Express Two-Scene Preset v2.0 User Manual

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Lighting control system

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User Manual

Copyright 1994-97 Electronic Theatre Controls4110M1002 Revised Dec 1997

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Limited Warranty

Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC) warrants tothe original owner or retail customer that for aperiod of one year from date of delivery of a por-table system or energization of a permanentlyinstalled system (up to a maximum of 18months from delivery) its products will be freefrom defects in materials and workmanship

under normal use and service. Warranty is lim-ited to 90 days for rental equipment.

Warranty does not cover any product or part ofa product subject to accident, negligence, alter-ation, abuse or misuse or any accessories orparts not supplied by ETC. Warranty does notcover consumable parts such as fuses,lamps, color media or components warranteddirectly to the owner by the original manufac-turer. ETCs warranty does not extend to itemsnot manufactured by us. Freight terms on war-ranty repairs are FOB ETC factory or designatedrepair facility. Collect shipments or freight allow-ances will not be accepted.

ETCs sole responsibility under this warrantyshall be to repair or replace at ETCs option suchparts as shall be determined to be defective onETCs inspection. ETC will not assume anyresponsibility for any labor expended or materi-als used to repair any equipment without ETCsprior written authorization. ETC shall not beresponsible for any incidental, general or conse-quential damages, damages to property, dam-ages for loss of use, time, profits or income, orany other damages.

The owners obligations during the warrantyperiod under this warranty are to notify ETC atETCs address within one week of any sus-pected defect, and to return the goods prepaidto ETC at their factory or authorized service cen-ter.THIS WARRANTY IS CONTINGENT ON THE

CUSTOMERS FULL AND TIMELY COMPLI-ANCE WITH THE TERMS OF PAYMENT SETFORTH IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.THIS WARRANTY IS EXPRESSLY IN LIEU OFANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIESEXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING THEWARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY ANDFITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ANDOF OTHER OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIESON OUR PART. THE OWNER ACKNOWL-EDGES THAT NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONSWERE MADE TO HIM OR RELIED UPON HIMWITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY AND FUNC-TION OF THE GOODS SOLD.

This written warranty is intended as a completeand exclusive statement of the terms thereof.Prior dealings or trade usage shall not be rele-vant to modify, explain or vary this warranty.Acceptance of, or acquiescing in, a course ofperformance under this warranty shall notmodify the meaning of this agreement eventhough either party has knowledge of the perfor-mance and a chance to object.


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table of contents

chapter 1 introduction

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Console comparison chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Using the trackpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Trackpad notes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Using this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Using Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Text conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Output level conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

chapter 2 monitor displays

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Channel colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Changing pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Flexichannel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Updating Flexichannel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

chapter 3 system settings

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Setting number of dimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Setting number of channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Setting default fade times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Setting default Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setting default fader clear time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setting default Sneak time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Enable/disable Blackout key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Enable/disable Flexichannel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Updating Flexichannel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Set Master type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Set Channels/Submasters 1-to-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Setting time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Record Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Enable/disable Bump keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Scene mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Setting clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

chapter 4 patch

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Selecting one-to-one patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Creating custom patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Patching dimmers to channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Proportional patching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Unpatching individual dimmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Show labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Assigning a profile to a dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Dimmer profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Capturing channels in Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Dimmer check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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About Dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

About Dimmer with ETCLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Dimmer Doubled dimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Patching to a Strand CD80 dimmer rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

chapter 5 setting channel levels

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Channel modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Captured channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Selected channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Recorded channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Moving channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Tracked channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Channel Attributes display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Independent channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Flipped channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Selecting channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Selecting channels in Flexichannel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Setting channel levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Channel sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Trackpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Full . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Sneak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Channel check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

About Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

chapter 6 cues

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Cue types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Crossfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Allfade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Subroutine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Record functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Creating cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Viewing cues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Working with cues in Stage mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Recording a cue in Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Working with cues in Blind mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Recording a cue in Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Recording a cue with a single fade time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Recording a cue with split fade times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Recording a cue with a wait time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Recording cues with Link and Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Combining Link and Follow to create playback loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Using Link to link a macro to a cue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Recording a cue using Solo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Modifying a recorded cue live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Modifying channels in a cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Modifying cue attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Using Update to modify channels in a cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Using Update to add channels to a cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using Update to modify fade rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63


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Deleting cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Copying cues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Inserting cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Editing cue attributes in Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

chapter 7 track

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Track record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Using record to create tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Recording modified cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Inserting cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Blackout cues and tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

chapter 8 multipart cues

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Recording a multipart cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Converting a standard cue to a multipart cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Wait times in multipart cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Editing a multipart cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Deleting a part from a multipart cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Adding, deleting and modifying channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Modifying fade and wait times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

chapter 9 playing back cues

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Selecting cues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Timed faders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Clearing faders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Fader Status display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Selecting and playing a cue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Go to a different cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Controlling fades manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Manual override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Rate override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Quickstep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

chapter 10 groups

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Creating groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Creating a group from the look on stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Creating a group using Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Displaying groups on stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Working with groups in Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Group mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Group Editing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Modifying groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

In Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

In Stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Using Update to modify groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Deleting groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Copying groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Using cues or submasters as groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Using groups to modify cues or submasters in Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Group List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109


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chapter 11 submasters

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Submaster types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Pile-on submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Inhibitive submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Effect submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Changing type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Submaster pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Submaster LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Submaster bump buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Bump button status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Recording submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Fade and dwell times for submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Adding a rate to a submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Specifying a submasters page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Using Except to record a submaster without

another submasters channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Creating inhibitive submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Modifying submasters in Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Modifying submasters in Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Using Update to modify submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Live control of a submasters rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Controlling submaster fades manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Copying submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Loading cues or groups to submasters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Copying cues or groups to submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Clearing submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Submaster List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Editing attributes in Submaster List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

chapter 12 effects

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Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Creating steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Default element assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Controlling effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Effect fade times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Using a random rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Modifying effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Inserting steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Deleting steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Editing step characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Running an effect cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Using an effect submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

chapter 13 subroutines

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Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Cue steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Crossfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Allfade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Style steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Bounce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Jump-to-cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Hold-for-Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Subroutine attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148


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Fade times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Follow time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Creating subroutines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Editing a subroutine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Deleting a step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Inserting a step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

chapter 14 macros

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Creating macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Using Learn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Using Macro display mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Next macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Macro wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Linking macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Using submasters in macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Playing macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Canceling a macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Powerup macro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Modifying macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Clearing macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Copying macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Sample macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

chapter 15 diskette functions

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Diskette management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Formatting diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Recording a show on diskette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Reading a show from diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

chapter 16 printing

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Printer options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Stage display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Group List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Submaster List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Channel Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Real Time Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

chapter 17 clear functions

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Clear functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Show and Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Reset 1-to-1 Patch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Channel Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Real Time Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Reset system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185


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chapter 18 accessories

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Remote Focus Unit (RFU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Worklights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

chapter 19 sensor dimming

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Enabling ETCLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Enabling ETCLink messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Monitoring dimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Recording dimmer loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Checking dimmer loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Clearing dimmer loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Load errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Sensor dimming system status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Dimmer rack status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Dimmer status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Setting and unsetting dimmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Setting a dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Unsetting a dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Working with Sensor backup looks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Recording a backup look. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Playing a backup look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Disabling secondary messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

chapter 20 control interfaces

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MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

ETC MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

MIDI Show Control (MSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Real time clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Real time programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Editing real time programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Remote macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Remote trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

chapter 21 moving lights

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Trackpad modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Single mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Double mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

XY mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Trackpad notes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Setting up a link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Using a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Linking two moving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Flipped channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Mirroring two moving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Using groups and Only with Link List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Inserting a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231Moving a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Merging two links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Deleting a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234


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chapter 22 two scene preset

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Enabling two scene mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

The two scene faders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Two scene status display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Manual crossfades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Flash a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Timed crossfades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Pause a timed crossfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

appendix a installation

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Express back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Installing console and monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Connecting dimmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Replacing the auxiliary fuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

System configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Setting DMX512 starting numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Setting Dimmer Doubling mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Setting DMX512 speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Updating Express software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Update procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Software installation note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Installing a printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Installing Remote Focus Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Installing MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

ETCNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Installing Remote Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Installing Remote Video Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Installing remote unit software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Installing remote video monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Installing remote macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

appendix b error messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Diskette error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Other error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

ETCLink errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

appendix c specifications

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

appendix d reference

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Allfade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Alternate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

And . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

At . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Blackout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Bounce (effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Bounce (subroutine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Build . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Bump Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Cancel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Captured channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272


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Clear (keypad) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Clear (fader) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Clear Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Copy Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Crossfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Cue List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Cue List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Cue steps (subroutine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Days of week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Decimal point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Delete Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Delete Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Delete Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Delete Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Delete Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Delete Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Delete Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Delete Sub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Dimmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Dimmer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Disable ETCLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Disable MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

DMX512 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

DMX512 Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

DMX512 Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

DMX512 Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Down Arrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Dwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Effect cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Effect submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Enable ETCLink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Enter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Enter Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Except. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Fader status display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Flexichannel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Flip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Flipped channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Full . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Group Editing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Group mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Group List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Hold (fader) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Hold-for-Go (subroutine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

In/Dwell/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281


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Independent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Independent channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Inhibitive submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Insert Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Insert/Replace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Insert Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Jump-to-cue (subroutine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Keypad Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Last Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Learn (Macro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Left Arrow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Link List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Load Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Low/High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Loop (subroutine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

M1-M3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

M* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Macro Wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Minus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

More Softkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Move Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Moving channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Multipart cue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Dimmer Doubling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Next Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Off Sub-Bump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

On Sub-Bump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Patch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Pause Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Pile-on submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Play Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Positive/Negative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Previous Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Print Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Purge Flexi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Quickstep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Rack Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Random . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Random Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Rate (fader) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Record Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Record Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Record Lockout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289


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Console comparison chart

* On the Express 24/48, the 24 submasters are also the bottom 24channel faders on the console. There is no separate section of 24 sub-masters as on the 48/96, 72/144, 125, and 250.

Express 24/48 Express 48/96 Express 72/144

Dimmers

1,024 1,024 1,024

Maximum Channels

48 96 144

Channel Faders

48 96 144

Two-scene operation

24 Channels 48 Channels 72 Channels

Submasters

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Using the trackpad

Use the Express trackpad to set rates and levels. The trackpad operatesin three modes, single mode, double mode, and XY mode, described

below. You can also set the trackpads sensitivity.

Trackpad notes:

If you have channels selected from both kinds of link, the trackpaddefaults to double mode.

In double mode you may only set one side at a time.

Sensitivity

To the left of the trackpad you will find two buttons that control trackpadsensitivity. The top button has a rough texture. Press this to set the track-pad for low sensitivity. The lower button has a smooth texture. Press thisto set the trackpad for high sensitivity. Use high sensitivity for preciselevel or rate adjustments. Use low sensitivity for faster, less preciseadjustments.

Single mode

Most of the time the trackpad is in single mode. If the con-sole prompts you for a rate or a level, moving your finger

up on the trackpad increases the rate or level. Moving itdown decreases the rate or level.

Double mode

If you use the Link List function to link two or more chan-nels and then select any linked channel, the trackpadautomatically switches into double mode. In double modethe trackpad is divided into two regions, The left side con-trols channels in the X half of the link (colored gold on thedisplay). The right side controls channels in the Y half ofthe link (colored yellow on the display). Move your fingerup or down on either side to control channel levels in thecorresponding link.

XY mode

If you use the Link List function to link two or more chan-nels and set the links position attribute for XY position.

then select any linked channel with that attribute, thetrackpad automatically switches into XY mode. In XYmode move your finger right or left on the trackpad to con-trol channels in the X half of the link (colored gold on thedisplay). Move your finger up or down to control channelsin the Y half of the link (colored yellow on the display).


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Troubleshooting

If you have problems with your console, please refer to the manual or theconsoles

Help function for instructions. (For more information aboutusing Help, see page 5.)

If you do not find the answer in the manual, call your local dealer or ETCTechnical Services

. Please have the following information available before

you call:

Console model and serial number (located on back panel)

Software version (displayed on Setup menu)

Options installed

Dimmer installation type

Dimmer manufacturer

To reach the ETC Technical Services department, call one of the numbersshown below. After hours and weekend calls are answered electronically

and forwarded to a service representative.

U.S.

Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.Technical Services Department3030 Laura LaneMiddleton, WI 53562

Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM CST800/775-4382608/831-4116

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About Show

About Show provides you with memory usage information regarding thecurrently loaded show. It tells you how many channels and dimmers yourshow is configured for, and how many of the available cues, submasters,groups, and macros you are using. It also indicates the percentage of theconsoles available memory used for each function.

Press [About] [Enter] to display the About Show

window.

Note: There is not enough memory to record the maximum number of allfunctions at the same time. Use About Show to monitor your memoryusage as the complexity of your show increases. If you fill the availablememory, you can reclaim it by clearing cues, groups, subs, macros, orevents that you are no longer using.

The Memory left

indicator shows you how much console memory is stillavailable to record additional functions. Express allows you to record up to

600 cues, 500 groups, and 2,000 macros as available memory permits.

Note: The console software uses approximately 30 percent of the avail-able memory to store setup options and other console information, shownabove asSystem setup

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chapter 2 monitor displays 7

chapter 2monitor displays

Express provides a color video monitor. This display provides informationregarding your show, including a cue list, the current status of the con-soles two fader pairs, and a variety of user selectable displays. These dis-plays allow you to create and run shows and to configure your console andyour lighting system.

If your system includes an ETCNet network, additional monitors may beinstalled at other locations, such as backstage or in the sound booth.These remote monitors show the same displays as the consoles monitor.See Appendix A, Installation, for information about installing remote mon-itors.

This chapter includes descriptions of the following displays:

Stage

Blind

Flexichannel

Patch

Playback


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Channel colors

The colors in which channel numbers and output levels are displayed onscreen provide information about the channels. The following chart showsthe meaning of colors in Stage, Blind, Fader, and Tracksheet displaymodes. Information on the use of colors in other display modes areincluded in their sections of this chapter.

Channel numbersGray................. Unselected channel.Yellow ............. Selected channel. Controlled by the trackpad when

[Enter] is pressed, or when you move your finger on thetrackpad.

White............... Channel not selected by Only function.

Channel output levelsWhite on Red.. Selected channel. Level instructions from the keypad or

the trackpad affect this channels level.Yellow ............. Channel output level was set by a submaster.White............... Channel output level was set by an effect.

In Tracksheet and Blind, white channel levels were set by

an Allfade cue.Gray................. Channel was recorded into a multipart cue, but not in the

currently displayed part (Blind only).Red ..................Channel has been de-selected, but its current level was

established using the keypad.Green .............. Channel output level is changed from what it was in the

previous cue. In Tracksheet and Blind only, channeloutput is lower than it was in the previous cue.

Magenta..........Channel output level is the same as it was in the previouscue (tracking).

Blue ................. In Tracksheet and Blind only, channel output level ishigher than it was in the previous cue.

Changing pages[S4], Previous Page, and [S5], Next Page, softkeys allow you to changepages on many displays. The arrow keys may also be used to switch frompage to page. Pressing [] takes you to the first page, pressing [-] takesyou to the previous page, pressing [] takes you to the next page, andpressing [] takes you to the final page.


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Stage

The Stage display shows you the current levels of all active channels. Upto 125 channels can appear on the display at a time.

GrandmasterCurrent Grandmaster setting, Blackout alert and submaster page.

Display modeCurrent display mode and time

Keypad cornerIndicates how the console will interpret the next number enteredfrom the keypad. For example, if you press [Channel], the corner dis-plays Chan, indicating that the console will read the next number asa channel number. If you enter a range, only the last number in therange will appear.

Channel level displayCurrent level of all channels.

Prompt areaInformation and prompts appear here.

Fader statusIndicates current status of both fader pairs. Shows cue running infader, fade times, percentage of completion, and follow times.

Attribute bar

Shows current settings for selected cue, group or submaster.

SoftkeysStage functions for [S1] through [S8].

Cue ListLists all cues along with their attributes. The next cue in the cue list isyellow. This can be changed from Stage mode, but not from Blind.


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Blind

The Blind display lets you work on cues without affecting the look onstage.

GrandmasterCurrent Grandmaster setting, Blackout alert and submaster page.

Display modeCurrent display mode and time

Keypad cornerIndicates how the console will interpret the next number enteredfrom the keypad. For example, if you press [Channel], the corner dis-

plays Chan, indicating that the console will read the next number asa channel number. If you enter a range, only the last number in therange will appear.

Channel level displayLevel of channels in the selected cue, group or submaster.

Fader statusIndicates current status of both fader pairs. Shows cue running infader, fade times, percentage of completion, and follow times.

Attribute barShows current settings for selected cue, group or submaster.

SoftkeysBlind functions for [S1] through [S8].

Cue ListLists all cues along with their attributes. The next cue in the cue list isyellow. This can be changed from Stage mode, but not from Blind.


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Flexichannel

If your system has the Flexichannel feature enabled, only channels usedsomewhere in the show appear on the display screens. These channelsmay be in cues, submasters or groups, or may be channels you haveselected recently. By only displaying channels used in the show, you canreduce the amount of time you spend moving from page to page to findchannels. All other screen elements are unchanged.

Working with Flexichannel active differs from working without Flexichan-nel in only one respect, selecting channels. See Selecting channels inFlexichannel modeon page 40 for more information.

Note: In Patch mode, channels are highlighted if they appear in the Flexi-channel list, or are grayed out if they do not.

See Enable/disable Flexichannelon page 18 for information on enablingFlexichannel.

Updating FlexichannelWhen channels that were used in a show are removed from the show,they remain on the channel list until it is updated. The Purge Flexi softkeyon the System Settings display updates the list of used channels. The listis also updated when you load a show from diskette, or when you firstturn Flexichannel on. Press [Setup] [1] [Enter] [S1], Purge Flexi, to updateFlexichannel displays.


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Patch

The Patch display allows you to create and modify your patch.

Display modeCurrent display mode and time.

Keypad cornerThis window indicates how the console will interpret the next numberentered from the keypad. For example, if you press [Channel], the cornerdisplays Chan, indicating that the console will read the next number as achannel number. If you enter a range, only the last number in the rangewill appear.

Profile menuDisplays the profiles available to assign to dimmers.

Patch windowLists channels, dimmers patched to channels, and levels and/or profilesassigned to the dimmers. In Flexichannel mode, channels that are usedare marked with an asterisk (*).

Prompt areaThe operator prompt displays messages to guide you through Patch func-tions.

SoftkeysPatch functions for [S1] through [S8].

Display mode Keypad corner

Profile

menu

Promptarea

Patch window

Softkeys


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chapter 3 system settings 13

chapter 3system settings

System settings allow you to customize Express for the number of dim-mers and channels in your system, set system modes and screen for-mats, and choose default settings for a variety of console functions. Thefollowing illustration shows default settings.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Setting number of dimmers Setting number of channels

Setting default fade times

Setting default Level

Setting default fader clear times

Setting default Sneak time

Blackout key

Selecting Flexichannel mode

Master Type

Set Channels/Submasters 1-to-1

Selecting time format

Record Lockout

Bump keys

Scene mode

Setting clock


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Setting number of dimmers

One of the first steps in configuring Express is to enter the number ofdimmers in your system. Express defaults to 1,024 dimmers, themaximum number of dimmers the console can address.

Follow these steps to select up to 1,024 dimmers:

Note: If you increase the number of dimmers, the additional dimmers areinitially patched to channel zero. From there, you can assign them to thechannel of your choice.

Setting number of channels

Express allows you to control your dimmers with control channels.Express defaults to the maximum number of channels the console canaddress.

Follow these steps to select the number of channels to use:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup]. Selects Setup display

2. Select [1], System Set-tings, and press [Enter].

Selects System Settings menu

3. Select [1], Number ofDimmers, and press[Enter].

Prompt reads:Select number of dimmers,then press ENTER

4. Press [8][0][0] to enter thedesired number of dim-mers.

Corner reads:Dim 800

5. Press [Enter]. Number of dimmers is setto

800

Keystrokes: Action:




3. Select [2], Number ofChannels, and press[Enter].

Prompt reads:Select number of channels,then press ENTER

4. Press [4][5] to enter thedesired number of chan-nels.

Corner reads:Chan 45

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Setting default fade times

Express allows you to assign default upfade and downfade times to cuesor to control fade times manually. Default fade times are five seconds.

Fade times may be expressed in minutes and seconds, or as decimal frac-tions of seconds. Fade times can be programmed from 0.1 second to99:59 minutes. Acceptable time values include: 0.2 (0.2 seconds), 00:12

(12 seconds), 5.5 (5.5 seconds), or 5:30 (five minutes, 30 seconds).

Follow these steps to assign your desired fade times:

Note: If the upfade and downfade times are the same, both will changewhen you change the upfade time.

Keystrokes: Action:


2. Select [1], System Settings,and press [Enter].


3. Select [3], Default FadeTime, and press [Enter].

Prompt reads:Enter default up fadetime

4. Press [6] to enter a six secondupfade time.

Corner reads:UpTime 6

5. Press [Enter]. Prompt reads:Enter default down fadetime

6. Press [3] to enter a threesecond downfade time.

Corner reads:DnTime 3

7. Press [Enter]. Fade times are reset


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Setting default Level

Express allows you to assign a value to the [Level] key. The default valueis 100 percent. You may assign [Level] any value between zero and 100.

Follow these steps to assign a value to [Level]:

Note: To enter a level between one and nine percent, you must press zerothen the number. For example, to set the default level to five percent,press [0][5] in step 4.

Setting default fader clear time

Pressing the [Clear] key above one of the fader pairs clears the cue fromthe fader, fading all channels in that fader to zero. The default fader cleartime determines the fade time for both [Clear] keys. Channels black outimmediately when clear time is zero.

Fade times may be expressed in minutes and seconds, or as fractions ofseconds (in decimal format). Fade times can be programmed from 0.1

second to 99:59 minutes. Acceptable time values include: 0.2 (0.2 sec-onds), 00:12 (12 seconds), 5.5 (5.5 seconds), or 5:30 (five minutes, 30 sec-onds).

Follow these steps to set a new default fade time:

Keystrokes: Action:




3. Select [4], Default Level,and press [Enter].

Prompt reads:Enter default level(Press FULL button for 100%)

4. Use the keypad to enterthe two-digit value (00-99)you wish to assign to[Level], or press [Full].

New default for [Level] is set

Keystrokes: Action:




3. Select [5], Default FaderClear Time, and press[Enter].

Prompt reads:Enter default fader clear time

4. Press [9] to enter the timevalue you wish to assign.

Corner reads:Time 9

5. Press [Enter]. New default time is set to nineseconds


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Setting default Sneak time

Sneak allows you to fade or restore channel levels on stage in aspecified time.

The console allows you to assign a default Sneak time. For more informa-tion about the Sneak function, see page 42. Default time is five secondsfor a Sneak.

Follow these steps to set a new Sneak time:

Enable/disable Blackout key

Expresss [Blackout] key may be enabled or disabled. Express defaults toenabled.

Follow these steps to enable or disable [Blackout]:

Keystrokes: Action:




3. Select [6], Default SneakTime, and press [Enter].

Prompt reads:Enter default sneak time

4. Enter the time you wish toassign as the Sneak time

and press [Enter].

Sets the new default Sneaktime

Keystrokes: Action:




3. Select [8], Blackout Key,and press [Enter].

Prompt reads:Enable/disable blackout key(1 = Enable, 0 = Disable)

4. Press [1] or [0]. Corner reads:Black 1Or...Black 0

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Enable/disable Flexichannel

Expresss Command display can be set to operate in full display mode orin Flexichannel mode. In full display mode, channel displays show all chan-nels and their current status. In Flexichannel mode, only channels with arecorded level appear. Express defaults to full channel display.

Follow these steps to enable or disable Flexichannel:

Updating FlexichannelWhen channels that were used in a show are removed from the show,they remain on the channel list until it is updated. The Purge Flexi softkeyon the System Settings display updates the list of used channels. The listis also updated when you load a show from diskette, or when you firstturn Flexichannel on. Press [Setup] [1] [Enter] [S1], Purge Flexi, to updateFlexichannel displays.

Keystrokes: Action:




3. Select [9], Flexichannel,and press [Enter].

Prompt reads:Enable/disable flexichannel(1 = Enable, 0 = Disable)

4. Press [1] or [0]. Corner reads:Flexi 1Or...Flexi 0

5. Press [Enter]. Flexichannel mode is enabled or dis-abled


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Set Master type

You may set the Master slider to one of four control options.

DisabledMaster slider does nothing.

Grandmaster

Master slider controls all levels on stage except parked channels andindependent channels.

Sub GrandmasterMaster slider controls all levels on stage set by submasters.

ScenemasterMaster slider controls all levels on stage set by the channel sliders.

To configure your Master slider, follow these steps:

Set Channels/Submasters 1-to-1Set Channels/Submasters 1-to-1 sets your consoles channels to a one-to-one match with your submasters. Thus, channel 1 is patched to submas-ter 1, channel 2 to submaster 2, and so on. Channel levels are set to Fulland up/dwell/down times are set to 1/Manual/1.

To reset your channels and submasters, follow these steps:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup]. Displays Setup menu

2. Press [1], System Settings,[Enter].

Displays System Settingsmenu

3. Press [1][0], Master Type,[Enter].

Prompt reads:Select master type andpress ENTER (0 = Disabled,1 = Grandmaster,2 = Sub Grandmaster,3 = Scenemaster)

4. Press [1] [Enter]. Master is set as Grandmaster

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup]. Displays Setup menu

2. Press [1], System Settings,[Enter].

Displays System Settingsmenu

3. Press [1][1], Set Channels/Submasters 1-to-1, [Enter].

Prompt reads:Select page to default, thenpress ENTER (1 = Page 1,2 = Page 2, 0 = All pages)

4. Press [Enter]. Channels are assigned tosubmasters. The displayreturns to Setup menu


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Setting time format

Express consoles allow you to display time in either 12 or 24 hour format.

Follow these steps to choose your preference:

Record Lockout

You may set the console to disable the Record function. This protects afinished show from inadvertent changes.

To disable the Record function in your system, follow these steps:

Note: As always, the best way to safeguard your show is to make back-ups. See Chapter 17, Diskette functions, for instructions on backing up ashow to diskette.

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup]. Selects Setup display2. Select [1], System Set-

tings, and press [Enter].Selects System Settings menu

3. Select [1][2], 12/24 hourclock, and press [Enter].

Prompt reads:Enter 12 or 24 hour clock(0 = 12 hour, 1 = 24 hour)

4. Enter [0] or [1] and press[Enter].

Sets the clock mode

Keystrokes: Action:



Selects System Settings menu.Menu indicates current status ofRecord Lockout

3. Select [1][3], Record Lock-out.

Prompt reads:Enable/Disable record lockout(1 = Enable, 0 = Disable)

4. Press [1] [Enter] to lock outthe record function.

Record is locked out. If youattempt to record anything, theprompt reads:Record is locked out(Press CLEAR to continue)


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Enable/disable Bump keys

Expresss submaster bump buttons may be enabled or disabled. Expressdefaults to enabled.

Follow these steps to enable or disable all submaster bump buttons:

Scene mode

Expresss operating mode may be one scene or two scene. Expressdefaults to two scene. See page 235 for more information about twoscene mode.

Follow these steps to put the console in the desired operating mode.

* If your console is an Express 24/48, the prompt that appears after step2 reads

Select scene mode, then press ENTER (1 = Two scene, 2 = Onescene without subs, 3 = One scene with subs).

On the 24/48, this setting determines whether the bottom row of slid-ers are submasters or channel sliders when you are in one scenemode.

Keystrokes: Action:




3. Select [1][4], Bump keys,and press [Enter].

Prompt reads:Enable/disable bump keys(1 = Enable, 0 = Disable)

4. Press [1] or [0]. Corner reads:BpStat 1Or...BpStat 0

5. Press [Enter]. Submaster bump buttons are

enabled or disabled

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup] [1] [Enter]. Selects System Settings menu

2. Press [15] [Enter]. Prompt reads:*Select scene mode, then pressENTER(0 = One scene, 1 = Two scene)

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Setting clock

To set the current time and date in your system, follow these steps:

Note: You may use [+] and [] to scroll through the options in any of thefields on this screen.

Keystrokes: Action:


2. Press [S2], Set Clock. The following screen appears:

3. Enter the current time inhours and minutes. Timeentry format correspondsto your clock mode setting

in System Settings. (In 24-hour format, 930 = 9:30AM, 1625 = 4:25 PM) (In12-hour format, use [+] toselect AM or PM.

New time appears on screen

4. Press [Enter]. Time is set; Date is highlighted

5. Enter the day of the month(1-31) and press [Enter].

New date is set; Month is highlighted

6. Enter the month (1-12) andpress [Enter]

New month is set; Year is highlighted

7. Enter the year (00-99) and

press [Enter]

New year is set; Day is highlighted

8. Enter the day of the week(1-7) and press [Enter]

New day is set; Time is highlighted

9. Press [Record] to resetReal Time Clock with thenew settings.

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chapter 4 patch 23

chapter 4patch

Before you begin creating cues for a show you should first create yourpatch. The patch assigns individual dimmers to control channel numbers.The ExpressPatch display allows you to assign up to 1,024 DMX512 dim-mers to up to the maximum number of control channels your console canaddress.

You can use Express's default one-to-one patch, or you may create acustom patch. In addition, Express's proportional patching capabilityallows you to set dimmer output levels and assign one of ten output pro-files to dimmers.

If you are patching dimmers in a Strand CD80 dimmer rack, see page 34for special instructions.

Before patching, be certain that the system settings reflect the totalnumber of available dimmers and channels. See Chapter 3, Enteringsystem settings, on page 14 for information on setting the number of dim-mers and channels.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Selecting one-to-one patch

Creating custom patch

Proportional patching

Assigning a profile to a dimmer

Capturing channels in Patch

Dimmer check

About Dimmer

Dimmer Doubled dimmers

Patching to a Strand CD80 dimmer rack


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Selecting one-to-one patch

The one-to-one patch assigns dimmer 1 to channel 1, dimmer 2 to channel2 and so on. If there are more dimmers than channels, the one-to-onepatch assigns the first extra dimmer to channel 1, the second extradimmer to channel 2, and so on.

Follow these steps to select Express's default one-to-one patch:

Creating custom patch

Express's custom patching capability allows you to create virtually anydimmer to channel configuration you like. (Groups of dimmers may beassigned to single channels, but only one channel may be patched to adimmer.)

Hint: If you use the same patch for several shows, create the patch, and

record it on a disk before you record any cues. Label the diskStandardpatch. When you start your next show, read the Standard patch show intothe console, then begin writing cues to avoid reentering the patch.

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup] to displaythe Setup menu.

Selects Setup display

2. Press [4], Clear Functions[Enter].

Prompt reads:Select function number, thenpress ENTER

3. Press [9], Reset Patch1 to 1 [Enter].

Prompt reads:To reset patch, press ENTERTo cancel, press CLEAR

4. Press [Enter] to confirmyour selection of one-to-one default patch, orpress [Clear] to cancel theoperation.

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Proportional patching

Express allows you to proportionally inhibit the output of individualdimmer levels from the Patch display. Dimmers output at 100 percentunless you patch them at a lower level.

Dimmer intensity levels set in Patch function at full level on all otherscreens. For example, if you enter a level of 60 for a dimmer on the patch

screen, when you set that channel to full in a cue or submaster, thedimmer will output at 60 percent.

Follow these steps to assign a proportional dimmer output level:

Note: If the dimmers level is highlighted, white on red, you may use [+]and [] to adjust the level. Press [Enter] to record the edited level.

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Patch]. Selects Patch display

2. If the [Dim] LED is unlit,press [Dim] to indicate thatthe next number enteredwill be a dimmer.

Prompt reads:Select dimmer numbers, then pressENTER to assign to a channel, orpress AT to assign a level, or pressPROFILE to assign a profile

3. Use the keypad to enterthe desired dimmer num-ber(s). Use [And] and[Thru] if you want to selectmore than one dimmer.

Prompt reads:Select dimmer numbers, then pressENTER to assign to a channel, orpress AT to assign a level, or pressPROFILE to assign a profile

4. Press [At] Prompt reads:Select dimmer level

5. Use the keypad to enterthe desired maximumoutput level for the dim-mer(s). Full is displayeduntil a new level is entered.Enter a zero before single-

digit levels (i.e., 08).

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chapter 4 patch 27

Unpatching individual dimmersChannel zero is not an actual control channel. It functions as a holding areain which you may store dimmers not included in your patch. Before youbegin creating a custom patch, you may find it helpful to assign all dim-mers to channel zero. Then, when you begin patching, you can select dim-mers from channel zero and patch them to channels as you like.

Dimmers assigned to channel zero are listed at the end of channel list

under - -. These dimmers are not assigned to any channel, but remainon the patch screen.

Follow these steps to assign dimmers to channel zero in By Dimmermode:

Show labels

In the Patch display, Express allows you to view labels assigned to dim-mers. Press [S8], Show/Hide Labels, to reveal or hide the labels. Hidinglabels provides space to show additional dimmers.

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Patch]. Selects Patch display

2. If th

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