In order to use your digital channels with real hardware, you must patch your channels to a DC Master.
First you must add a DC Master (see: Adding boxes)
There are two ways you can patch channels:
Channel View
- In Setup-->Channels, select the output channel you want to patch
- At the bottom you will see Patching
- Select the dropdown to choose from channels of any DC Masters you have added
- You can choose empty channels or overwrite filled ones
- You can search for channel names using the search bar
- Once patched you can unpatch from here
Ports View
- Devices-->Choose a DC Master-->Ports (ethernet icon)
- You will see a list of the 6 ports
- The dots on the right show if anything is patched to the port. WHITE for patched. GREY for empty.
- Click on a port to see the channel list - only one channel slot will appear
- Click on the channel to see a dropdown of all suitable digital or analog output channels that can be patched
- Click one of these channels in the dropdown to patch it to that channel on the port
- you can re-patch channels that are already patched elsewhere (it will tell you what port it is already patched to)
- You can search for channel names using the search bar
- Once patched you can unpatch from here using 'disconnect channel'