# DMX Channels In Use **URL:** \ **Category:** Vista 3 Releases\ **Created:** [May 22, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/dmx-channels-in-use/3256 "2024-05-22T18:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wrldtvlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dec6dc/32.png) [@wrldtvlr](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/wrldtvlr)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/dmx-channels-in-use/3256/1 "2024-05-22T18:00:20Z")
I’m sure I’ve asked this in the past, but can’t seem to find the answer. Aside from manually counting DMX channels in use over all universes, is there an easier way to see how many are in use? I know About Vista will show the totaled licensed. ---
**Author:** ![ben.coleman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/vistaforum.chroma-q.com/ben.coleman/32/666_2.png) [@ben.coleman](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/ben.coleman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/dmx-channels-in-use/3256/2 "2024-05-24T13:32:07Z")
No there isn’t an easy way. What you could do is patch a bunch of dimmers to a high unused universe and then eventually Vista will tell you how far over the count you have gone. This has been brought up before but I don’t remember the reason why it wasn’t as straight forward as expected. ---
**Author:** ![wrldtvlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dec6dc/32.png) [@wrldtvlr](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/wrldtvlr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/dmx-channels-in-use/3256/3 "2024-05-24T17:09:30Z")
That works. Thank you… ---
**Author:** ![dim\_111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@dim\_111](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/dim_111)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/dmx-channels-in-use/3256/4 "2024-05-25T18:29:26Z")
View-Add Dockable Window-Vista Statistics “Channels” coloumn ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/chroma_q/original/2X/e/e5177413ff958e876b0fed0cf2731c1ff3d2c6a3.png) ---
**Author:** ![DennisLocke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@DennisLocke](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/DennisLocke)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/dmx-channels-in-use/3256/5 "2024-05-26T21:34:10Z")
I’m pretty sure I remember seeing this under the “About” menu item. There you can see your license count and current usage among other things like release, build and version numbers. ---
**Author:** ![wrldtvlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dec6dc/32.png) [@wrldtvlr](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/wrldtvlr)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/dmx-channels-in-use/3256/6 "2024-05-29T13:04:18Z")
The dockable window works very well - thank you. ---
**Author:** ![HighSolutions](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/vistaforum.chroma-q.com/highsolutions/32/237_2.png) [@HighSolutions](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/u/HighSolutions)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://vistaforum.chroma-q.com/t/dmx-channels-in-use/3256/7 "2024-12-09T15:50:37Z")
sorry for the lame request but it would be wise to include some search parameters in the manual like “channel count” or “or fixture count” in the dockable-windows \> Vista statistics. For the life of me i wouldn’t have found it if i hadn’t found this post. in the manual there is 1 hit about channel count but thats only about the failover part with tracking backup… I think it would be also nice if the SUM of the universes where found in the “about vista” section next or below the maximum channel count