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Table of Contents

MIDI Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

ETC MIDI Message Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
MIDI Message definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

MIDI Show Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

MIDI Show Control (MSC) Commands . . . . . . . . . . .188
MSC Frame Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

SMPTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Time Code Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Time Code Events Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Run a Time Code Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Emphasis Serial Button Protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Commands   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Arguments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Command Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Input Stream Echoing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Things to Keep in Mind... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
The Keyword Table  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

A p p e n d i x A

System Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Emphasis Visualization and Console Defaults . . . . . . . . .208

Facepanel Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
IO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
ASCII Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Emphasis Visualization Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

File Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Emphasis Console Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
System ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Expression Facepanel Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Express Facepanel Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

A p p e n d i x B

Maintenance and Troubleshooting . .215

Return the Facepanel to v3.1 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Export your Show File to “.shw” Format   . . . . . . . . . .216
Create a v3.1 Console Software Disk  . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Install v3.1 Console Software   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Open the Facepanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Spare parts kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Replacing fuses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Connecting desk lights (Express facepanels only) . . . . . .221

Expression and Insight DIP switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Internal DIP Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

VGA monitor connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Connecting DMX cable to facepanel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Summary of Contents for Emphasis Lighting Control System

Page 1: ...l System Console User Manual v1 4 0 Copyright Electronic Theatre Controls Inc All Rights reserved Product information and specifications subject to change Part Number 4200M1211 1 4 0 Rev A Released Ma...

Page 2: ...ls Inc in the United States and other countries The name WYSIWYG is a trademark of CAST Lighting Limited Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States a...

Page 3: ...s 9 Hooking Up the Hardware 9 Connecting a Printer 10 Software Installation 11 Registration 13 Upgrades 15 System Procedures 16 Power up Procedure 16 Login as a Different User 17 Shut down Procedure 1...

Page 4: ...nd Real Time Programs 54 Channel Attributes 54 Profiles 55 Moving Light Functions 56 Patch 61 Interactivity with Emphasis Visualization 61 EDMX 62 Modifying dimmer output 63 Label Dimmers 66 Patching...

Page 5: ...01 Solo 101 Update 102 Delete 102 Label 103 Chapter 5 Blind Editing 105 Displays 106 Blind 106 List Displays 107 Spreadsheets 108 Tracksheet 109 Cues 110 Cue List 111 Spreadsheet 113 Tracksheet 116 Su...

Page 6: ...r 7 Macros 155 Create Macros 156 Learn Macro 156 Display Macros 156 Macro Editing 158 Special Macro Functions 161 Playback Macros 162 Remote Macros 162 Startup Macro 162 Sample Macros 163 Chapter 8 Re...

Page 7: ...208 Facepanel Type 208 Diagnostics 208 IO 208 ASCII Options 209 Emphasis Visualization Defaults 210 File Options Tab 210 Emphasis Console Defaults 211 Language 211 System ID 211 Expression Facepanel...

Page 8: ...User Interface 237 The Cue Playback Display 237 The Macro Playback Display 237 The Edit Display 237 Express LPC Installation and Configuration 238 Rack mount Installation 238 Surface mount Installatio...

Page 9: ...Emphasis LPC Facepanel Overview 274 Command Keypad Overview 275 Express Facepanel Two Scene Operation 276 Overview 276 Setup Two scene Operation 276 Playback Looks using the AB Fader Pair 276 Playback...

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Page 11: ...mphasis Visualization please see the Emphasis Visualization User Manual The introduction contains the following sections Using this Manual 2 Help from ETC Technical Services 3 If you are reading these...

Page 12: ...epanel and Visualization Menus and commands found on the Server are indicated in bold text For example In the File menu click Open Server keyboard buttons are indicated in all CAPS For example TAB or...

Page 13: ...ver serial number located inside the door on the front of the Server case Software version see How do I find the software version page 19 Dimmer manufacturer and installation type Moving light informa...

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Page 15: ...d click environment and a tactile button and wheel interface Emphasis ensures consistency and accuracy with total integration of data across all modes Data input in any mode is applied through the pap...

Page 16: ...esign stand alone software is included The 3D Server will support up to two monitors 2D Includes full console feature set and limited visualization functionality paperwork and presentation tools data...

Page 17: ...the internet at any time When you power up your Server it will automatically launch the Emphasis applications The first time you do this the Registration dialog box will appear see Registration page...

Page 18: ...ns This is where you patch your show create your plot and prepare your paperwork You can also select and control fixtures pre cue your show and preview recorded cues using the visualization features W...

Page 19: ...using UTP cable through a hub or switch Step 3 Connect DMX cables to the Facepanel DMX outputs Note You may also connect DMX cables to Nodes if available Step 4 Connect RFU cable to the Facepanel RFU...

Page 20: ...inter from the System Manager login Step 1 Login as the System Manager see Login as a Different User page 17 Step 2 Right click on Start menu on task bar and click Explore Alternatively you can press...

Page 21: ...ification to hardware or software components or settings may affect the stability of the Emphasis Control System Consult ETC Technical Services before making any changes Non authorized changes resulti...

Page 22: ...the installation process press any key If you want to abort the installation process Press CTRL C When prompted to Terminate batch job Y N press Y The DOS prompt will appear You may restart the Emphas...

Page 23: ...n until you enter the registration code You may register your Emphasis Control System by phone fax or email To register by phone Step 1 Power up the Emphasis Server If the system is unregistered the R...

Page 24: ...nd Step 4 In the Register dialog click the Fax button Step 5 Print the form fill in all the information and fax it to the appropriate number indicated on the form You will be sent a Registration Valid...

Page 25: ...eed to send the Emphasis Server back to ETC for that hardware upgrade This hardware upgrade does not affect any functional abilities of the Emphasis Control System only the available monitor space Emp...

Page 26: ...m the Emphasis mode in Emphasis Visualization Fader levels are accepted only from one source within a system Each source has a priority The source with the highest priority lowest number that is curre...

Page 27: ...rtial Administrative rights installation of software system maintenance Facepanel code and all Emphasis and NCE user privileges Technical Services This user type is reserved for ETC Technical Services...

Page 28: ...ows XP appearance Windows XP appearance settings are graphics heavy and will impact the performance speed of your system The appearance settings are set to minimize the impact of the operating system...

Page 29: ...eed to provide to Technical Services is the suite version number To find the Emphasis Control System suite version number Step 1 In the Emphasis Visualization Help menu click About Emphasis The About...

Page 30: ...Navigate to this location C Program Files ETC Step 3 Double click the Emphasis Component Report This report contains version information for all the installed Emphasis components Note Note that this...

Page 31: ...within your Emphasis Control System including the Remote Focus Unit RFU and Wireless Remote Focus Unit WRFU This chapter also describes the different softkey setups of the various Facepanels and the b...

Page 32: ...Expression ECS This facepanel type includes the Concept 2x Expression 2x Imagine 3 Expression 3 and Expression ECS For more information on the features of this facepanel type see foldout D Expression...

Page 33: ...p 4 Click the name of your Facepanel type to set it as current Step 5 Exit Emphasis This will return you to the login screen Step 6 Click the Emphasis user button at the top of the list This will rest...

Page 34: ...distributed throughout your venue Install the RFU Step 1 Verify that RFU power switch is turned off Unit is off when switch is in the position toward the top edge of the RFU Step 2 Insert the RFU cabl...

Page 35: ...ct the WRFU to your system Step 1 Turn on your Emphasis Control System Allow it to finish its startup before proceeding to the next step Step 2 Turn on your WRFU Step 3 Login to your WRFU using your u...

Page 36: ...panels Expression Insight 2x facepanels do not have encoders built in You may have a Moving Light Module MLM for use with your facepanel If so the MLM operates the same as the encoders do You can atta...

Page 37: ...pad White Channel in selected group but not selected by Only function Channel Numbers Fixture in Channel Patch Gray bar Surrounds all channels in a single patched fixture Light gray High coarse channe...

Page 38: ...the last number in the value will be displayed Channel Area Displays the channels in your show in gray the levels of those channels in various colors and any focus point reference below the level Prom...

Page 39: ...isplay is not affected by the Grandmaster fader or by inhibitive submasters see Submaster Types page 94 Changing display pages If you are using more channels than can be displayed on a single display...

Page 40: ...levels are recorded or not Flexichannel does not display channels whose channel attributes see Channel Attributes page 54 have been changed unless levels are also set Flexichannel displays all channe...

Page 41: ...ailable through softkeys in the Blind display You can use spreadsheets to view and edit channel data across a number of cues groups submasters and focus points Tracksheet The Tracksheet displays all t...

Page 42: ...sis Visualization to patch your channels You must use Emphasis Visualization to create a moving light patch in Emphasis Park The Park display is accessed by a hard key on Expression and Insight facepa...

Page 43: ...isplay shows the number of the current cue in the C D fader pair A B Display shows the number of the current cue in the A B fader pair Next Cue Display shows the number of the next cue in the playback...

Page 44: ...eys Display Keys Blind Display Keys Display Keys Fader Display Keys Stage 3 Tracksheet Display Keys Not Available Patch Display Keys Display Keys Park Display Keys Stage 3 Setup Display Keys Display K...

Page 45: ...Blind Submaster Fader Sub Cluster B Cluster B Link Cluster B Cluster B Part Cluster B Stage 3 Blind Cue 2 Cue List Blind Cue Part 2 Fader 3 Group Cluster B Cluster B Follow Cluster B Stage Blind Cue 2...

Page 46: ...Fixture Stage 2 Enable Quickstep Sub List Solo Rate Delete More Softkeys Stage 3 Flash Enable Quickstep Sub List Solo Previous Page Next Page Delete More Softkeys Stage 3 Flash Stage 3 Go To Subr Step...

Page 47: ...More Softkeys Blind Cue Part 2 Fixture Blind Cue Part 2 Solo Rate Block More Softkeys Blind Cue Part Part Label Solo Only Rate Block More Softkeys Blind Cue Part Track Sheet Blind Group Select Group G...

Page 48: ...t Previous Page Next Page Delete Focus Return Blind Focus Point Label Previous Page Next Page Delete Focus Return Blind Focus Point Focus Spread Sheet Select Focus Create Focus Replace Level Previous...

Page 49: ...eys BCE3 Attribute Attributes BCE3 Rate More Softkeys BCE Follow Label Rate More Softkeys BCE Track Sheet Attributes Positive Negative Alternate Reverse Bounce Build Random Random Rate Return BCE Blin...

Page 50: ...elect Fader More Softkeys Fader 2 Return Stage Fader 2 Solo Rate Delete More Softkeys Fader Step Enable Quickstep Load Sub Solo Previous Page Next Page Delete More Softkeys Fader Fixture Fader 3 Part...

Page 51: ...vious Page Next Page Delete Event More Softkeys STC Sort Setup Real Time Programs SRTP Select Program Time Astro Clock Days Date Macro Label More Softkeys SRTP2 Return Setup Select Program Time Astro...

Page 52: ...eturn SMLF SMLF Fixture Patch Select Fixture Label Encoder Setup Previous Page Next Page Swap Focus Flip Return SMLF or Patch SMLF Attribute Setup Select Attribute Category Label Previous Page Next Pa...

Page 53: ...atter if the channel levels are the same from cue to cue If the fade timing is different from cue to cue and you play the next cue before the previous cue completes the fade time for HTP channels that...

Page 54: ...ue 1 that has not been used anywhere in your show that channel will be recorded into your entire cue list at that level because it is not told to move in any of those cues If you make changes to a num...

Page 55: ...apter covers the basic settings you can adjust to customize your Emphasis Control System working environment It also covers patch functions and the About command This chapter contains the following se...

Page 56: ...rking environment These include things like the number of dimmers and channels you have in your system how some facepanel controls work default timing information among others This section describes a...

Page 57: ...is Facepanel or from the virtual facepanel in Emphasis Visualization press Setup 1 Enter to display the Systems Settings menu Step 2 Press 1 Enter to choose Number of Dimmers Step 3 Using the numeric...

Page 58: ...full Use this menu item to change it to whatever level you would like See Set Levels page 75 for more information Change the default level Step 1 On your Emphasis Facepanel or from the virtual facepan...

Page 59: ...usage and speed of your system Change the number of effect step channels Step 1 On your Emphasis Facepanel or from the virtual facepanel in Emphasis Visualization press Setup 1 Enter to display the Sy...

Page 60: ...tual facepanel in Emphasis Visualization press Setup 1 Enter to display the Systems Settings menu Step 2 Press 1 1 Enter to choose Set Channels Submasters 1 to 1 Step 3 Press 0 Enter to set all submas...

Page 61: ...Overview page 183 and Real Time Programs page 166 for information on these settings Clock Functions Emphasis has an astronomical time clock that can be used along with real time programs see Real Time...

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Page 63: ...ar Focus Points erases all recorded focus points Clear Macros erases all recorded macros Clear Time Code Events erases all recorded time code events Clear Real Time Programs erases all real time progr...

Page 64: ...l Time Programs The Time Code Events menu is described in Time Code Program page 193 and the Real Time Programs menu is described in Real Time Programs page 165 Channel Attributes The Channel Attribut...

Page 65: ...n Express facepanels Edit channel attributes Step 1 On your Emphasis Facepanel or from the virtual facepanel in Emphasis Visualization press Setup 9 Enter to access the Channel Attributes display Step...

Page 66: ...in your show in this display You cannot edit or add personalities here To add personalities insert fixtures into your show through Emphasis Visualization As you insert fixtures their personalities are...

Page 67: ...to enable swap or 0 Enter to disable a swap Set a fixture to flipped focus Step 1 On your Emphasis Facepanel or from the virtual facepanel in Emphasis Visualization press Setup 1 1 Enter to access th...

Page 68: ...e attribute category assignments Step 1 On your Emphasis Facepanel or from the virtual facepanel in Emphasis Visualization press Setup 1 1 Enter to access the Moving Light Functions menu Step 2 Press...

Page 69: ...f encoders You can change the placement of the attributes within the Fixture Box by modifying the Encoder Setup Attribute Category Attribute Category Attribute Category Attribute Category 1 Int ensity...

Page 70: ...any given encoder page Change attribute assignments automatically Step 1 On your Emphasis Facepanel or from the virtual facepanel in Emphasis Visualization press Setup 1 1 Enter to access the Moving L...

Page 71: ...you are not using the data management or visualization tools for a show feel free to patch directly in Emphasis Console Patch dimmers spare circuits in Emphasis Console Step 1 On your Emphasis Facepan...

Page 72: ...e venue so to explain how patching to EDMX addresses gets you industry standard DMX at an output in a simple system please see the diagram below Using Emphasis with Dimmer Doubling Dimmer Doubling is...

Page 73: ...l output 40 half of 80 Proportional patching can be used when you need to match dimmers with different wattage lamps in them or if you want to keep a dimmer or dimmers from ever reaching its full outp...

Page 74: ...he Profiles display Step 2 Press S1 Select Profile x Enter where x corresponds to the profile you want to view Assign a profile to a dimmer Step 1 On your Emphasis Facepanel or from the virtual facepa...

Page 75: ...centages above the selected one to undefined output Press S5 Fill Between Enter to have Emphasis calculate output levels for undefined completion percentages Emphasis will calculate an even transition...

Page 76: ...either two 2 4kW dimmers or one 6kW or 12kW dimmer Refer to the illustrations below to determine the address for the dimmer slots When patching 6kW and 12kW dimmer patch the slot s odd number to the...

Page 77: ...immer Use About Dimmer to view patch data and source data about a specific dimmer Press About Dim x where x is the dimmer number you want to view to open the About Dimmer display About Channel Use Abo...

Page 78: ...68 Emphasis Console v1 4 0 User Manual About Show Use About Show to view statistics of recorded items in your show Press About Enter to open the About Show display...

Page 79: ...fixtures for use in a live environment where changes happen on screen and on stage This chapter also covers parking channels and dimmers recording cues and submasters and timing concepts This chapter...

Page 80: ...isplays show you the channel levels of the current Emphasis Control System output Stage Display The Stage display shows you the total output of the Emphasis Control System with channel levels generate...

Page 81: ...view channel data contributing to the output of the Emphasis Control System by submaster by fader or by viewing the background This is extremely helpful when you have multiple playback controls active...

Page 82: ...a number of ways to select channels and fixtures directly by number by selecting a group containing the desired channels see Groups page 84 and or by selecting a Concept see Concepts page 73 Dimmers m...

Page 83: ...res Press S8 Fixture x to select a fixture number Use And Thru and Except to select multiple fixtures In Emphasis Visualization you can click on a fixture symbol to select its channels See the Emphasi...

Page 84: ...slightly In Flexichannel only channels used in the show are visible on screen When you use the Thru key in Flexichannel only visible channels will be selected To select all channels in the range rega...

Page 85: ...asis Visualization you can set levels using the right click menu or the Design tools See the Emphasis Visualization User Manual for more information on selecting fixtures and setting levels within Vis...

Page 86: ...pad to raise the level or from top to bottom to lower the level You can change the resolution of the trackpad by pressing the coarse and fine pads to the left of the main trackpad The coarse pad has a...

Page 87: ...Selected independent channels are released with the second press of Release Unselected captured dependent channels are released with the first press of Release if there are no selected channels Unsel...

Page 88: ...t a time using the Dimmer Check feature Dimmer check tests all dimmers regardless of patch Channel check using the keypad Step 1 Press Channel x Full where x is the first channel you want to check Ste...

Page 89: ...e procedure described in Select Channels Dimmers and Fixtures page 72 Step 2 Set levels using the procedure described in Set Levels page 75 Step 3 Press S7 More Softkeys S3 Solo In Stage and Fader all...

Page 90: ...sion Insight 2x facepanels without the MLM use the arrow keys and the level wheel When you have fixtures patched in your show they will appear in the console displays as channels surrounded by a gray...

Page 91: ...s point for each of your focus positions When you write your cues with reference to these focus points and the furniture placement gets changed you can simply refocus your lights and update the focus...

Page 92: ...point for example You can also use S3 Solo to step through your fixtures adjusting them individually then return to the whole stage look Note Only is found on S4 Only in Stage Blind and Fader on Expre...

Page 93: ...ct immediately When you use the level wheel or trackpad you may not fade to the new level evenly If you need to change channel levels and you want the change to be smooth or go unnoticed like in a per...

Page 94: ...those channels with levels to a group A group is a simple way to select multiple channels with minimal key presses You can also use recorded cues and submasters as groups see Using Cues as Groups page...

Page 95: ...er is unparked the channel s parked level will take precedence Park Dimmers When you park dimmers they will stay at their parked level and ignore any instructions they get from the channel they are pa...

Page 96: ...ou do not need to press a softkey before selecting channels Step 2 Select channels using the procedure described in Select Channels Dimmers and Fixtures page 72 Step 3 Press Focus Point x where x is t...

Page 97: ...dimmers they are released to the highest control input level or are sent to zero output Unpark channels Step 1 In the Stage display press S7 More Softkeys S6 Park In the Park display you do not need t...

Page 98: ...l tracking channels in the cue This cue type will stop a track record from changing levels in subsequent cues see Tracking page 90 This is a useful cue type to use at the end of scenes or acts An allf...

Page 99: ...t that level in your cues use the Except or Solo commands see Special Functions page 101 or the Park command see Park page 85 Link Functions There are times when you want cues to play back out of nume...

Page 100: ...can also clear a link completely Clearing a link does not clear any associated Follow time see Follow page 99 Clear a link Step 1 Press Cue x where x is the cue number containing the link Step 2 Pres...

Page 101: ...ill modify tracking levels in cues in a backward direction in the cue list Changes made to cue 3 with a Track Track record will affect the cue list as shown below in bold levels Track changes backward...

Page 102: ...ect at a given rate and in a given direction Typically effects will loop their steps so that they can play continuously In Blind effect steps can be randomized and can be assigned other attributes tha...

Page 103: ...roups Use a cue as a group Step 1 Press Group Cue x where x is the cue number you would like to use as a group This will select all the channels recorded in that cue Step 2 Press At y where y is the p...

Page 104: ...lights from illuminating the curtain during bows for example If you have a channel recorded into multiple inhibitive submasters it will be the lowest inhibitive submaster that determines the output f...

Page 105: ...ecorded a Sub Recorded message will blink on the stage display If you choose to record to a used number the new look will overwrite the old look You may also press Record Sub Bump to record a look dir...

Page 106: ...you want to include in a step are active Note If you want to record steps out of order press Record Sub x S7 More Softkeys S8 Step y Enter to select the step you want to record Using Load Sub You can...

Page 107: ...bmaster number you would like to use as a group This will select all the channels recorded in that submaster Step 2 Press At y where y is the proportional level or use the level wheel trackpad Use Ful...

Page 108: ...r level when a cue plays back These times may be the same or they can be different known as a split fade The timing a channel follows is determined solely by the level the channel is at when the cue i...

Page 109: ...um rate causing the fastest playback You can add a rate value to a cue or submaster manually or you can apply a rate to a cue or submaster as it is played back then update the rate to the cue or subma...

Page 110: ...manually using the fader or they can be played back using the submaster bump button The bump button defaults to a flash function but can be used to fade a submaster in and out using recorded timing Ti...

Page 111: ...ls in that submaster Except Cue y where y is the cue number to exclude channels in that cue Step 5 Press Enter Solo The S3 Solo command can be used in a similar way as Except to limit channels that ar...

Page 112: ...ou are updating an effect step press S7 More Softkeys S8 Step y to select step y of cue x Sub x where x is the submaster number If you are updating an effect step press S7 More Softkeys S8 Step y to s...

Page 113: ...e submaster number Group x where x is the group number Focus Point x where x is the focus point number Step 4 Press Enter Enter to delete The second Enter is used to confirm that you really want to de...

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Page 115: ...use in a blind environment where changes happen on screen only Levels on stage are unaffected Blind editing is useful when making changes during rehearsals or when you need to see data across many cu...

Page 116: ...ccessible from the Blind display The Blind display allows you to view previously recorded cues submasters groups and focus points You can also create these in the blind display Channel levels are disp...

Page 117: ...and submaster numbers as well as any timing or other assigned attributes You can edit the timing and attributes directly in the Cue List or Submaster List display Group List and Focus Point List displ...

Page 118: ...s Console v1 4 0 User Manual Spreadsheets Spreadsheets are available through softkeys in the Blind display You can use spreadsheets to view channel data across a number of cues groups submasters and f...

Page 119: ...see each recorded level for a single channel across the entire cue list viewing how many cues the channel is recorded into where the channel moves up or down as well as where the channel tracks throu...

Page 120: ...ire Record Enter Multi Part cues In Blind you can view a multi part cue as a whole or by part When viewing individual parts other channels recorded in the cue are displayed with grey levels A channel...

Page 121: ...be displayed in white Alternatively press 0 Enter to clear a block from selected channels Cue List In the Cue List display you can view and edit the cue numbers and their attributes You can edit one o...

Page 122: ...d cue s See Rate page 99 Label to add a label to the selected cue s See Label page 103 Alternatively you can press the right and left arrow t and s keys to move through the cue list columns The prompt...

Page 123: ...Press S3 Spread Sheet to display the cue spreadsheet Step 3 Press S7 Enable Track to change the track status S7 will always indicate the next available setting Enable Track Enable Backtrack Enable Fil...

Page 124: ...tep 2 Press S3 Spread Sheet to display the cue spreadsheet Step 3 Adjust the track status as necessary see above Step 4 Press S2 Create Cue x Enter to create cue x Step 5 Press Channel y to select cha...

Page 125: ...can also use And Thru and Except to select multiple cues Step 4 Press Channel y to select channel y You can also use And Thru and Except to select multiple channels Step 5 Press S3 Replace Level z En...

Page 126: ...be displayed Step 2 Press Channel x to select channel x Only one channel may be selected at a time Step 3 Press Cue y to select cue y You can also use And Thru and Except to select multiple cues Step...

Page 127: ...and all decreasing levels in the downfade time Allfade An allfade cue step fades all increasing levels in the upfade time and all decreasing levels in the downfade time and clears the other fader pai...

Page 128: ...d and one pass backward Jump to Cue The subroutine runs through steps until it encounters a jump to cue style step It then exits the subroutine and automatically starts another cue in the main cue lis...

Page 129: ...press Clear to set dynamic or manual fade time The dynamic fade time displayed in purple follows the fade time stored with the cue Step 11 Press right arrow t key to set the Follow time This can be f...

Page 130: ...ep You can set which step to loop back to and how many times to run the loop Bounce The subroutine runs through steps until it encounters a bounce style step The subroutine will then run backwards thr...

Page 131: ...referenced cue 2 to set an Allfade fade type This setting overrides the fade type recorded with the referenced cue 3 to set a Blocking fade type This setting overrides the fade type recorded with the...

Page 132: ...want the subroutine to perform The Bounce style is typically entered in the last step of a subroutine unless a Subroutine Fade step is also in the subroutine In that case the Bounce step will be the n...

Page 133: ...timing defaults to 0 0 0 which means each step will pop from the low level to the high level and back again in rapid succession If you prefer to have a step linger after it fires add some dwell time T...

Page 134: ...and submasters using Group Cue and Group Sub When you use grouped channels in an effect step the channels and levels recorded in the group are entered in the step but there is no reference to the grou...

Page 135: ...cue x If you want to modify an effect recorded directly to a submaster press Sub x where x is the submaster you want to modify Step 3 Press S7 More Softkeys to view the effect step softkeys Step 4 Pr...

Page 136: ...r by one and the new empty step y will appear Only one step may be inserted at a time Step 5 Add channels and modify timing as described in the procedures above Step 6 Press Record Enter to record the...

Page 137: ...gative Alternate Reverse Bounce Build effect if you like Random As soon as you set an effect to Random all other attributes are removed except for Positive or Negative A random effect plays back its s...

Page 138: ...in Select Channels Dimmers and Fixtures page 72 Step 5 Set levels using the procedure described in Set Levels page 75 and Moving Light Control page 80 Not Recorded will blink in the lower left corner...

Page 139: ...age 98 Time Time to change the dwell time for the selected submaster s Time Time Time to change the downfade time for the selected submaster s Type to change the type for the selected submaster s See...

Page 140: ...anges made in the spreadsheet will be stored but will not update levels on stage until you move the submaster fader to zero and back to a level The submaster LED will blink to indicate that the active...

Page 141: ...he submaster s Replace levels in the spreadsheet display Step 1 Press Blind The Blind display defaults to cues Step 2 Press Sub Enter to view submasters in Blind Step 3 Press S3 Spread Sheet to displa...

Page 142: ...bmaster y You can also use the and keys to increment and decrement through the submasters on the current submaster page Step 4 Press Type 5 Enter to set the Supermaster type Step 5 Press z to select s...

Page 143: ...1 Press Blind The Blind display defaults to cues Step 2 Press Group y Enter to select group y You can also use the and keys to increment and decrement through the recorded groups Step 3 Select channe...

Page 144: ...and up arrow v and u keys to scroll through the Group List Step 5 Press Label and type in the label you want to apply to the selected group s Alternatively you can press the right and left arrow t an...

Page 145: ...d but will not update levels on stage until you recall the group s again Edit groups in the spreadsheet display Step 1 Press Blind The Blind display defaults to cues Step 2 Press Group Enter to view g...

Page 146: ...p spreadsheet Step 4 Press S6 Delete Group Step 5 Press x to select group x You can also use And Thru and Except to select multiple groups Step 6 Press Enter to delete the selected group s Step 7 Pres...

Page 147: ...e the focus points with new pan and tilt values and all your cues will play back using that new focus information You can record and edit focus points in Stage or in Blind In Blind you have access to...

Page 148: ...point labels within the Focus Point List display Step 1 Press Blind The Blind display defaults to cues Step 2 Press Focus Point Enter to view focus points in Blind Step 3 Press S2 Focus List to displ...

Page 149: ...to confirm that you really want to delete the focus point s Focus Point Spreadsheet In the Focus Point Spreadsheet you can see channel levels for all recorded focus points in a spreadsheet layout You...

Page 150: ...display Step 1 Press Blind The Blind display defaults to cues Step 2 Press Focus Point Enter to view focus points in Blind Step 3 Press S3 Spread Sheet to display the Focus Point Spreadsheet Step 4 P...

Page 151: ...Press x to select focus point x You can also use And Thru and Except to select multiple focus points Step 5 Press Channel y to select channel y You can also use And Thru and Except to select multiple...

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Page 153: ...th the various facepanels available you have a number of choices when it comes to playing back your show Two scene preset operation of Express consoles is described in Appendix D Express Facepanel Two...

Page 154: ...r fader pair will play back the next cue Note If you alternate between A B Go and C D Go you will see the output of both fader pairs two cues on stage at the same time In general if you want to crossf...

Page 155: ...ost recently played cue appears at the top of the list in grey The current cue appears in red with a yellow to the left of the cue number as the cue is fading the cue number turns yellow upon completi...

Page 156: ...Cue Running Subroutine Cue Running Subroutine Cue with Hold for Go Cue in fader Percentage of completion Time remaining in fade Cue in fader Percentage of completion Manual crossfade indicator Cue in...

Page 157: ...for playback Out of sequence To play cues out of sequence or start sequential playback somewhere other than the lowest cue number in your cue list you will need to select the cue manually and then pre...

Page 158: ...5 Rate to the fader pair S5 Rate settings are applied on a per cue basis and will not override the whole cue list s recorded times If you apply a rate to a standard crossfading cue the rate will affec...

Page 159: ...1 Press S3 Backgrnd Overrides to view the Background Overrides display Step 2 Press x Enter where x is the cue number you want to clear out of the background To clear all background levels enter 0 St...

Page 160: ...timing attributes are displayed individually in the playback cue list and the Fader Status display will show the time remaining and completion percentage for the whole cue not on a per part basis When...

Page 161: ...ther the A B or C D fader pair Step 2 Press S7 More Softkeys S5 Go To Subr Step x where x is the step number you want to go to Step 3 Press Go on the fader pair currently running the subroutine The st...

Page 162: ...ster see Submasters page 100 Subroutines on Submasters Subs on Subs When Subs on Subs are played back it is as if you have added fader pairs to the system LTP and HTP channels interact as if they are...

Page 163: ...te to the submaster press Enter The rate will be set for that submaster and the effect or subroutine will play back at that rate until you clear or set a new rate To set the rate back to 100 press S5...

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Page 165: ...options This feature allows you to record up to 1 000 console commands to a single macro that can be activated by a single key press or can be linked to a cue for automatic activation You can have 2 0...

Page 166: ...This way you can see what will happen when you play back the macro You can view and edit the macro once it is recorded using the View Macro and Edit Macro displays You can learn macros in any display...

Page 167: ...on to the end Step 4 If you want to continue labeling macros press F7 to move up to the previous macro F8 to advance to the next available macro If you are done press Enter to complete your label Copy...

Page 168: ...ep 2 Press S3 View Macro to display the contents of the selected macro Step 3 Press S8 Return to return to the Macro List or press S1 Edit Macro to edit the macro Macro Editing The Macro Editing displ...

Page 169: ...Step 2 Type the macro number on the numeric keypad and press Enter Step 3 Press S1 Edit Macro to access the Macro Editing display Step 4 Press Facepanel keys to insert commands S8 Key List to insert...

Page 170: ...nsert commands before the selected yellow command Step 5 To select a command to edit press Right arrow t to move forward through the recorded commands one by one Left arrow s to move backward through...

Page 171: ...ss Enter S5 Force Sub Load then type the submaster number and press Enter To include a command to start a timed submaster or change the direction of a running fade simply press the actual submaster bu...

Page 172: ...ros page 179 for configuration information and Using Remote Macros page 231 for information on wiring When you activate a series of macros remotely they will queue up in the order of activation As eac...

Page 173: ...o the stage you can use these two macros to accomplish this task Turn Worklights On and Clear the Fader Pairs Channel x Full Clear AB Clear CD This macro brings a worklight channel x to full then clea...

Page 174: ...Enter S1 Purge Flexi Stage This macro clears any unused channels from the Flexichannel display Playback Macros Any command used for playback like loading a cue into a fader pair pressing Go or pressin...

Page 175: ...r Emphasis Control System is running on its own playing back events at specific times of day You will often find this type of operation in retail situations where the lights need to change at certain...

Page 176: ...e to have Real Time Programs recorded but not allow them to play back Before you can properly use the Real Time Programs you will need to set the time and location settings and you will need to enable...

Page 177: ...in the desired minutes of longitude and press Enter Set time zone Step 1 On your Emphasis Facepanel or from the virtual facepanel in Emphasis Visualization press Setup 3 Enter to access the Clock Fun...

Page 178: ...p 2 Press S1 Select Program x Enter to select program number x and move to the Time column Time follows the 12 hour or 24 hour clock setting in the Clock Functions menu To change the clock settings se...

Page 179: ...2 Press S1 Select Program x Enter to select program number x Step 3 Press S2 Time to edit or change to an absolute time value S3 Astro Clock to edit or change to an astronomical clock offset S4 Days D...

Page 180: ...ative offsets from the first program in the selection Note Unexpected results may occur when groups of cues using different time settings absolute vs astronomical time clock or occur on different days...

Page 181: ...his does not prevent you from recording programs just from having them play back To allow Real Time Programs to execute enable them in the Options Settings menu Enable or disable Real Time Programs St...

Page 182: ...Chicago IL 6 West 41 50 N 87 41 W Columbus OH 5 West 40 00 N 82 53 W Dallas TX 6 West 32 47 N 96 45 W Denver CO 7 West 39 46 N 104 52 W Des Moines IA 6 West 41 34 N 93 37 W Detroit MI 5 West 42 22 N...

Page 183: ...tina 3 West 34 36 S 58 27 W Cairo Egypt 2 East 30 03 N 31 15 E Cape Town South Africa 2 East 33 55 S 18 22 E Casablanca Morocco 0 33 39 N 7 35 W Copenhagen Denmark 1 East 55 40 N 12 35 E Dublin Irelan...

Page 184: ...1 21 E Seoul Korea 9 East 37 34 N 126 58 E Singapore Malaysia 8 East 1 14 N 103 55 E Stockholm Sweden 1 East 59 21 N 18 04 E Sydney Australia 10 East 33 52 S 151 12 E Taipei Taiwan 8 East 25 02 N 121...

Page 185: ...ols such as ETCNet2 MIDI MIDI Show Control MSC MIDI Time Code and SMPTE time code Expression Insight only This chapter contains the following sections ETCNet2 176 Facepanel Configuration 182 Show Cont...

Page 186: ...sics ETCNet2 v4 0 0 and above The following points describe the way things are or the way things need to be to have a valid network setup t There are 22 discreet priority settings within EDMX The lowe...

Page 187: ...es page 3 DMX Node 2 DMX Node 1 Emphasis Priority 1 Priority 3 Priority 3 Priority 1 Unison Replace Mode 0 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4 through Priority 18 Priority 19 Priority 20 Unison PTIA Mode...

Page 188: ...down arrow v key scroll to DMX Input Port n Start Channel and press Enter The value of n is the port you want to adjust Step 7 Using the Facepanel numeric keypad type the new EDMX starting address and...

Page 189: ...e an error while changing any of these settings and you want to return to the previously stored values do not press S8 Simply turn the Facepanel power off and on again The previous settings will be re...

Page 190: ...s S8 to save your settings and exit the Remote Macros configuration screen Step 9 Press S8 to save your settings and exit the main configuration screen Remote Trigger The Remote Trigger feature sends...

Page 191: ...Step 6 With Trigger Out Trigger ID highlighted press Enter Step 7 Using the facepanel numeric keypad enter the ID number This may be any value between 0 255 0 will disable the Remote Trigger The defa...

Page 192: ...e prompt appears at startup press 1 2 3 to enter the configuration menu Step 3 Insert the floppy disk containing your configuration into the Facepanel disk drive Step 4 Using the down arrow v key scro...

Page 193: ...mphasis Servers you can map from a Facepanel from one system ID to the Emphasis Server on another system ID You can also use the EMIDI and ESMPTE ID values to create broadcast areas within a multiple...

Page 194: ...that MIDI users have a working knowledge of MIDI This section provides ETC MIDI interface information message formats and message definitions For information on MIDI wiring see Connecting MIDI page 2...

Page 195: ...disable EMIDI Transmit The default value is 1 Step 4 Click OK ETC MIDI Message Formats The following MIDI message formats are used to control the console All numbers are in hexadecimal format Note of...

Page 196: ...1 127 Program change 1 127 Cues 128 255 Controller change 70 parameters 0 127 Cues 256 383 Controller change 71 parameters 0 127 Cues 384 511 Controller change 72 parameters 0 127 Cues 512 639 Contro...

Page 197: ...ge 86 parameters 0 127 Macros 256 383 Controller change 87 parameters 0 127 Macros 384 511 Controller change 88 parameters 0 127 Macros 512 639 Controller change 89 parameters 0 127 Macros 640 767 Con...

Page 198: ...l Emphasis will accept the MSC commands listed below MSC commands are executed as soon as they are received In order to accept MSC commands the console s receiver Device ID must match the target devic...

Page 199: ...o Macro number must be in the range 1 127 If no macro is specified or if the macro number is out of range the command is ignored A B Go If a cue is pending the console transmits A B Go with cue number...

Page 200: ...System Exclusive Message Lighting Command Format Go General Command Cue Number Cue Number continued Cue Number continued Delimiter Faders Delimiter Stop Byte GO Go A B F0 7F 42 02 01 02 30 00 31 00 31...

Page 201: ...5 30 00 31 00 F7 Cue 50 C D Resume F0 7F 42 02 01 03 35 30 00 32 00 F7 FIRE MACRO Macros are limited to 1 127 Macro 3 F0 7F 42 02 01 07 03 F7 Macro 124 F0 7F 42 02 01 07 7C F7 Start Byte Start of Mess...

Page 202: ...Using the down arrow v key scroll to SMPTE and press Enter Step 4 With SMPTE Input Port ESMPTE ID highlighted press Enter Step 5 Using the facepanel numeric keypad enter the ID number This may be any...

Page 203: ...hour twenty five minutes thirty seconds and seventeen frames Three frame rates are available 24 fps 25fps and 30fps default Up to 32 events may be executed in a single frame Note If more than 32 event...

Page 204: ...ss Enter you are moved to the A B fader pair column Step 5 If required type the cue number to be played in the A B fader pair and press Enter You are moved to the fader Rate column Step 6 If required...

Page 205: ...he cues submaster bump buttons and macros you need to record as events as you want them to be played back by the time code program Press Record to record an empty event Step 7 When you are done press...

Page 206: ...e Softkeys S2 Copy Event Step 3 Press x Enter to select event x Use the And and Thru keys to select multiple events Step 4 Using the Facepanel numeric keypad enter the new time for the event in hours...

Page 207: ...nter leading zeros For example to enter a time of 00 03 45 00 press 3 4 5 0 0 The keypad corner displays your entry as you type Make sure the correct time is displayed in the keypad corner before pres...

Page 208: ...times the timing signal is not present even though the Time Code Input is enabled When this happens Waiting for Input appears in the upper left corner of the Time Code Events display As soon as extern...

Page 209: ...without continued playback of those events Use Manual Mode Pause Mode and Step Step 1 Press Setup 7 Enter to view the Time Code Events display Step 2 Press S3 Manual Mode to suspend time code input an...

Page 210: ...ted as pressing the appropriate numeric keys on the Facepanel Individual commands are normally separated by a space a tab or a semicolon Adjacent commands only have to be separated if they both are al...

Page 211: ...oed until the end of line is reached carriage return or line feed Each input string is echoed as an interpreted string followed by a carriage return and a line feed Commands are echoed in their interp...

Page 212: ...ould not crash In some cases the echoed string can be longer than the input string If the input string is coming in at full bandwidth there might not be enough bandwidth for the echoed stream Make sur...

Page 213: ...p cue q loadsub ls only ol submaster sb link ln part pt group gr follow fw label lb time tm wait wt track tr record re channel ch dimmer dm thru th at Note that can be used to press the AT key or as p...

Page 214: ...e same as the Off Sub Bump command in macros forcesub fs This is the same as the Force Sub Load command in macros forcesuball fsa This is the same as the Force Sub All command in macros fadeoutsubr fo...

Page 215: ...for symmetry runcuecd rqc Q This runs a cue on the CD fader blockcue bq Q This runs the cue on the AB fader as a blocking cue blockcueab bqa Q This is the same as bq It s just here for symmetry block...

Page 216: ...nal clock backoverride bgo Q Background override cue operation playbackup pb pb 5 ETCLink This plays backup look 5 To stop the current backup look play backup look 0 recbackup rb ETCLink This records...

Page 217: ...onsole software applications While it is not necessary for these settings to remain at their default values you may want to return to these settings if your system performance changes unfavorably This...

Page 218: ...ole these are found in the main window Options menu Facepanel Type Expression Checked Note To change the Facepanel type click the button for the type you have and click OK You must exit and restart Em...

Page 219: ...ers the EMIDI Transmit setting cannot be the same on all Servers It is illegal to have two MIDI sources at the same ID in a single system Set the unused Servers to another value to avoid this conflict...

Page 220: ...terval 10 min Keep Back Up Files Checked Document Loading Reload last document on startup Checked Default to Read Only Unchecked Emphasis Tab System ID 0 Note SYS ID changes must be made in the System...

Page 221: ...re found in the main window Options menu Language English System ID System 0 System Name Untitled Emphasis Console Note SYS ID changes must be made in the System Manager login and in BOTH applications...

Page 222: ...hannel Count 512 DMX Output Port 4 Start Channel 1537 DMX Output Port 4 Channel Count 512 DMX Input Port Start Channel Start Number 10001 DMX Input Port Channel Count 512 DMX Input Port Disabled DMX I...

Page 223: ...conflict Remote Macro Remote Macro 1 System ID 0 Remote Macro 1 Macro ID 1901 Remote Macro 2 System ID 0 Remote Macro 2 Macro ID 1902 Remote Macro 3 System ID 0 Remote Macro 3 Macro ID 1903 Remote Mac...

Page 224: ...t 512 MIDI MIDI Input Port EMIDI ID 1 MIDI Output Port EMIDI ID 2 CAUTION In Emphasis Control Systems with multiple Facepanels the MIDI Input Port EMIDI ID cannot be the same on all Facepanels It is i...

Page 225: ...ls Also references to Express facepanels includes Express 24 48 Express 48 96 Express 72 144 Express 125 250 and Express ECS facepanels This appendix contains the following sections Return the Facepan...

Page 226: ...d subs above the maximum for v3 1 software will be lost Subs on subs some subroutine steps and Supermasters will be lost Patch and cue data will be available for moving lights but there will be no per...

Page 227: ...ady have a v3 1 Console Software Disk available you can create one using a utility provided on the Emphasis Server To create and install a v3 1 Console Software Disk Step 1 Exit Emphasis Step 2 Insert...

Page 228: ...the facepanel off Step 2 Insert the v3 1 Facepanel Console Disk into your facepanel s diskette drive Step 3 Turn the facepanel back on The console displays the boot screen and automatically installs t...

Page 229: ...for help Open the Expression Insight face panel Step 1 Turn off the Facepanel and disconnect the AC input cable Step 2 Loosen the knobs at the lower left and right corners of the top panel Step 3 Rais...

Page 230: ...to avoid damage Step 3 Examine both fuses Telltale signs of a blown fuse include discoloration or deposits on the glass envelope and or a visibly broken fuse strip Step 4 If you find a blown fuse repl...

Page 231: ...connectors at the top rear of the facepanel Bend the gooseneck of each to suit your needs CAUTION Use of any other brand but Littlites is not recommended by ETC Unexpected results may occur Pinout for...

Page 232: ...ocessor board To access to these internal DIP switches you will need to open the facepanel see Open the Facepanel page 219 For operation in an Emphasis Control System set the DIP switches as noted bel...

Page 233: ...n the rear of the facepanel for this purpose This facepanel is not certified for use in wet locations VGA Monitor connector pinout HD DB15 female 1 Red video 9 not connected 2 Green video 10 Ground 3...

Page 234: ...e connector pinout matches the pinout listed below If your pinout does not match contact your dealer or ETC CAUTION Your dimmer control common must be compatible with facepanel control common they mus...

Page 235: ...left side of the facepanel rear panel see Emphasis Facepanel Rear Panel Connections page 268 Device check The pointing device should be ready for use when the system has completed boot up Verify norm...

Page 236: ...own it must be an AT compatible type or can be switched to an AT compatible mode ETC recommends the Cherry G80 1800 and Keytronic 101 keyboards Although you may use keyboards from other manufacturers...

Page 237: ...ectors that may be distributed throughout your venue Install the RFU Step 1 Verify that RFU power switch is turned Off Unit is off when switch is in the position toward the bottom edge of the RFU Step...

Page 238: ...ent If needed you can set the MIDI Out connector on an Expression or Insight facepanel as a MIDI Thru port see MIDI Out Thru jumper setting page 228 Connect MIDI equipment to the facepanel Step 1 Turn...

Page 239: ...mper reconnect it before closing the facepanel Step 6 Close the facepanel and test for proper operation On older Expression Concept Insight 2x facepanels with keyswitch power switches the jumper locat...

Page 240: ...uipment to the facepanel Step 1 Turn facepanel power off Step 2 Insert SMPTE cable into the connector on the back of the facepanel labeled SMPTE Step 3 Power up facepanel SMPTE facepanel connector Not...

Page 241: ...1 903 Macro 1 902 4 Macro 1 904 Macro 1 904 Macro 1 902 5 Macro 1 905 Macro 1 905 Macro 1 903 6 Macro 1 906 Macro 1 906 Macro 1 903 7 Macro 1 907 Macro 1 907 Macro 1 904 8 Macro 1 908 Macro 1 908 Macr...

Page 242: ...g diagram 2 Connect all Macro pins pins 1 3 5 and 7 to 12 Vdc pins 14 and 15 and switch the leads connecting the Macro pins pins 2 4 6 and 8 to ground pins 12 and 13 3 Provide your own power supply th...

Page 243: ...ground pin10 3 Provide your own power supply that generates a 12 Vdc potential between the Macro and Macro pins and switch either of these leads Note The macro numbers in these examples are the defau...

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Page 245: ...es of buttons on the Express LPC and are designed for limited programming and manual playback capabilities Typically a show that will be run on an LPC system is programmed on a full Facepanel first an...

Page 246: ...MIDI MSC and SMPTE that the full Facepanel provides These settings are described in Control Interfaces page 175 Enter the configuration menu on the Expression Insight LPC Step 1 Power up or reboot the...

Page 247: ...ader Controls page 144 Note Use the Fader Status area of the Playback display to view the contents of the fader pairs The Macro Playback Display The Macro Playback display includes 24 keys dedicated t...

Page 248: ...her on each of the eight 10 32x1 2 screws Step 3 Attach the two L brackets to the side panels of the LPC using three 6 32x1 4 flathead screws each Choose the bracket holes that position the bracket fl...

Page 249: ...ace mount the Express LPC above a horizontal or to a vertical surface Step 1 Remove all mounting hardware from the plastic bag Step 2 Securely attach the four rubber bumpers to threaded holes in the b...

Page 250: ...cable clamp over the attached power supply cable near the 8 pin male connector Step 4 Plug the connector into the LPC power input receptacle Step 5 Adjust the cable clamp so that you can re attach it...

Page 251: ...p 1 Press and hold Read From Disk Step 2 Press and hold the required macro key s Step 3 Release Read From Disk Step 4 Release the macro key s Function Key Combination Stage display Read From Disk M1 R...

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Page 253: ...nel Specifications 250 Expression Facepanel Specifications 254 Insight Facepanel Specifications 259 Note Some functions that are available may be modified over the life of the product In addition func...

Page 254: ...Two timed manual fader pairs Hard drive CD RW drive Diskette drive Single Dual VGA outputs Emphasis Console Facepanel Interface Playback Monitor Fader status Cue List MIDI SMPTE Event List Command Mon...

Page 255: ...Remote Focus Unit RFU Remote Macro Go Remote Trigger Control Keypad Features Cue attributes 9 999 Cues in the range 1 to 999 9 Split up down fade times Wait times Follow time Link to cue macro or sub...

Page 256: ...utes Subroutines Subroutines on submasters Up to 26 cue stacks 110 on Insight 100 steps with level and timing attributes Multiple step types Four playback styles Filter for selective playback Macros M...

Page 257: ...dard full WYSILink optional User Interface User log in Password protected System Manager log in Extended Windows desktop Dual display systems only Scroll mouse or any pointing device Keyboard Hotkeys...

Page 258: ...and bitmap output Variable resolution Full color mixing amber shift haze smoke Radiosity shadow ambient light CAD Features Comprehensive libraries Fixtures over 1400 from 72 manufacturers Truss over 1...

Page 259: ...g and drop patching Spreadsheet data entry edit Error checking reporting Data filter Configurable spreadsheets Fully interactive with all data entry in system Dynamically updated from any screen inclu...

Page 260: ...Manual fades Background fades with LTP channels User selectable default fade times Hold Back functions Two scene preset on all but Express ECS 125 250 facepanels Playback Controls Two timed manual fad...

Page 261: ...Submasters either overlapping pile on or inhibitive All submasters programmable with effects and subroutines Update function Control keypad features Spreadsheet editing Submaster list Supermasters Cha...

Page 262: ...s Any cue or submaster may be accessed as a group Spreadsheet editing Group list Focus Point Functions Up to 255 focus points Update cues and submasters when focus point changes Record level of focus...

Page 263: ...preset profiles nine of which are editable Twenty three additional profiles that may be programmed Diskette Functions 3 5 inch high density diskette drive for software and configuration loading Option...

Page 264: ...ontrol either MIDI or SMPTE DMX512 Input port Serial mouse Fader functions Fade times programmable from 0 1 seconds to 99 59 minutes Manual override of upfade and or downfade Rate override Split time...

Page 265: ...nly recorded channels Expand Channel attributes Submaster functions Ten pages of 24 recorded submasters each Fully overlapping channel assignments Proportional channel levels The bump buttons for all...

Page 266: ...nnel Moving Light Functions Patch fixtures through Emphasis Visualization by assigning personalities starting channels starting DMX512 address and remote dimmer Swap focus pan or tilt flip Five attrib...

Page 267: ...cros may activate any key except Enter Macro Live Learn mode Macro view and macro editing modes Macro wait times are programmable Can include in real time programs Can include in time code events Eigh...

Page 268: ...control of cues and submasters 0 2000 percent Encoders Five encoder knobs Six encoder pages Reassignment individually or automatically with Autoload function Diskette Functions 3 5 inch high density d...

Page 269: ...ble from 0 1 seconds to 99 59 minutes Manual override of upfade and or downfade Rate override Split time fades Manual fades Background fades with LTP channels User selectable default fade times Hold B...

Page 270: ...recorded submasters each Fully overlapping channel assignments Proportional channel levels The bump buttons for all submasters may be enabled disabled or placed in solo mode as a group or individuall...

Page 271: ...r tilt flip Five attribute categories Fixture box level adjustment Fixture focus with Solo Cue functions Up to 9 999 cues in the range 0 1 to 999 9 Discrete upfade and downfade times 00 00 99 59 for e...

Page 272: ...artup macro Remote Trigger function through ETCNet2 Video Node Effects functions Effects may be recorded as cues or submasters Up to 100 steps each Live effects recording Spreadsheet editing 8 bit and...

Page 273: ...ages Reassignment individually or automatically with Autoload function Diskette Functions 3 5 inch high density diskette drive for software and configuration loading Options Alphanumeric keyboard Remo...

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Page 275: ...67 Emphasis Facepanel Rear Panel Connections 268 Insight Facepanel Overview 269 Expression Facepanel Overview 270 Express 125 250 ECS Facepanel Overview 271 Express 24 48 Facepanel Overview 272 Expres...

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Page 277: ...phasis Server CMEi in ER4 Rack ETCLink DMX Node Emph Facepanel CRT 1 Emph Facepanel CRT 2 Remote Focus Unit PC for Light Manager NCE WYSIWYG and WYSILink ETCNet2 ETCNet2 ETCNet2 ETCNet2 ETCNet2 ETCNet...

Page 278: ...are and config loading only ETCNet ThinNet not supported ETCNet2 twisted pair CAT5 or better MIDI thru Power switch DC Power input MIDI input MIDI output Local Printer not supported Remote macros Desk...

Page 279: ...3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 10 9 8 7...

Page 280: ...vel wheels adjust the playback rate of cues and submasters and the level of selected channels The wheels can also be used as two additional encoders for moving light control A B Keyswitch Use the keys...

Page 281: ...anual control of a crossfade Cluster B In general the keys in this cluster pinpoint the elements that make up the structure of your show such as groups cues and submasters Submasters Use submasters fo...

Page 282: ...nd CD Fader Pairs Use the fader pairs to crossfade from one recorded cue to another The faders can be used to take manual control of a crossfade Channel Faders and Submasters Use channel faders to con...

Page 283: ...er B In general the keys in this cluster pinpoint the elements that make up the structure of your show such as groups cues and submasters Submasters Use submasters for manually controlling assigned ch...

Page 284: ...lable at LPC connect ETCLink to an ETCLink enabled DMX Node on the network DMX output 1 DMX output 2 ETCNet ThinNet not supported ETCNet 2 twisted pair Remote macros Local printer not supported CRT di...

Page 285: ...ression Insight only allows you to swap displays between the Command and Playback monitors Press it again to swap back The About key opens a window containing information about a channel dimmer or the...

Page 286: ...using the AB Fader Pair Channel faders are mastered by the AB Fader Pair when two scene operation is enabled This means that the top row of channel faders Scene A will be active when the A Fader in th...

Page 287: ...Create a v3 1 Console Software Disk217 Crossfade 88 117 Cue List 107 111 Cue Playback 147 Effects 150 Multi Part Cues 150 Rate 148 Subroutines 150 Cues 86 88 93 98 110 as Groups 93 Blind 110 Delete 10...

Page 288: ...oint List 107 138 Focus Points 81 86 137 Blind 137 Delete 102 140 Spreadsheet 139 Follow 99 G Go 144 Grandmaster 50 Group List 107 134 Groups 84 86 93 97 133 Blind 133 Cues as Groups 93 Delete 102 136...

Page 289: ...Settings 51 P Palettes 82 Park 32 85 Channels 86 Cues 86 Dimmers 85 Fixtures 87 Focus Points 86 Groups 86 Submasters 86 Unpark 87 Part Cues see Multi Part Cues Password 17 Patch 32 61 CD80 Dimmer Rack...

Page 290: ...8 Subroutines 117 Style Steps 118 Subroutines on Submasters 120 152 Playback 152 Style Steps 120 Supermasters 132 153 System Manager Password 17 System Settings 46 T Technical Services 3 Time 98 Cues...

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