Hi,
yes, its possible. I Show you my way for it 
I don´t know if this is the best way, please make a backup before you replace the DDF´s.
1. Add the new updatet DDF:
2. Select the old DDF and select "Replace Device"
3. Search the new updated DDF and press ok:
Hi,
the way Lightbeamer showed is indeed a possible way to replace existing Devices with new versions or other Devices. However, in large projects, this method takes its time. Today, there is no direct function to replace a DDf in the project itself via DMXControl 3. However, you can open the project file with your normal file browser (the project-file is a normal zip-file) and replace the existing DDF in the project with the new DDF. As Lightbeamer said, make a copy of your project before you change it.
JP
Thank you 
JPK and Lightbeamer 
Iirc if you program with groups, replacing the group updates the cues, and presets. BUT, the cues programmed with presets will not update the new fixtures in the cue. I'll replace groups by creating the new selection as a new group, deleting the old selection, and placing the new selection into the group being updated. It's a very fast version of cloning.
Unfortunately editing the DDFs in the project zip file didn't work - it generated the following error:
I copied the DDFs out from the zip file, and changed:
<amber dmxchannel = "5" />
to
<amber dmxchannel = "5" hueLeftBottom = "0" hueLeftTop = "60" hueRightTop = " 60 " hueRightBottom = " 120 " />
Then copied them back into the zip file.
It's only a simple project at the moment so I'll use Lightbeamer 's replace device method
Cheers,
Phil
Hello Phil,
please check, if your changed DDF is valid in general by loading them into an empty new project in DMXControl 3. It seems in the first point of view, there is an error inside, so your project is not able to be loaded. I guess, you will get more informations in this case. When you fix it, then try again.
The other question is: did you change the file name and delete the previous version inside the project-file? This is also a possible reason for this error message. When you bring the name back to the "old" one, your project will also work again.
Regards, Stefan.
Hi all,
for me, the workaround proposed by Lightbeamer don't work. If I update my DDF xml file (in my Roaming folder) of a device already used in my project, when I add it, it's not my updated DDF that is added but the project already existing one. And it's the DMXControl logic: icon of the device in the "add device" window is "project icon", it's consistent. Wiki page mention that project DDF are always highest priority.
So, the only way I found is:
- either replace directly in project zip file, proposed method by JPK : but this method cannot be performed without closing project and reopen it, not easy during live session,
- or create a new DDF xml file with new model name and apply Lightbeamer proposal.
It could be helpful if the add device window allow to choose between the project or the user folder.
Hello,
generally we have the function is meanwhile called "update DDFs in project" (or something semilar). This function you can find in the main menu under the file menu.
If you want to update a DDF, the edited DDF should
When all points a mentioned, the dialog will show you all DDFs, they can be updated. If you proceed, you need to save your project and reopen it again. A live update without reload of the project is not possible at the moment.
I hope, I have all point right in my mind. If not, please ask, if there is a question.
Best regards, Stefan.
Many thanks LightningBrothers because I was not able to find it ! I don't know if it's in wiki but not easy to find wiki pages because even if my first school language was German, it's so far now.
I made a quick test of this function and it works great. I will experiment more with true use cases, many thanks for this update.
