When the channels are set up you can start creating groups. Press the "add group" button to add a root group. Usually you want to have a root group "master" under which you create every part (subgroup) of the system that exists in the same zone. For example the FOH and the subs might need different volume settings but need an overall volume setting from the master so that their relative volumes are changed equally. So you would get:
To create a subgroup select the group you want the subgroup to be part of and press "add group" To create a new root entry (root controller) make sure nothing is selected in the tree and then press "add group" To rename a group right click on the group to be renamed and select "rename group" To remove a group press the remove group button. Note that channels will also be removed.
A root controller can set the group power. If an amp has channels in different branches both root controllers need to set the power-off before the amp actually goes off. The group power is indicated by a green bar.
The needed channels can be selected in the channel list and can be either dragged in a group or moved with the "add channel" button; In this case you also need to select the group you want to have the channels in. The channel now takes over the setting from its group master (gain, eq, delay, mute) To remove a channel select it and press remove channel. If you would double click a channel in the "channel list" list a channel control opens. It closes automatically when the channel moves to a group. To rename a channel go the the "channels" tab and select the channel you would like to rename.
Note that all channel list table columns can be sorted by pressing the column header items.
A channel can also be dragged into another group within the grouping tree view.
The group channel controllers have a gain box which sets the relative gain against the group gain. A channel can also be muted separately. The channel has a signal input bar with input clip indication and an output VU meter. Just like the groups controllers the channel has a power indicator which is green when the device is on, this bar also shows output clip in red. when an active preset is selected additional meters for the active channels are displayed along with a Solo button. The Solo button can be used to solo the individual channels/speaker sections of an active preset to check if the speaker is functioning correctly. This is only possible in setup mode and if channel is not muted, when switching to show mode or mute the group or channel the solo is disengaged.
To eq the group press the group controller eq/delay button in the Group Controllers tab. A sub group eq slaves to the group above it in the hierarchy, but you can make relative changes. However if you would do this and then afterwards change that same band in a group higher in the tree it would override your setting. Good practice would be to set overall eq settings in the group master, if you need to have a separate eq in a subgroup then use a band which is not in use by groups higher up in the tree.
To add delays start with setting the delay in the group master if needed. If parts of the system under the same master need different delay settings the subgroup controller can set a relative delay by switching the absolute/relative control to relative. When set to absolute the subgroup controller slaves to the controller above it in the hierarchy.
The blink logo button blinks all logos of devices which have one or more channels in this group.