Hey I know this is an old topic but why not reply huh? I have an Operator 192 now and I can answer this. So here goes:
1. You don't need to do this. The board (because it is so cool) already does this. Fixture 1 is already set to control channels 1-16, fixture 2 controls 17-32, fixture 3 controls 33-48, etc. etc. You can't change this.
2. If you want to get technical, it really doesn't matter what you address the lights to, just remember that when you hit fixture 1 button you will only be messing with channels 1-16. I would address you scanners too the following address (to make it simple and non-confusing):
Scanner 1: A001
Scanner 2: A017
Scanner 3: A033
Scanner 4: A049
That way, your scanners will be controllable using the fixture buttons 1-4.
3. The joystick. Yes the manual is confusing at this part but once you get the hang of it, it is simple. EXAMPLE: Your scanners. you want to control all four scanners using the joystick. DO THIS:
A.) Press and hold the
Program button for about 3 seconds(The light next to PROG on the screen should start flashing.) Then release!
B.) Now hold down the
Mode button and WHILE HOLDING THE
MODE BUTTON DOWN press the
Fine. Now the "Assign" and "Pan" LED's should light up.
C.) Now press fixture buttons
1-4 to select which fixtures you want to assign the joystick too.
D.) Now is where the manual gets technical. It basically says press the
Tap/Disp button until the screen says "PH.XX". Now press the
Mode button AND the
Scene button (while holding down the
Mode button) that corresponds with your fixtures
Pan Channel. Refer to your fixtures user manual to figure this out. We will say that your fixtures Pan channel is channel 1. So we will press the
Mode button and (while holding down
Mode) the
Scene 1 button. Now if your fixture has a
Fine Pan Channel (if it does not go to E) you will press the
Tap/Disp button until the screen read "PL.XX". Now press the
Scene button that corresponds with your fixtures
Fine Pan Channel. Usually it is 1 channel up from the
Pan Channel. So in this case it is channel 2. So we will press the
Mode button and (while holding down
Mode) the
Scene 2 button. This can get confusing!
E.) So basically this is exactly like the last step except you will be doing the
Tilt Channels. Press the
Bank UP or DOWN buttons until the screen reads either "TL.XX" OR "TH.XX". Now press the
Tap/Disp button until the screen read "TH.XX". Now press and hold the
Mode button and then press the
Scene button that corresponds to your
Tilt Channel this can be EITHER 2 OR 3 (If the fixture has a fine channel this will be 3 because channel 2 will be the Fine Pan channel. If the fixture doesn't use fine pan or tilt then you will do channel 2.) For our EXAMPLE the fixtures have fine Pan and Tilt channels so we will hit
Scene 3. Now, if your fixtures DON'T have fine pan and tilts then skip this and go to F. Ok, these fixtures (in this example) use fine pan and tilts (yes we've already established this1) So now we will hit the
Tap/Disp button until the screen reads "TL.XX". Then we will hit the
Mode button and (again while holding down the
Mode button) hit
Scene 4. Now we have assigned the joystick, but there is still one more step.
F.) Press and hold the
Program button until the light next to the PROG text goes out. The controller is now in blackout, confirming it is out of the programming mode. Now you will be able to control the fixtures using the joystick. Just select a fixture by pressing it's fixture button, and turn the light on using the faders. Then move the joystick and the light
should move. I hope you understood this all because it was long!
Again I hope this helps (if not you someone else!)
Man, it's been a long time since i've done a post like this. It took me about an hour to write this because I was typing then checking myself on my Op. 192. I'm pretty sure I got everything right! NEXT QUESTION!!!
jthtiger