# Houselights

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To enter the **Houselights** keyword in the command line, use one of the options:

- Press Channel until Houselights appears in the command line
- Type **F** + **3**
- Type **Houselights**
- Type the shortcut **Hou**

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| ![](/img/grandma3/2-3/tip_gray-269535.png) | **Hint:**                                                                                                         |
|                                            | To use the Houselights keyword, make sure you assign the Houselights ID type and a custom ID to a fixture first.  |

## Description

The Houselights keyword is an object keyword which is used to call fixtures of the ID type Houselights in the programmer.

The name of this keyword can change because it is a custom ID type. For more information see the [Custom ID Type](/grandma3/2-3/patch_what_are_fixtures/).

## Syntax

Houselights \["IDType\_Name" or IDType\_Number]

## Example

- To select the fixture that uses the Houselights ID 5, type:

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| ![](/img/grandma3/2-3/icon_commandline-input_logo_v2-0-59d23e.png) | User name\[Fixture]>Houselights 5 |