. Examples: A specific r

Solved this issue the other day on a job site and thought it would make a good post! Dip Switches are a series of tiny binary switches numbered 1-9 that can be switched ‘on’ or ‘off’. They have different functions on different devices. Sometimes they indicate the radio frequency the device uses to operate - for example, perfect cues. In the case of Dimmers, they determine the starting address of the dimmer. For example, if you have 1 ON and the rest OFF, on a 4 channel dimmer