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LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160, 163, 169 List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 List/Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Load cue or group . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Load effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Manual fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Modifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Override fade time . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160, 168 Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Pile-on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Range edit in Submaster List . . . . 182 Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167, 174 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Spreadsheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Subroutine About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Allfade cue steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Bounce style steps. . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Crossfade cue steps . . . . . . . . . . 228 Cue steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Deleting step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Hold for go style steps . . . . . . . . . 229 Inserting step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Style steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Times, fade and follow. . . . . . . . . 229 Swap command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Swap focus, fixture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Swap twisted pair. . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 347 System settings Default Fade Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Default fade time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Default Fader Clear Time . . . . . . . . 27 Default level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Designer’s Worksheet options. . . . 29 Flexichannel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Name show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Number of channels. . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Number of dimmers. . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Record Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Set Channels/Subs 1-to-1. . . . . . . . 32 Set time and date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 System software upgrade . . . . . . . . . 346 System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 T Technical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Thinnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329 Time Default fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Effect fade time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 Effect Up/Dwell/Down. . . . . . 222–223 Follow time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Macro Wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237 Set clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Set system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164–168 Subroutine fade and follow . . . . . .229 Wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Wait time in multipart cue . . . . . . .120 Time code event Clear all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263 Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303 Learn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300 Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259 Time Code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308 Time code program Copy event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304 Edit event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306 External clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309 Insert an event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303 Internal clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308 Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310 Manual playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310 Move event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305 Pause Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310 Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308 Range edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306 Reset loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302 Setting frame rate . . . . . . . . . . . . .297 Step softkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310 Timed fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 Track About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Allfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Channel color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Trackball, Trackpad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335 Tracksheet About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Twisted pair wiring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329 Type Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 U Unload submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 Unpark Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 Dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 392 Index
Fixture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Unpatch dimmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Unset Dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Update Channel 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Cue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102–103 Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Flexichannel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 61 Focus point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151–152 Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140–141 Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Upgrading software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Using remote keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 320 V Viewing cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 W Wait time Assign to part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Edit for part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Record cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Wheel Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Link channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Pan and tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 <strong>Expression</strong> 3 User Manual, v.3.1 393
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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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6. Turn on your console or Remote I
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Page 359 and 360: Wiring remote macros There are thre
Page 361 and 362: Characteristics of the display The
Page 363 and 364: Appendix B References DIP switches
Page 365 and 366: RIU DIP switch and jumper settings
Page 367 and 368: Remote Video Interface settings The
Page 369 and 370: Appendix C Error messages Full Trac
Page 371 and 372: ETCLink errors ETCLink is the commu
Page 373 and 374: Appendix D Showfile Each showfile s
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]
Page 381 and 382: Setup - Real Time Programs (12) Rea
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
Page 397 and 398: Index Numerics 16-bit About Channel
Page 399 and 400: Delete Cues . . . . . . . . . . . .
Page 401 and 402: Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Page 403 and 404: Macros, Designer’s Worksheet Clea
Page 405: Remote dimmer, patching . . . . . .
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