# Views

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Display the MA Dimmer Network using one of the three views:

- Normal View
- Dimmer View
- Log View

**Requirement:**

- Add MA NDPs to the network configuration

For more information see [Adding devices to your session](/grandma2/key_network_session_add_device/).

- Open **MA Dimmer Network**

For more information on how to open the **MA Dimmer Network** see [Network dimmer](/grandma2/key_ost_network_dimmer/). 

To toggle between the views, tap the View button in the title bar of the window MA Dimmer Network. 

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## Normal View

The Normal View solely displays the dimMA hierarchy. 

![](/img/grandma2/window_network-dimmer_normal-view_v3-3-53e6c6.png)

_Open Normal View_

For more information on the dimMA hierarchy see [Network dimmer](/grandma2/key_ost_network_dimmer/). 

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## []()Dimmer View

To toggle to Dimmer View, tap Normal View in the title bar.

![](/img/grandma2/window_network-dimmer_dimmer-view_v3-3-d3b5e9.png)

_Open Dimmer View_

The Dimmer View displays both:

- dimMA hierarchy and
- Dimmer channels

**Hint:**\
To edit the dimmer channels, tap and hold or press Edit and tap a cell of the corresponding column. Depending on which setting is being edited,either the calculator opens, **On** is displayed, or the cell is empty.

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## Settings

**Hint:**\
The following settings can also be edited in a module. For more information see [Edit a module](/grandma2/key_ost_edit_module/). 

**No.**:

The number consists of a rack, crate, module and dimmer. For example, 1:1:3:4 is to be understood as rack 1, crate 1, module 3, and dimmer 4. 

**Name**:

Is the name of the dimmer channel in the log files and in the configuration. 

**Auto Name**:

If you have changed the name of the dimmer channel in the column **Name**, toggling **Auto Name** to **On** takes over the original name of the dimmer channel. 

**Patch1 **and **Patch2**:

Reflect the patching of the two input slots of an NDP system. 

**Hint:**\
Patch higher quantities of dimmer channels by multi selecting the cells in the columns Patch1 and Patch2. Changing the patch address once automatically adjusts the following patch addresses. 

**Profile**:

Create and edit profiles – assigned to each dimmer channel – in this column. 

Assign the same profile in several dimmer channels:

1. Multi select the cells in the column.
2. Press Edit and tap a cell in the column **Profile**. 
3. The **pop-up Select Profile** opens.

![](/img/grandma2/popup_select-profile_network-dimmer_v3-3-c2bae3.png)

_Edit profile_

4. Select a profile and tap Choose Profile.
5. Tap ![](/img/grandma2/icon_close_small_v3-2-1c8fff.png) in the upper right corner of the pop-up. 

The profile is now applied in several dimmer channels. 

**Hint:**\
The general settings of profiles are similar to those in the graph editor of an effect. For more information on these settings see [Settings in the Graph Editor in Create effect forms](/grandma2/key_effects_create_forms/#settings_graph_editor). 

**Preheat**:

Is the voltage level that is used to permanently preheat the fixtures. The value of the voltage level is displayed in percent. 

**U min** and **U max**:

Limit the range of the dimmer channels in these two columns.

**Important:**\
These values apply if the mode is set to Dim.

**Panic** and **Control**:

The values of Panic and Control are stored in the NDP and are solely displayed in this view. 

**Type**:

Change the type of the dimmer channels in this column. 

**Important:**\
Make sure the patching here matches the patching in the setup of the console. Both settings have to correspond to each other.

1. Select the type, tap and hold a cell in the column **Type**.
2. The **pop-up Select Type** opens. 

![](/img/grandma2/popup_select-type_network-dimmer_v3-3-3dee57.png)

_Select a type_

3. Tap to select a type. 

The types are:

- **8bit**: The dimmer channel is controlled in the 8bit mode containing 256 increments.
- **8bit/S**: The dimmer channel is controlled in the 8bit mode and contains an additional dimmer channel that triggers the values that were changed with a set fade time. This type defines the fade time of the dimmer channel. If the additional dimmer channel is set to 100 %, the values are faded within 5 minutes. Setting a lower value on the additional channel, reduces the fade time linearly. 
- **16bit**: The dimmer channel is controlled in the 16bit mode containing 65536 increments. 
- **16bit/S**: The dimmer channel is controlled in the 16bit mode and contains an additional dimmer channel that triggers the values that have been changed with a set fade time. For more information on the fade time see the type **8bit/S**.  

**Mode**:

Adjust the mode of the dimmer channel in this column.

1. To set a mode, tap and hold a cell in the column **Mode**.
2. The **pop-up Select Mode** opens. 

![](/img/grandma2/popup_select-mode_network-dimmer_v3-3-13634d.png)

_Select a mode_

3. Tap to select a mode.

The modes are:

- **Off**: Disables any reaction toward incoming control data.
- **Dim**: Represents the normal dimmer mode.
- **Switch**: The dimmer behaves like a switch. The firing angle is 90° phase of the sinus voltage of the first sine cycle. 
- **NonDim**: The dimmer behaves like a switch. The firing angle is 0° phase of the sine cycle. 

**Threshold**:

Defines the threshold value of the input control data. Threshold influences the behavior of the dimmer channel if it is in the NonDim or the Switch mode.

**No Load**:

Masks error messages if the minimum base load of a dimmer is not connected to the dimmer channel. It also masks error messages if the bulb is burnt out. 

**[]()Fuse**:

Masks error messages if the fuse (MCB) of the dimmer channel has blown.

**Overload**:

Masks error messages if an overload occurs on the dimmer channel you have selected. 

**Excess DC**:

Masks error messages if there is bias voltage, for example if a thyristor fails. 

**Response**:

Smoothes out changes in the control signal. Fixtures connected to this dimmer channel respond slower. Entries between 0 and 5 are interpolated to 0.

**Important:**\
The error reporting masks No Load, Fuse, Overload, and Excess DC affect the log files and the status readout.

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## Log View

To toggle to Dimmer View, tap Dimmer View in the title bar. 

![](/img/grandma2/window_network-dimmer_log-view_v3-3-5add24.png)

_Open Log View_

The Log View displays both:

- dimMA hierarchy and
- Messages along with the corresponding date

The messages may be displayed in white, yellow, or red. 

- White indicates regular messages 
- Yellow indicates warning messages
- Red indicates error messages

For more information on the display of errors see [Errors](/grandma2/key_ost_errors/). 

To change to Normal View, tap Log View in the title bar.