In this example a Chauvet Colorado Tour is used.
It is chosen because it has a wide range of DMX channel settings and this should cower almost all types of LED parcan.

All configurations will be covered with a unique fixture. So it is possible have.


ARC1:
Red, Green and Blue, 3 Channel control

ARC1+D:
Red, Green, Blue and Dimmer, 4 Channel control

ARC2:
Red, Green, Blue and White, 4 Channel control

ARC2+D:
Red, Green, Blue, White and Dimmer, 5 Channel control

ARC2+S:
Red, Green, Blue, White, Dimmer and Strobe, 6 Channel control

HSV:
Hue, saturation and Value. 3 Channel control
FreeStyler don’t support this types of controls so this is not covered in this tutorial.

Tour:
Full 12 Channel control

Basics

Before starting to make the fixture there are some things that are to be prepared.
Find a Fixture picture and copy it to the fixture directory.

See Link Fixture Creator - Before making a fixture.
See Link Fixture Creator - Pictures and Icons

Open Fixture Creator

Open “Fixture Creator” in Other mode.



Add manufacture name (Remember to spell correct), give the fixture a proper name, add picture and fill in info in the text box.
Set the total channels to 3, in this case the fixture occupies 3 DMX channel.
This is individual for all the fixtures.