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Expression 3 Lighting control syste
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Chapter 3 System settings . . . . .
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Chapter 7 Cues . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 13 Submasters . . . . . . .
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Chapter 17 Subroutines . . . . . .
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Resetting loop time . . . . . . . .
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xiv Contents
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Using this manual This manual provi
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Output level conventions The consol
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Effects LTP channels may be used to
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The Only command Only is a particul
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Help from ETC Technical Services If
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Colors in displays The colors in wh
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Stage The Stage display shows you t
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Tracksheet The Tracksheet display s
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Park Press [Park] to bring up the P
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Time Code List display You may togg
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22 Chapter 2 Monitor displays
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Setting the number of dimmers Your
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Setting default fade times The cons
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Setting default sneak time The snea
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Enabling the template The procedure
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Set grandmaster type You may set th
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Setting the clock The console clock
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Latitude, longitude, time zone Choo
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About Show About Show provides you
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Selecting one-to-one patch The one-
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Proportional patching Normally, dim
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Labeling dimmers The console allows
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Assigning a profile to a dimmer You
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Clear All For a selected profile, C
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About Dimmer The About Dimmer displ
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Setting dimmers to Dimmer Doubling
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Chapter 5 Setting channel levels Se
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Channel Attributes display The Chan
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Channel data type Channels normally
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Selecting channels Using the keypad
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Sneak Sneak is a softkey that you c
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About Channel The About Channel dis
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Chapter 6 Adding moving lights to t
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Personality Setup You may find that
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Viewing a personality 1. From the P
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Patching one fixture or a fixture r
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Attribute Setup Personalities may h
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Encoder Setup Level setting control
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Submaster List The Submaster List o
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Deleting a group Follow this proced
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Working in spreadsheets Cues, subma
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Replacing channel level As a conven
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Deleting submasters After entering
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Editing groups You may edit a group
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Editing focus points You may edit a
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Chapter 15 Park Park allows you to
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Unparking dimmers Unparking one dim
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Unparking channels Unparking one ch
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Parking fixtures You can park fixtu
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Chapter 16 Effects An effect is a c
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• Out - The Out Time, the meaning
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Notes on working with steps in Blin
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Adding grouped channels The procedu
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Adding groups or focus points The p
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Modifying the effect You can set ch
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Deleting channels Delete channels f
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Deleting steps You may delete any s
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Modifying step timing and levels On
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Changing upfade, dwell and downfade
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Setting a random effect rate An eff
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Chapter 17 Subroutines A subroutine
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Style steps The following playback
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Chapter 18 Macros A macro allows yo
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Follow these steps to create a macr
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Using submasters in macros Submaste
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Modifying macros Editing mode In th
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Auto channel check This macro autom
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Chapter 19 Link lists Console chann
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Setting up a link To set up a link,
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Moving a link Use [S7], Move Link,
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Chapter 20 Diskette functions This
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Contents of the showfile When you w
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Read show components only Frequentl
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Chapter 21 Printing The console sup
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Printouts available Following is a
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Chapter 22 Clear functions This cha
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Clear and reset options Following i
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Chapter 23 Dimmer monitoring ETC co
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Error messages ETCLink provides mes
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Dimmer status The Dimmer Status dis
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Record Loads procedure Perform a Re
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Clear Loads procedure Clear Loads a
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Working with Sensor backup looks A
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Chapter 24 Control interfaces The c
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ETC MIDI message formats The follow
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MIDI Show Control (MSC) The console
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MSC commands transmitted by the con
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Enabling / disabling real time prog
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Referencing sunrise or sunset To re
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Copying real time programs Keystrok
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Time Code You can create and run sh
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Creating a program by definition Us
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Sorting/recording events Events are
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Deleting time code events Follow th
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Moving time code events Follow this
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External time code clock When runni
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Remote macros The remote macro feat
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Chapter 25 Accessories Chapter 25 p
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Designer’s Worksheet Designer’s
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Full Tracking Backup Full Tracking
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Moving Lights Module The Moving Lig
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Appendix A Installation This append
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AC Input fuses These fuses are cont
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Understanding ETCNet The console is
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Setting Expression 3 DIP switches A
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Configuring the DMX512 ports Once y
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Wiring remote macros There are thre
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Characteristics of the display The
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Appendix B References DIP switches
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RIU DIP switch and jumper settings
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Remote Video Interface settings The
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Appendix C Error messages Full Trac
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Appendix D Showfile Each showfile s
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Appendix E Softkeys Stage [Stage] S
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Blind/Submaster Sub List Sub SS 1 B
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Setup - System Settings (1) [Setup]
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Setup - Real Time Programs (12) Rea
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Appendix F Time and location United
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Appendix G Specifications Electrica
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Appendix I Limited Warranty Electro
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and one-half percent) per month lat
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Index Numerics 16-bit About Channel
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Delete Cues . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Macros, Designer’s Worksheet Clea
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Remote dimmer, patching . . . . . .
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