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28	28	* The Pharos controller does any necessary processing to adapt these commands for the fixtures
29	29	** For example, if Pharos receives an RGB command for a group containing RGB, HSI, and HSIC fixtures, it will do its best to make sure that the output color is consistent across all the different fixture types
30	30	** Certain manufacturer-specific fixture Profiles exist in order to help the Pharos controller achieve a consistent output across multiple different fixture types
31		-* If it is desired to control the white channel separately from the RGB channels of an RGBW fixture, then it must be defined in the Pharos project as two separate RGB and W fixtures that are in different groups
	31	+* To control the RGB and white channels of an RGBW fixture separately in ShowRunner™, it is necessary to define separate RGB and White fixtures in the Pharos project
	32	+** Add both a generic RGB fixture and a generic White fixture to the layout
	33	+** Assign each fixture to a different group
	34	+** Patch the RGB fixture
	35	+** Patch the White fixture immediately following the RGB fixture (e.g., if the RGB is at address 1, patch the White fixture to address 4)
32	32	* Individual Fixtures can belong to multiple Fixture Groups, allowing ShowRunner™ to send different types of command (e.g. RGB vs CCT) to the same fixture
33	33	** Useful for certain situations, such as HSIC fixtures that need to be controlled as color-changing (RGB) in some situations but dynamic white (intensity/CCT) in others
34	34	** In this scenario, one group would be defined in ShowRunner™ as an RGB load and one group would be defined as a Dynamic White load
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116	116	* All currently defined loads are shown on the left
117	117	** The "Group: #" of the load must match the group number as defined in the Pharos project
118		-* To add a new load to ShowRunner™, press "Add New Load" below the list of loads
	122	+** It is not possible to change the group of an existing load from the XPanel UI. Instead, either pull the config and edit the "LoadBaseIndex" property of the load
	123	+* To add a new load to the controller, press "Add New Load" below the list of loads
119	119	** The "Load Index/Channel" must match the group number as defined in the Pharos project
120	120	*** Since ShowRunner™ uses group-level commands and fixtures in a group aren't necessarily on the same DMX universe, the "Universe ID" is grayed out and cannot be modified
	126	+*** It is not possible to assign multiple Pharos groups to the same load, and it is not possible to assign multiple loads to the same group
	127	+**** To have a single load in ShowRunner™ control multiple Pharos groups, create a new group in the Pharos project that contains the other groups and then associate the ShowRunner™ load with the super-group
	128	+**** To have multiple ShowRunner™ loads control the same set of fixtures, create multiple groups in the Pharos project and assign the same fixtures to all groups (this is useful e.g. to allow ShowRunner™ to control an HSIC fixture using either RGB or dynamic white without needing to change the Load Type)
121	121	** The "Load Type" does not need to strictly match the fixture type as defined in the Pharos project, as the Pharos controller will do its own processing to mix the DMX output to achieve the desired color
122	122	*** "Single Channel" loads are interpreted by the Pharos as intensity only
123	123	**** Fixture profiles with a dedicated channel for intensity (IRGB, HSI, HSIC, ICHS, etc.) will only adjust the intensity channel, leaving the color and color temperature unchanged
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128	128	*** "RGB" loads are interpreted by the Pharos as an intensity + specific red, green, and blue values
129	129	**** Fixture profiles with a dedicated channel for intensity (IRGB, HSI, HSIC, etc.) will use the load level sent by ShowRunner™ for intensity and then mix the other channels to match the RGB values
130	130	**** Fixture profiles without a dedicated intensity channel (RGB, RGBW, etc.) will mix the intensities for each color to attempt to match the color and overall intensity sent by ShowRunner™
131		-* It is not possible to assign multiple Pharos groups to the same load, and it is not possible to assign multiple loads to the same group
132		-** To have a single load in ShowRunner™ control multiple Pharos groups, it is necessary to create a group in the Pharos project that contains the other groups and then associate the ShowRunner™ load with the super-group
133		-** To have
	139	+** If controlling the RGB and White channels of an RGBW fixture separately, then you must define an RGB type load associated with the RGB fixture group in Pharos and then a Single Channel type load associated with the White fixture group in Pharos
	140	+** The Area Assignment dictates what area the load will be associated with
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