is a essential skill for any lighting tech working with "no-name" moving heads or custom LED setups. While
The R20 Personality Builder is the standalone Windows application designed to generate, edit, and compile these files for use on the aforementioned consoles.
Warning: The "R20 Personality Builder Viewer" (free on some download sites) is not the Full version. It cannot save changes or export to a console.
The software interacts with two primary file types:
Users frequently encounter specific error messages when working with R20 files. Here are the most common and their solutions:
If you tell me the manufacturer and fixture name/model , I can guide you on the specific channel layout for your R20 file. Alternatively, I can help you locate the official Avolites forum if you have a complex pixel-mapping issue. New to Personality Builder Tips and Advice is a essential skill for any lighting tech
All preset values must be entered in hexadecimal format , not decimal. A value of 255 decimal becomes FF in hex, 128 decimal becomes 80 , and so on. Use Windows Calculator in Scientific mode to convert decimal to hex quickly.
Even with the , you will encounter issues. Here’s how to solve them:
: Includes settings for Locate (the default state of the light), Highlight , and Lowlight . Usage Workflow Fixture Personalities - Avolites Manual It cannot save changes or export to a console
Modern fixtures with individually controllable pixels (LED bars, matrix fixtures) rely on subfixture cells in Titan. This mechanism does not exist in Classic systems, so cell modes cannot be exported to R20.
Here is the workflow to convert a D4 file into an R20 file:
