Selecting Fixtures

Before you can change any values on a fixture, you need to select it. The current selection is shared between the programmer, the attribute panel, and stored operations.

Selecting by ID

fixture 1            -- select fixture 1fixture 1 thru 10    -- select fixtures 1 through 10fixture 1 + 3 + 5    -- select fixtures 1, 3, and 5fixture 1 thru 10 - 5  -- select 1-10, excluding 5

Selecting by group

The fastest way to select a set of fixtures is by group:

group 1    -- select group 1

Adding and removing from selection

select add 11 12 13      -- add fixtures 11, 12, 13 to current selectionselect remove 5          -- remove fixture 5 from current selection

Selecting sub-fixtures

For LED bars and other multi-cell fixtures, use dot notation:

fixture 101.1            -- select sub-fixture 1 of fixture 101fixture 101.1 thru 101.5 -- select sub-fixtures 1 through 5fixture 101.0            -- select all sub-fixtures (no parent body)

Navigating within a selection

Step through selected fixtures one at a time (useful for fine-tuning individual fixtures):

next      -- move to next fixture in selectionprevious  -- move to previous fixture in selection

Highlight mode

Highlight mode temporarily brings selected fixtures to full intensity (or a reference state) so you can see which ones are selected on stage:

highlight onhighlight off

While highlight is on, selected fixtures are shown at full intensity regardless of programmer or playback values. This does not change the programmer — it is purely a visual aid.

Clearing the selection

clear selection    -- deselect all fixtures (keeps programmer values)

Fixture selection in the GUI

In the GUI, you can click fixtures directly in the Fixture List panel to select them. Hold Ctrl (or Cmd on macOS) to add or remove individual fixtures.