ETC Emphasis Lighting Control System, User Manual

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Control fixtures with the arrow keys (Express & Expression/Insight 2x without MLM):
Step 1: Press [S8 - Fixture] [ x ] , where [x] is the fixture number you want to select. Use
[And] , [Thru] and [Except] to select multiple fixtures. The fixture box will be
displayed.
Step 2: Press [Focus Point] [Enter] to prepare the fixture for control.
Step 3: Press up- and down-arrow keys ( [
u
] or [
v
] ) to move from one encoder page to
the next.
Step 4: Press left- and right-arrow keys ( [
s
] or [
t
] ) to move to the attribute you want to
change.
Step 5: Use the trackpad or level wheel to adjust the attribute level.
Step 6: Repeat steps 2 through 4 until you have completed all the changes you want to
make.
Focus Points
Focus points are special groups that can be used to set levels in cues and submasters by
reference . When you set channels and fixtures to a focus point, they will take their levels
from those recorded in the focus point. If you make changes to a focus point, any channels
in a cue or submaster with a reference to that focus point will play back with the new levels.
This is very useful for pan and tilt of moving lights. If you are touring a show, or if the final
placement of furniture on your set is not determined, you can create a focus 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 points with new pan and tilt values, and all your cues will play back using that new
focus information.
Focus points can be associated with focus positions in Emphasis Visualization. See the
Emphasis Visualization User Manual for more information on linking a focus position to a
focus point.
N o t e :
Focus points can store data for any channel in your show, not just fixtures or pan and tilt
data.
Record a focus point:
Step 1: Select channels using the procedure described in Select Channels, Dimmers
and Fixtures, page 72 .
Step 2: Set levels using the procedure described in Set Levels, page 75 , or by using the
encoders, or by direct control through Emphasis Visualization.
Step 3: Press [Record] [Focus Point] [ x ] [Enter] , where [x] is the number of the focus
point.
Recall a focus point for selected channels:
Step 1: Select channels using the procedure described in Select Channels, Dimmers
and Fixtures, page 72 .
Step 2: Press [Focus Point] [ x ] , where [x] is the focus point number. Channels will be
captured at the level recorded in the focus point, and the number [x] will be
indicated below the level.
Use focus points as selection groups:
Step 1: Press [Focus Point] [ x ] , where [x] is the number of the focus point you want to
use to select channels.