# Preset pool options

Source: https://help.malighting.com/grandMA2/en/help/key_presets_pool_options.html
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The following example of the preset pool **Dimmer** displays how to adjust options that are specific for a preset pool. 

## Open the Options

1. Tap anywhere in the **user-defined area**. 
2. The pop-up **Create Basic Window** opens.
3. Next, tap Presets.
4. Then, tap a preset pool you would like to open. 
5. To open the options in the preset pools, tap ![](/img/grandma2/icon_yellow-ball_3_2-329eb0.png) in the upper left corner of the pool you have opened. 
6. The option dialog opens. 

![](/img/grandma2/window_preset-pool-options_v3-3-261fe2.png)

_Preset pool options_

**Hint:**\
All preset pools have the same pool options. 

3. To adjust the frame color, to reset colors or apply a different style and font see [Adjust pool options](/grandma2/key_pools_options/#preset_options). 

** Hint:**\
To reset the colors in all preset pools, press Setup and tap User Settings – Window Settings – Presets and then subsequently tap Reset All Preset Pool Colors. 

4. Tap All Active and then choose a color from the color table or the color circle, to display that all of the fixtures selected contain this preset.\
    - The color you have chosen is  displayed as a line within the pool object right above the font of the pool object. 

5) Tap Some Active and then choose a color form the color table or the color circle, to display that only some of the fixtures selected contain this preset. \
   \- The color you have chosen is displayed as a line within the pool object right above the font of the pool object.

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### Example "All Active" and "Some Active":

Select fixture 1 (spot) and fixture 101 (LED lamp) by typing into the command line:

\[Channel]> Fixture 1 + Fixture 101 Please

Fixture 1 and fixture 101 have both the **preset Dimmer**. 

Fixture 1 contains the **preset Position**, fixture 101 does not. 

![](/img/grandma2/img_preset-options_some-and-all-active_v3-3-36b358.png)

_Option – all active and some active_

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6. To change the modes Normal Call and Fast Call see [Call modes](/grandma2/key_pools_call_modes/). 
7. To choose the default store option of the preset, tap Default Store Universal. This mode is usually the default for the preset type **Dimmer**. For more information on the store options of presets see [Create presets](/grandma2/key_presets_create/). 

**Hint:**\
It is also possible to set the default of the preset type via **Setup**:\
​- Press Setup and tap Patch & Fixture Schedule – Fixture Types – Attribute & Encoder Grouping.\
​- Then, tap and hold a cell in the column **Default Scope**.\
​- The pop-up **Select Default Scope** opens.

6. To close the options, tap ![](/img/grandma2/icon_close_small_v3-2-1c8fff.png) in the upper right corner of the dialog. 

**Hint:**\
To close the preset pool altogether, tap Delete Window.