Leo started with the basics. He assigned the "Super-Nova" its footprint—32 channels of data. He felt like an architect drawing the blueprints for a skyscraper. Channel 1 was Dimmer; Channel 2 and 3 were Pan and Tilt. In the grandMA3 Fixture Builder, every click was a promise to the hardware. 2. The Nuance: Defining Attributes
| Step | Action | |------|--------| | 1 | – assign manufacturer, model name, mode count. | | 2 | Define DMX modes – specify channel count, channel order (e.g., 1: Dimmer, 2: Red, 3: Green…). | | 3 | Map parameters – link each DMX channel to an MA3 attribute (Dimmer, ColorRGB, Pan, Tilt, Gobo, etc.). | | 4 | Set defaults – Home, Low, High, and Preset values. | | 5 | Add physical data (optional) – beam angle, weight, power consumption. | | 6 | Test – patch the fixture in a dummy show, apply DMX values, check 3D viewer. | | 7 | Export – save as .xml or .ftm (MA3 fixture type file). | grandma3 fixture builder