Easy Selection

Take full control of complex fixtures with ease!

Easy Selection is a visual selection tool for multi-instance fixtures. Stop digging in the command line to build the command that select pixels for a range of fixtures. This plugin analyzes your selection and provides a visual, hierarchical interface to select exactly what you need.

✨ Why you need this plugin:

• Time Saver: Stop typing endless command lines like “Fixture 101 Thru 142.2.1 Thru 12” The plugin handles the syntax for you in a single click. A must-have tool for creating your linear groups.
• Visual Clarity: See the real structure of your Fixture Type (Master, Patterns, Pixels) in a logical tree view.
• Instance content: View the DMX channels for each instance directly in the UI, eliminating guesswork during programming.
• Smart Selection: You can either select an instance itself or all the children only

⚡ Key features:

• Auto-Detection: Simply select the fixtures you want to work with and run the plugin; it instantly identifies all involved Fixture Types.
• Grouping friendly: If a grouping fixture is selected, the plugin retrieve fixtures inside it
• Multi-IDType Support: Full compatibility with all ID types (Fixture, Channel, HouseLight, Media, NonDim, etc.).
• Intuitive Interface:
  • Clean hierarchical display with indentation for perfect readability.
  • Checkboxes to prepare your selection visually.
  • Click an instance to see what DMX Channel are in it.
• Settings Menu:
  • Adjust window size to fit your use.
  • “Keep instance selection” if not checked, the plugin uncheck instance checkboxes after a selection.
  • “Keep plugin open” to perform multiple selections without restarting the plugin.

❓ How to use it?

• Select fixtures
• Run the “Easy Selection” plugin
• Navigate the hierarchy in the UI and check the instances you wish to select.
• Click the “Select instances” button.
• The plugin will clear your current selection and apply the new selection.
• To change fixtures, select new fixtures and click update button in the “Fixture Types” header to refresh the instance list with your new selection
• Repeat as needed.

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🎫 Licensing

This plugin require a licence activation key sent by email.

⬆️ Updates

When running on onPC the plugin will check if updates are available and notify you if there are any:

🔧 Uninstall and Cleanup

You can uninstall the plugin with the following command, this will delete all plugin data and licence:

Plugin "Easy Selection" "Uninstall"

If you just need to delete plugin data without unregister the plugin:

Plugin "Easy Selection" "Cleanup"

Version changelog

• 1.2.0.1
  • Changed: The uninstall and cleanup functions no longer restarts the plugin
• 1.2.0.0
  • Added: Compatibility with Lua 5.5
  • Added: By default, all instances are unchecked once a selection is made, this can be change in the settings window
  • Added: Cleanup and uninstall functions
  • Changed: Fixtures libraries are now exported to the temp folder
  • Fixed: Settings windows can now be open only once
  • Fixed: Progress Bars not stopped on crash
• 1.1.0.0
  • Added: Button in the “Fixture Types” header, to update the fixture selection without restarting the plugin
  • Added: Undo support on selection command, so the selections are now Oopsable
• 1.0.0.1
  • Fixed: Groups above location 4242 are moved by -1 upon plugin launch
• 1.0.0.0
  • Initial release

Tested Ma versions

• 2.5.0.3
• 2.4.2.2
• 2.3.2.0