Expression 3 - ETC

Setting levels with focus points
Focus points are commonly used as level setting devices for fixtures, but
they can be used to set levels for individual channels as well. First, create
a focus point with a certain characteristic, such as all fixtures pointed to a
particular location or set to a certain color. Then, set individual fixtures at
the levels contained in the focus point as part of your recorded cues,
groups or submasters. Since those recordings are linked to the focus
point, if levels in the focus point change, the corresponding levels in the
recordings change to match those in the focus point. For example, if you
change the position levels in the focus point, any cues, groups or
submasters recorded with reference to those fixture positions in the
focus point change at the same time.
Sometimes, however, you may want to use a focus point to set channel
or attribute levels without preserving the link to the focus point. You can
do that with a unique application of the [Level] key.
The following procedure illustrates how to use a focus point in Blind to set
the position attributes of fixtures, link the levels to the focus point and
record the result into a cue. The footnote to the procedure explains how
to accomplish the same purposes but without the link.
1. Press [Blind]. Selects the Blind display
2. Press [S8], Fixture, [1]
[And] [2].
3. Press [Only] [Position]
[Focus Point] [6] [Enter] a .
Selects fixtures 1 and 2
Sets the pan and tilt attributes of
fixtures 1 and 2 at focus point 6
4. Press [Record] [1][0]. Records into cue 10
a. For level setting without a link, substitute [Level] for [Enter] in
this step.
156 Chapter 12 Focus points