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+# Useful utilities for manipulating and extracting data from qlcplus showfiles and fixture definitions
+## patchlist.py
+Generates a patchlist in tsv format from given showfile
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diff --git a/utils/patchlist.py b/utils/patchlist.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+######################################################
+##                                                  ##
+##    Outputs patch listing for given showfile      ##
+##    Output is in tsv format                       ##
+##    v0.1                                          ##
+##                                                  ##
+##    TODO:                                         ##
+##     - add options for selecting output params    ##
+##                                                  ##
+######################################################
+
+
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+import sys
+
+namespaces = {"qlc" : "http://www.qlcplus.org/Workspace"}
+
+def parseXML(xml_file):
+    tree = ET.ElementTree(file=xml_file)
+    ET.register_namespace("qlc", namespaces["qlc"])
+    root = tree.getroot()
+    fixtures = root.findall('.//qlc:Engine/qlc:Fixture', namespaces)
+
+    print("Address", "Mfctr", "Model", "Mode", "CNAME", sep="\t")
+    for fixture in fixtures:
+        fixture_Name = fixture.find('.//qlc:Name').text
+        fixture_Universe = int(fixture.find('.//qlc:Universe', namespaces).text)+1
+        fixture_Address = int(fixture.find('.//qlc:Address', namespaces).text)+1
+        fixture_Manufacturer = fixture.find('.//qlc:Manufacturer', namespaces).text
+        fixture_Model = fixture.find('.//qlc:Model', namespaces).text
+        fixture_Mode = fixture.find('.//qlc:Mode', namespaces).text
+        fixture_Dip = '{0:010b}'.format(fixture_Address)[::-1] # can show dip switch position, unused 
+        print(f"{fixture_Universe}.{fixture_Address}",fixture_Manufacturer, fixture_Model, fixture_Mode, fixture_Name, sep="\t")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) >= 2:
+        filename = sys.argv[1]
+        parseXML(filename)
+    else:
+        print("Please specify a patch file to read", file=sys.stderr)
+        exit(1)
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