Ganging Instruments

Two-fers gang two or more instruments together on one circuit, dimmer, or channel.

The value in the ganging field should match. If it does not, the value from the first selected instrument is used.

 

To gang two or more instruments:

 

1.	Click the Ganging tool from the Spotlight tool set.

2.	Click on the first, and then the second, instrument to be ganged together. If more than two instruments are to be ganged together, continue clicking on each instrument in succession.

3.	Click to set the offset distance of the two-fer label.

If the field values of the instruments do not match, confirm that this is acceptable in the Notice dialog box which opens.

4.	Click OK. The instruments are ganged together with one or more two-fer objects.

The properties of a two-fer are displayed, and can be edited, in the Object Info palette.

 

Parameter	Description
Update Insts	Select to update the ganged instruments. Changes to one instrument are updated for the other ganged instrument. Also updates two-fer counts in the position summary inventory report.
Corner Style	Select the corner style for the two-fer object (Square, Arc, or Bézier)
Gang By	Indicate whether to gang by Channel, Dimmer, or Circuit (name and number)
Field Value	Enter the value for the two-fer label. (For example, if ganging by channel number, enter a channel number of 80.) This new value updates the former value for dimmer, circuit, or channel in the instrument record.
Show Label	Select to display the two-fer label
Use Container	Select to place the label in a container, and then specify the container name
Container Name	The container name must exactly match the container symbol names located in the Containers folder of the Resource Browser. Use this option to override the container specified in the Label Legend.