Expression 3 - ETC

Appendix D
Showfile
Each showfile saved with version 3.03 (or later) system software contains
recordings or settings in two general programming classifications. Some
programming pertains directly to the show, such as recordings of cues,
groups and focus points. Other programming pertains to your system
configuration, such as clock or MIDI settings that seldom if ever change.
At your option, you can read show and configuration contents separately
or at the same time using the console’s diskette read operations. If you
read show contents only from the diskette, your console’s system
configuration at that time will not change. Conversely, if you read only the
system configuration contents from the diskette, the show information in
console memory does not change.
The portion of a showfile that represents show contents is identified
below. There are some configuration settings, however, that are also
considered part of the show contents. These are identified on the next
page. Also identified on the next page is the portion of the showfile that
represents configuration contents, and which can be read separately.
Show contents
• Bump button status
• Channel attribute settings
• Cues and their settings
• Designer's Worksheet regions
• Dimmer profile and proportional settings
• Dimmer profile revisions
• Doubled dimmers
• Encoder setup
• Fixture attribute setup
• Focus points
• Groups
• Link lists
• Macros
• Parked channels and dimmers
• Patching for conventional lights
• Patching for ML fixtures
• Show name
• Personalities loaded
• Submasters and their settings
• Time code events
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