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About Manual Control
Eos provides a variety of different ways to select and command control channels. This chapter
identifies the many basic ways you can select channels and manipulate show data within Eos.
For additional methods, see
About Advanced Manual Control (on page 340)
.
Selecting Channels
There are multiple ways to select channels including the control keypad, direct selects, and
groups.
Selected channels are available for manual control through keypad commands, level wheel,
and / or ML controls.
Channels are deselected when any action is taken on the keypad that is unrelated to manual
control, such as recording groups and cues, or updating a record target, etc. You can also
press [Clear] after a terminated command line to clear the channel selection.
Note:
When manual channels are used, there will be an advisory that says "Manual
Channels" in red in the upper left hand corner of any Live display.
Note:
Selecting channels from the summary or table displays will start a new
command line.
Select Channels From the Keypad
The keypad defaults to selecting channels. Channels may be selected on the control keypad
using the [+] and / or [-] and [Thru] keys for consecutive or non-consecutive channel selection.
The following examples illustrate various methods of selecting channels from the control
keypad:
•
[5] [Enter] - selects channel 5.
•
[5] [+] [7] [Enter] - selects non-consecutive channels 5 and 7.
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[5] [Thru] [9] [Enter]- selects channels 5 through 9.
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[2] [Thru] [8] [-] [5] [Enter] - selects a range of channels 2 through 8, except channel 5.
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[-] [6] [Enter] - removes channel 6 from the current selection list.
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[+] [1] [Enter] - adds channel 1 to the current list of channels.
Note:
You may use [+] and / or [-] multiple times to add or remove multiple channels
from the selection. [Thru] lists may be entered in ascending or descending order.
Note:
The [Thru] command uses the current flexichannel state. Channels not
included in the flexichannel mode (except selected channels mode) are not collected
in a thru range. [Thru] [Thru] can be used to collect all channels in the range, even if
they are not in the current flexi mode. See
Using Flexichannel (on page 104) for more
information.
Modifying a Terminated Channel Selection
It is possible to add or remove channels from a previously terminated command line. You will
need to first press [+] or [-] and then you can add to or remove from your current channel
selection. This includes selecting channels from the direct selects, summary view, and Magic
Sheets.