Patches

The Patching segment contains the fixtures added to a show. Each patch links a fixture instance to a model, gives it a show-local identity and display position, and records its addressing and operator settings.

Patch fields

Field	Type	Meaning	Notes
model_id	Integer	Selects the fixture' definition 'based on model_id
inverse_tilt	Boolean	Reverses the fixture's tilt control.
name	String	Fixture name.
channels_ftype	Array of integers	Function-type (ftype) identifier for each channel exposed by the patch.	Values correspond to the model's parameter ftype values.
index	Integer	Index of the patch within the patch collection (0-indexed)
frozen	Collection	Per-fixture or per-channel freeze state. Freezing prevents normal playback changes from affecting the selected fixture.	Only empty collections have been observed, so populated contents remain unknown.
universe	Integer	Output universe assigned to the fixture.
description	String	Description of the fixture.
inverse_pan	Boolean	Reverses the fixture's pan control.
visual_id	Integer	Position of patch in the Patches tab on the Lightshark software UI
parked	Boolean	Indicates whether the fixture is parked. Parking holds a fixture or individual channel at a chosen programmer value.	Typically false
color_mark	Unknown scalar	Unknown	Unknown
dimmer	Number	Stored dimmer-related value.	Observed as the floating-point value 0.0; its operational purpose is unresolved.
swap_pan_tilt	Boolean	Exchanges the fixture's pan and tilt controls.
virtual_dimmer	Array of integers	Channel indexes controlled by the synthesized dimmer.	Empty for fixtures that do not use a virtual dimmer.
id	Integer	Patch identifier referenced by groups, palettes, cues, and FX data.
size	Integer	Number of DMX channels used by the patch.