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Help from ETC Technical Services If you are having difficulties, your most convenient resources are the references given in the index of this manual and the console Help system, which is explained under Keyboard Help, page 2. To search more widely, try the ETC website at www.etcconnect.com. If none of these resources are sufficient, contact ETC Techncial Services directly at one of the offices identified below. In some cases, calls outside normal business hours are answered electronically and forwarded to a service representative. When calling for help, please have the following information handy: • Console model and serial number • System software version (shown in Setup menu) • Dimmer manufacturer and installation type Americas ETC Americas Technical Services Department 3030 Laura Lane Middleton, WI 53562 800-775-4382 (608) 831-4116 service@etcconnect.com Europe ETC Europe Ltd. Technical Services Department 5 Victoria Industrial Estate Victoria Road, London W3 6UU England +44 (0)20 8896 1000 service@etceurope.com Asia ETC Asia, Ltd. Technical Services Department Room 605-606 Tower III, Enterprise Square 9 Sheung Yuet Road Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong (+852) 2799 1220 mail@etcasia.com 10 Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Monitor displays Expression 3 works with two color video monitors. The Playback display monitor provides information about cues, submasters and time code events in your show, as well as the current status of the console’s two fader pairs. The Command display monitor provides the usual programming displays, including Stage and Blind, according to your programming and monitoring needs. These displays allow you to create and run shows and to configure your console and your lighting system. 4 You can also use the Playback monitor to provide Command displays, thus doubling the number of channels you can view at one time. Press [Expand] to toggle the Playback display between these two functions. If your system includes an ETCNet network, additional monitors may be installed at other locations, such as backstage or in the sound booth. These remote monitors show the same displays as the console’s monitors. See Installing remote video monitors, page 354, for information about installing remote monitors. The console also provides a set of seven LED displays across the top of your console face panel. These displays provide information regarding your faders, cues, submasters, groups, and levels. This information supplements that supplied by the monitors. Chapter two includes descriptions of the following displays: • Stage • Blind • Fader • Flexichannel • Tracksheet • Patch • Park • Playback • LED displays 4. Press [Swap] to exchange the Command and Playback displays between the monitors. Expression 3 User Manual, v.3.1 11
Page 1: Expression 3 Lighting control syste
Page 4 and 5: Chapter 3 System settings . . . . .
Page 6 and 7: Chapter 7 Cues . . . . . . . . . .
Page 8 and 9: Chapter 13 Submasters . . . . . . .
Page 10 and 11: Chapter 17 Subroutines . . . . . .
Page 12 and 13: Resetting loop time . . . . . . . .
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Page 16 and 17: Using this manual This manual provi
Page 18 and 19: Output level conventions The consol
Page 20 and 21: Effects LTP channels may be used to
Page 22 and 23: The Only command Only is a particul
Page 26 and 27: Colors in displays The colors in wh
Page 28 and 29: Stage The Stage display shows you t
Page 30 and 31: Tracksheet The Tracksheet display s
Page 32 and 33: Park Press [Park] to bring up the P
Page 34 and 35: Time Code List display You may togg
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Page 38 and 39: Setting the number of dimmers Your
Page 40 and 41: Setting default fade times The cons
Page 42 and 43: Setting default sneak time The snea
Page 44 and 45: Enabling the template The procedure
Page 46 and 47: Set grandmaster type You may set th
Page 48 and 49: Setting the clock The console clock
Page 50 and 51: Latitude, longitude, time zone Choo
Page 52 and 53: About Show About Show provides you
Page 54 and 55: Selecting one-to-one patch The one-
Page 56 and 57: Proportional patching Normally, dim
Page 58 and 59: Labeling dimmers The console allows
Page 60 and 61: Assigning a profile to a dimmer You
Page 62 and 63: Clear All For a selected profile, C
Page 65 and 66: About Dimmer The About Dimmer displ
Page 67 and 68: Setting dimmers to Dimmer Doubling
Page 69 and 70: Chapter 5 Setting channel levels Se
Page 71 and 72: Channel Attributes display The Chan
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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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Change individually 1. Select an en
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Working with fixtures Following are
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Fixture focus with Solo Solo provid
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Chapter 7 Cues The console allows y
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Recording functions Viewing cues Th
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Working with cues in Stage When rec
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Recording a cue with a single fade
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Recording a cue with a wait time Wa
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Follow [Follow] allows you to play
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Linking a macro to a cue [Link] all
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Labeling cues The console allows yo
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Modifying cue attributes If all you
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Updating a recorded cue You need no
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Copying cues You may want to use a
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Chapter 8 Track Track record functi
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Recording modified cues The differe
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Inserting cues If you insert a cue
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Pulling channels in Blind If you in
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If cue 5 is an allfade, the console
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Chapter 9 Multipart cues A multipar
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Converting a standard cue to a mult
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Editing a multipart cue Once you ha
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Modifying fade and wait times If yo
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Chapter 10 Playing back cues The co
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Fader keys Clear Each fader is equi
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Fader Status display The fader stat
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Controlling fades manually The cons
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Quickstep Quickstep allows you to r
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Chapter 11 Groups The console allow
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Recording a group using Solo You ca
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Working with groups in Stage Displa
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Updating a recorded group You need
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Deleting groups Delete a group from
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Modifying cues or submasters You ca
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Chapter 12 Focus points When workin
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Recording a focus point using Solo
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Updating focus points Update allows
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Editing a focus point in Blind You
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Deleting focus points Delete a focu
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Chapter 13 Submasters Expression 3
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Changing type You can change a subm
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Playback Submaster List The Playbac
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Submaster LEDs Each submaster bump
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Adding fade and dwell times You can
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Adding a rate to a submaster Rate a
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Inhibitive submasters Creating A re
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Modifying submasters in Blind To mo
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Updating a recorded submaster You n
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Labeling submasters The console all
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Copying cues or groups to submaster
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Chapter 14 Command display lists an
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Submaster List The Submaster List o
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7. Press [5] [Enter]. Specifies 5 s
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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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15. Press [S1], Step, [6] [Enter].
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Chapter 18 Macros A macro allows yo
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6. Press [5] [Enter]. Inserts a fiv
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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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ETCLink displays Dimming system sta
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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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Examples In the examples below, MSC
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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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Keystrokes: Action: 1. Press [Setup
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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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Or, if you wanted to move ten event
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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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6. To create a new region or to add
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Clearing regions You must be in Des
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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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Mouse or other pointing device Expr
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Installing a printer The console su
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6. Turn on your console or Remote I
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Installing Remote Focus Unit The Re
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MIDI Out/Thru jumper setting You ma
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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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ETCLink errors ETCLink is the commu
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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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• Control keypad features • Sub
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Profile functions • Profiles may
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Appendix H Declaration of Conformit
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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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Fixture . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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