No different to the preferred method at the time with the VL Series 200 and 300 fixtures if run from an Artisan or Virtuoso. They weren't talking DMX either. In the early to mid 90's it wasn't unheard of to have an Artisan Plus (plus hernia!) driving VL's, and Icon Desk driving Icons, and an Avo something or other driving Generics and or Audience etc, all on the one gig, usually with the LD on the Avo, and the ML operators on their respective desks. I never really had a chance to use Icons as I was more of a VL fanboy and it was very early in my Career, but from what I can remember, the Icons were as good as any other fixture, and many LD's loved the scroll on the wash light being able to give them just the colours they wanted rather than the VL5 'plaid' at a time when being able to dial in a lee number to a calibrated console was but a pipe dream. Cheers Smiffy