Expression 3 - ETC

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Fuses The Remote Interface Unit contains two pop-out 6.25 Amp fuses at the left side of the rear panel. Inspect and replace as explained under Replacing fuses, page 326. Remote Video Interface (RVI) The Remote Video Interface provides ports for remote accessories. It supports two monitors, an alphanumeric keyboard and an RFU, and provides a serial port for a digitizer. The illustrations below show the RVI’s front and back panels and indicate the connector used by each accessory. ETCNet Remote Video Interface back panel ETCNet Remote Video Interface front panel Fuses The RVI contains a 6.25 Amp power fuse in a recessed tray at the right side of the rear panel. Inspect and replace this fuse as explained under AC Input fuses, page 327. The RVI unit also contains a 1.5 Amp fuse to protect the RFU circuit. This fuse is contained in a pop-out receptacle located near the middle of the rear panel. Inspect and replace this fuse as explained under RFU / Remote I/O fuse, page 327. 352 Appendix B References
Remote Video Interface settings The RVI Processor Board is the lower circuit board in the Remote Video Interface (RVI). It contains one 8-switch DIP. Under normal conditions, these switches will never need to be changed. If the settings get changed and you need to restore them, find the switches at location S4 and adjust the settings as listed below. The RVI checks DIP switch settings when the unit is turned on. You must restart the unit for the new settings to take effect. DIP Switch Position Function 1 On (Closed) Normal operation, Factory Use Only 2 Off (Open) Normal operation, Factory Use Only 3 Off (Open) Normal operation, Factory Use Only 4 Off (Open) Normal operation, Factory Use Only 5 Off (Open) Normal operation, Factory Use Only 6 On (Closed) Normal operation, Factory Use Only 7 On (Closed) Normal operation, Factory Use Only 8 Off (Open) Normal operation, Factory Use Only Switches are either On (Closed) or Off (Open). Expression 3 User Manual, v.3.1 353
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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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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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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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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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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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MIDI Show Control (MSC) The console
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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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Page 379 and 380: Setup - System Settings (1) [Setup]
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Page 383 and 384: Appendix F Time and location United
Page 385 and 386: Appendix G Specifications Electrica
Page 387 and 388: • Control keypad features • Sub
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Page 391 and 392: Appendix H Declaration of Conformit
Page 393 and 394: Appendix I Limited Warranty Electro
Page 395 and 396: and one-half percent) per month lat
Page 397 and 398: Index Numerics 16-bit About Channel
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Page 403 and 404: Macros, Designer’s Worksheet Clea
Page 405 and 406: Remote dimmer, patching . . . . . .
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