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Lighting Control Console
Quick Guide

Version 3.1

Product information and specifications subject to change.

Part Number:

4110M1300-3.1

Rev A

Released: November 2002

Summary of Contents for Express 24/48

Page 1: ...ontrol Console Quick Guide Version 3 1 Copyright Electronic Theatre Controls Inc All Rights reserved Product information and specifications subject to change Part Number 4110M1300 3 1 Rev A Released November 2002 ...

Page 2: ...xpression Insight Imagine Focus Express Unison Obsession II ETCNet2 EDMX Sensor and WYSILink are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Electronic Theatre Controls Inc in the United States and other countries ...

Page 3: ...b l e o f C o n t e n t s Console Panels 1 Keypad Features 3 Introduction to Programming 6 Patching 7 Working with Channels 8 Two scene Operation 9 Recording 12 Playback 16 Disk Operations 17 Working with Moving Light ML Fixtures 18 ...

Page 4: ...ii Table of Contents ...

Page 5: ...universes 5 ETCLink 6 Disk Drive side 7 Power switch 8 Power input connector 9 Command Display output 10 Parallel Printer 11 Remote Macros 12 MIDI In Out Thru 13 ETCNet newer facepanels do not have Thin net connector 10 9 8 0 4 3 2 1 PUSH 1 Desk Light connectors 2 Disk Drive side 3 Submaster faders 4 Blackout key 5 Grandmaster 6 AB Fader pair 7 CD Fader pair 8 Keypad 9 Trackpad ...

Page 6: ...ide 3 Channel faders Scene A 4 Channel Submaster faders Scene B 5 Blackout key 6 Grandmaster 7 AB Fader pair 8 CD Fader pair 9 Keypad 10 Trackpad Cha 1 Desk Light connectors 2 Disk Drive side 3 Channel faders Scene A 4 Channel faders Scene B 5 Submaster faders 6 Blackout key 7 Grandmaster 8 AB Fader pair 9 CD Fader pair 10 Keypad 11 Trackpad ...

Page 7: ...cess the first three macros directly M allows you to specify any one of the 2 000 macros available and must be followed by a number Macro Enter is used when programming macros A macro is a recorded series of keystrokes to be replayed later Macros can execute any console command including softkeys and submaster bumps and be linked to cues For example if you record Setup 3 Enter 1 Enter Enter Stage ...

Page 8: ... in many console displays They are identified for that display at the bottom of the screen You activate a display s softkeys by pressing S1 S8 When softkey S7 More Softkeys is available there are more pages of softkeys for that display Press S7 More Softkeys to access those additional pages Cluster B In general the keys in this cluster pinpoint the elements that make up the structure of your show ...

Page 9: ...lected captured and independent channels Selected channels may be edited in any display Channels may be captured in the Stage or Fader displays and cannot be controlled by cues or submasters Independent channels are unaffected by Grandmaster Flash Solo and Blackout controls Press Rel 1 3 times to release channels in the following order first selected channels then captured channels then independen...

Page 10: ...keys to scroll through the available pages Cue Keys that are optional in a procedure are shown in curly brackets The numerical label of one or more elements such as the number of a cue or the numbers of all channels in a selection list x Values other than numerical labels such as levels or times are shown as an italicized x in square brackets What x stands for will be defined in that step Channel ...

Page 11: ...lt patch that associates each dimmer with control channels on a 1 1 basis When there are moving lights in your show you need to use the Setup menu Moving Light Functions menu to patch the multiple attributes of those fixtures see Working with Moving Light ML Fixtures page 18 Patch dimmers to channels Step 1 Press Patch to go to the channel patch display Step 2 Press Dim Enter Channel Enter Repeat ...

Page 12: ...After making a channel selection set channel levels using any of the procedures below You may also set channel levels by referencing focus points but that procedure usually is employed for setting attribute levels for moving light fixtures Information about focus points is given in Focus Points page 21 Using the trackpad Slide your finger vertically on the trackpad Press the coarse and fine button...

Page 13: ... and submaster faders available In that case the top row of channel faders correspond to channels 1 24 and the bottom row becomes submasters 1 24 Setup Two scene Operation To change the operation mode of your Express 24 48 48 96 or 72 144 you will need to use the Setup display Once you have enabled two scene operation the AB Fader Pair can only be used for crossfading between Scene A and Scene B I...

Page 14: ...mines the rate of change on stage Step 5 Move the channel faders on Scene A to the levels needed in the next look Cue 3 This will not affect the stage output Step 6 Slide the AB Fader Pair away from you to crossfade from Scene B Cue 2 back into Scene A Since you have changed the channel levels on Scene A you have crossfaded into Cue 3 Step 7 Continue this process to fade from cue to cue manually N...

Page 15: ... time is the same as the upfade time just press Enter The Rate key will blink to indicate that it is active Step 6 Move the AB Faders toward you When they reach the end of travel the timed fade will begin Timing will remain active on the AB Fader Pair until you press AB Rate again Note You can pause a timed crossfade using the AB Hold key To resume the fade press AB Go Go Hold Hold Go Back Rate Cl...

Page 16: ...4 Cue Fade and Wait Times Recorded cues will default to the upfade and downfade times set in the System Settings menu the console defaults to five second up and downfades Cue fades start as soon as you press Go but you can delay fades by setting upfade and downfade wait times Set a new default fade time Step 1 Press Setup 1 Enter to view the System Settings menu Step 2 Press 3 Enter x Enter x Ente...

Page 17: ...ill ensure that you start with an empty group Submasters You can record a lighting look or an effect to a submaster and then play back the recording proportionally with the submaster s fader or force it to full output using the submaster bump button You can also apply timing to a submaster and play it back using the submaster s bump button When played back the submaster will typically pile on reco...

Page 18: ...annels 6 10 to step 2 and set them to a maximum level of 75 Step 6 Press Record Enter to record the effect cue Effect Fade Times When an effect is created it defaults to zero timing for overall fade and step fades Each step defaults to a 2 second step time which means that step 2 plays 2 seconds after step 1 and so on You can change the timing on the overall effect which will determine how long it...

Page 19: ...he second is for the dwell time and the third is for the out time Any of the three can be skipped by pressing S3 In Dwell Out without following it with a number The dwell time is the amount of time the step stays active before fading itself down Step 4 Press Record Enter to save your changes Effect Attributes You can change the way an effect plays by changing its attributes Effects are either Posi...

Page 20: ...ain plays the next cue in the cue list Clear a cue Press a fader s Clear key to remove the current cue from that fader You may need to press Clear twice to remove an effect cue from the fader Hold a cue Press a fader s Hold key to pause the playback of a cue Press Go to resume the fade Move back Press a fader s Back key to replay the cue that played just previously in that fader Press Back again t...

Page 21: ...from the diskette Write to diskette Step 1 Press Setup 3 Enter to view the Disk Functions menu Step 2 Press 1 Enter Enter to write the show to diskette Read only the show information Step 1 Press Setup 3 Enter to view the Disk Functions menu Step 2 Press 2 Enter Enter to read show data from the diskette Read only the configuration information Step 1 Press Setup 3 Enter to view the Disk Functions m...

Page 22: ...xture Patch Step 3 Press S1 Select Fixture Enter to select the fixture number you want to patch You can patch multiple fixtures at one time by pressing S1 Select Fixture Thru Enter Step 4 Press Enter to set the personality number If you do not know the personality number press S8 Return 1 Enter to view the Personality Setup display Press S8 Return 2 Enter to return to the Fixture Patch display Not...

Page 23: ... not want to swap the pan and tilt attributes press Enter to skip this setting Step 9 The Flip setting inverts the movement of pan and or tilt movement for a fixture Press Enter to skip or 1 Enter to flip the pan movement Press Enter to skip or 1 Enter to flip the tilt movement Flip is useful when the hanging position of a fixture causes the pan or tilt of a fixture to move opposite other fixtures...

Page 24: ...ted encoder to set a level or press At x where x is the level you want to set for that attribute Select Attributes by Category Each attribute is assigned by default to one of five categories Position Beam Image Color or None Often you may want to adjust or record all the attributes in a category Select all the attributes in an attribute category Step 1 Press S8 Fixture Only S1 Position to select t...

Page 25: ...0 or Select Attributes by Category page 20 Step 3 Press At Focus Point Enter Using encoder settings Step 1 Select fixtures using the procedure described in Select ML Fixtures page 20 Step 1 Select an attribute or attribute category using the procedures Select a Fixture Attribute page 20 or Select Attributes by Category page 20 Step 2 Use the arrow keys and trackpad to set attribute levels Focus Po...

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