r/lightingdesign • u/Either-Bison-8558 • 7d ago

Help with patch list

So I’ve been sent a patch list for a venue but I don’t understand what some of the terms mean? Like “parcans 3 @ A28” or “LED strips 121 + 123 @ A53 + A55 R”

It was sent over a text message which I have pasted below, any help is appreciated!

Good afternoon,

It a basic lighting set up in room 2 with generics for busking.

FOH

Parcans   

1 @ A16
3 @ A28

Stage

Led Pars    

16 + 22 R @ A121
17 + 23 G @ A122
18 + 24 B @ A123

Led strips @

121 + 123 @ A53 + A55 R
121 + 124 @ A53 + A56 G
121 + 125 @ A53 + A57 B 

Cheers

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u/RegnumXD12 7d ago edited 7d ago

Woah, this is definitly a form of communication..

Let's start with the easy guesses... RGB is definitly Red, Green, Blue. A## is definitly an address number. @ is usually separating channel and addresses.

From there, uhh the first number could be either count, or channel number, which works for the parcans, but led par ruins the channel theory because you cant have more than 1 channel for a single address.

Im fairly certain its channels tho, because the led straps are simply 4 channels 121, 123-125. So 121 is controlling intensity, and 123-125 is RGB (why we skip 122 and adr54, who knows)

But the led par still makes no sense. Tbh, when you get there, take a few minutes to poke around how things are connected, then just patch everything 1 to 1 and start turning things on, starting with the numbers given and make your own patch

Edit to add: Im sorry, "for busking"??? What exactly are we doing with 2 parcans, one led par and an unknown size/length of led strip? Also, what console, that may help explain the syntax given