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Unpark channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Unpark dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Part Create. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Delete from multipart cue . . . . . . 121 Modify fade/wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Patch (See, also, Fixture patch) 1-to-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Captured channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Custom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Dimmer label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Proportional patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Reset 1-to-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Pause fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Pending cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Personality About Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Fixture patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Reset defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69–71 View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Pile-on submaster, defined. . . . . . . . . 158 Pinout Alphanumeric keyboard . . . . . . . . 336 Dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Remote Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Remote macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 RFU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Playback Cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 130 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139, 150 Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Manual override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Playback display Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Submaster List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Time Code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Pointing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Port Set Dimmer Doubling. . . . . . . . . . 334 Set DMX512 start . . . . . . . . . . . . .333 Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258 Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337 Profile Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Pre-defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263 Programming regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . .316 Proportional patching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Purge Flexi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 61 Q Quickstep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 R Rack Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270 Rate Override. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Rate/X display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167, 174 Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Real Time Clock Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34–36 Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288 Real time programs About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288 Astronomical clock . . . . . . . . . . . .291 Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263 Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290 Enable/Disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289 Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259 Record Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Dimmer loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273 Disable with Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Link cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Multipart cues . . . . . . . . . . . . 118–121 Record display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Record Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Recorded channels . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Recording cue with Solo . . . . .98, 137 Recording focus point with Solo . .149 Sub minus sub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168 Submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162, 164 Recorded channels defined . . . . . . . . . .56 Region Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319 Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Macro Wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317 Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316 Release captured channels . . . . . . . . . .56 390 Index
Remote dimmer, patching . . . . . . . . . . 73 Remote Focus Unit (RFU) About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Remote Interface DIP switches/jumpers . . . . . . . . . 351 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Software upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Remote Macro Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Remote Macro connectors. . . . . . . . . 344 Remote Unit Upgrade display. . . . . . . 347 Remote Video Interface DIP switch settings . . . . . . . .353–354 Software upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Reset Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Dimmer profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Encoders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Fixture attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Reset system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 S Selected channels defined . . . . . . . . . . 56 Sensor Backup looks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Dimmer Doubling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265, 272 System status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Set Channel levels . . . . . . . . . . 55, 62, 64 Channels to submasters . . . . . . . . 32 Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34–36 Default fade time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Default fader clear time . . . . . . . . . 27 Default level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Default sneak time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Designer’s Worksheet options. . . . 29 Dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Dimmer levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Grandmaster type . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Latitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Level key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 LTP/HTP channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Master type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Show name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Time zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Sheet Sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Show Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Show dimmer labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Showfile Configuration contents . . . . . . . . .359 Explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253 Show contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359 Slider Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Slider, Master. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 SMPTE (See Time code program) Sneak Set default time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Softkeys About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Quickstep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Unload sub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 Software Upgrading a console . . . . . . . . . . .346 Upgrading remote interfaces. . . . .346 Solo Fixture focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Recording a cue. . . . . . . . . . . .98, 137 Recording a focus point. . . . . . . . .149 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371–375 Split fade times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Spreadsheet Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 Focus point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194 Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192 Submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 Step Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 Subroutine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228 Strand CD80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Style step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 Sub Grandmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Submaster Changing shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Changing type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177, 263 Command display list . . . . . . . . . .181 Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176 Copy cue or group . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 Default match to channels. . . . . . . .32 Dwell hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158, 225 Except . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168 Fade and dwell times . . . . . . . . . .164 Fade times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165, 174 Home position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 In macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239 Inhibitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158, 169 Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175, 320 <strong>Expression</strong> 3 User Manual, v.3.1 391
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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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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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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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Page 363 and 364: Appendix B References DIP switches
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Page 367 and 368: Remote Video Interface settings The
Page 369 and 370: Appendix C Error messages Full Trac
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Page 375 and 376: Appendix E Softkeys Stage [Stage] S
Page 377 and 378: Blind/Submaster Sub List Sub SS 1 B
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
Page 389 and 390: Profile functions • Profiles may
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
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Page 399 and 400: Delete Cues . . . . . . . . . . . .
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