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Eos Family v2.3.0 Supplement to Operations Manual

1. Programming Wing Settings In the ECU gt Settings gt Local I O settings are available for the Eos Programming Wing Please see the Eos Pro gramming Wing Setup Guide for more information Mini Encoder Display A mini encoder display will display when an Eos Programming Wing is connected to ETCnomad Yellow 28 005 Softkeys For the Eos Programming Wing you can hold down More SK Encoder Category Button to access the second page of softkeys For Example With a channel on the command line pressing More SK Intensity will post Make Manual on the com mand line This also works with Gio Encoder Paging On ETCnomad while holding down CTRL ALT you EASE aT Form Image Shutter can press one of the encoder category buttons to change the page Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 21 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Eos Family Hotkeys To enable Eos functions on Mac Function keys Open Systems Preferences Go into the Keyboard section Enable the Use all F1 F2 etc keys as standard function keys setting i Note Some international keyboards require Use Shift Key as Eos Shift to be disabled in the Gen eral section of the ECU Settings Use Z as shift to access shortcut functions in these cases ConsoleKey PC ConsoleKey PC Console Key PC Concas gt mn Capture aE FocusPalette ARF CdSe HHH HET HHH H H ec
2. Channel List Pan 1 0 adds 10 degrees Channel List Pan 1 0 sets to 10 degrees gt Channel List Pan 1 0 removes 10 degrees nl TTO e Partial Show File Channel Merge A new option has been added to Merge C Color eee Show Magic Palette Control Sheets Advanced Patch sra Submasters Fixtures Pixel Maps Palette Intensity Cancel Palette Groups Effects Snapshots Media Focus Manaa System Palette Settings ae When Merge Channels is selected channels from cues submasters groups and other channel targets will be added to any existing channel targets of that same type With Merge Channels not selected those channels will override any existing channels in the channel targets of the same type For Example In a show file 1 group 1 has channels 1 through 5 In show file 2 group 1 had channels 6 10 With Merge Channels and Groups selected for the merge show file 2 s group 1 will merge with show file 1 s group 1 Group 1 will then have channels 1 10 If Merge Channels was not selected group 1 would just have channels 6 10 j i Note Itis important to remember that if the same channels exist in both show files the data mer ging in will override the existing data for those channels Lightwright Import Several changes were made to importing Lightwright files Once a file has been selected for import you will now have options for importing Lightwright os Light
3. Color paths are selected either by clicking on the drop down above the color path or by using Path Color Path n lon and Element users will need to use the Color Path softkey Fi I l k iD Note Channels involved in the fade have to be selected before you can choose or modify a color path The color path display has a drop down list of the available paths a color path preview bar and control but tons An indication line will display on the color space to show the color fade Available control buttons are Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 13 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 L mr replays the color fade using the cue time OTS replays the color fade using the Go to Cue time from Setup replays the color fade in five seconds L Oo replays the color fade in ten seconds O pauses the color fade 33 E plays resumes the color fade L b Skips to the end of the color fade You can also click on the color path preview bar to scrub to any point along the fade Additional controls may be available based on the color path selected For example Color Path 7 has addi tional controls for Hue Saturation and Brightness You can move those controls to adjust the fade and you ll see a representation of those changes in both the color path preview bar and in the color space 100 Changes can be stored in the destination cue as abso
4. 25 Use Record displays the Record button Use Select displays the Select button 25 Use Flexi displays the Flexi button Use ee Swatch displays a round color swatch in the lower left corner of a color palette dir ect select By default all options except for Fit to Screen are enabled Color Swatch In the Direct Select Configuration Menu page 19 there is an option to Use Color Swatch When selec ted a round color swatch will appear in the lower left corner of a color palette direct select ark darkblue dark red ae yellow green 1 Gadget Settings In the ECU gt Settings gt Local I O settings are available for Gadget From this screen you can configure the port address enable Doubled and set the port soeed Multiple Gadgets will appear in separate boxes and can be identitied by their serial numbers Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 20 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Ci Note With a Gadget connected you will need to go into the main Eos application first before the Gadget will display in the ECU Local DMM Dupuis T rabh ress 1 Ooubied Speed Maximum Port 2 Address 1513 Doubled E Speed Maximum External Device 1 419000115 Port 1 Address 1 Doubled Speed Maximum gt p n Gadget Support Eos can now support multiple Gadgets at the same time fo i A s 1 Note There is a limit of four outputs
5. aonne Trees Forma ra H H H oome S ooe H H TS H H H oore H H L a GH reece Control Alt pp ve y oa f w f E a E ee EN Data ControiD GoToCue Controis Goto CueZero Control Alt G a PD Group G decima decimal Delete Delete Heb At minu mins Delete Ma Fn Delete Highlight o o splays TF H IT Control Att H o S e S fo conog home Home o shift fo Effet TE S Control 1 Controlat Effectssoftkeys _AltShiftE Home Mac _ Fn Left Arrow Mac ShiftFnUpArrow Encoder Display Gio ControlAlt Intensity Block shiftB I Encoder PageColor ControlAitt Control AItB p A H ContolAt f f IrenstyFiter contol Mac _ Shift En Down Arrow Encoder Pageform Control At Intensity Palette Alt BE a ams OO O O N Address Dimmer MR Encoder PageShutter At Control AMINES Control f f Enter f Enter Last Mac Fn Up Arrow Assert Controiw Escape f Esca Learn Att Assert Playback ControlAtA apard f o s fyo tee S O io o a HL coos f ie y A poe T f Control Control o S beat Controla Beam Filter ControlB Fader Independent shifti Macro M BeamPalette atse f fa W Marosoi ControlAkt1 Blind fo f2 ff FexiChane f F3 Macro802 ControlAtt2 pT coo Control Macro8o3 Control atts Bok B FocusFiter ControlF Macro804 Con
6. 4 Shift Record Group 2 Enter To create a subgroup in the group list index e Group 2 Enter Shift 1 Thru 4 Shift Enter Note Fan is not currently supported with Subgroups Eos Family v2 0 1 Operations Manual Supplement Pageod Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 0 1 Managing Show Files Changes Changes in this section impact the Managing Show Files chapter Importing Custom Gobo Images Custom gobo images can be imported by going to Browser gt Import gt Gobo Images and selecting an image file or folder If a folder is selected all image files within the folder will be imported All standard image files are supported with the exception of svg files Imported gobo images can be deleted by going into Browser gt Import gt Gobo Images gt Imported Gobos selecting the image and pressing Delete Enter Imported Media and Partial Show Open Merge A new tile Media has been added to the Partial Show Opening and Merge displays Media is imported gobo and magic sheet images Note Media will be included by default when you select Patch Fixtures or Magic Sheets Virtual Media Server Changes in this section impact the Virtual Media Server chapter Number of Pixel Maps The number of pixel maps per show file is now 40 Previously it was limited to 10 maps Flash The Flash softkey is available in the Pixel Map Editor display Flash works the s
7. ControlARD MagicSheet_ ARM at if a om n ManualOveride ControlAIEM eer eon serene o wirror stat ARFT Beamer conte H E A Beman aks H wl iControl a S sind en 0 i oa HI o o control Moresofikes any Bek s oeu orome Net PageDown G Grou o a Control oane s H Hep DT AR Newt Mac Fn Down Arrow Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 24 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Console Key PCT ConsoleKey PC Offset Controlo Timing Disable Control AltT Out O ToggleHotkeys F8 Pageleft LeftArrow Controis PageRight RightArrow Thu f T PageUp UpArrow Undo Controix PageDown DownArrow Update U Pak Atk _ Virtual Keyboard _Controik _ oo Pte oO P 9 e Dt S T TT spe shortcut Shortcut P Rate ControlAitR Shellkey PC RecalFrom E 0 f 0 a E s Control saast como TTS Select Manual Conto na aT e a S o minus a z M o HH enc HHT HTH sneak HHH Arrow Down Arrow Down setter AT rowe Arow deft C ske A Arow Right Arrows Roht ses O a Arow Up Arow Up sea HH H o smes ARS er Backspace skee me Doete Deete Spacebar Dsable ato eme me T sopa Teras a T TT Stop eect Conroe select Return o eoo S R o Some Shortcut Key combinations are not available on all physical keyboard layouts Al
8. Dim Enter e channel list Highlight Rem Dim Enter Select Manual Select Active Select Manual or Select Active can be used to modify channel selections Using Select Manual will select all of the channels in the list except those that have manual data Using Select Active will select all of the channels in the list except those that are active e 1 Thru 2 0 Select Manual Enter selects channels 1 through 20 except any channels that currently have manual data 1 Thru 2 0 Select Active Enter selects channels 1 through 20 except any channels that are currently active Undo Undo Enter Pressing Undo Undo will scroll to the most recent undo able command in the command history display To undo the command press Enter Capture Latch Previously Capture Latch would be enabled for all users when it was enabled by one user Now Capture Latch works on a user by user basis For more information on using Capture Latch see the Using Capture section of the Advanced Manual Control chapter Recording and Playback Changes Changes in this section impact the Cue Playback Storing and Using Submasiters or Using Partitioned Control chapters Loading a Cue with Temporary Time A cue can be loaded with a temporary time e Cue 3 Time 6 Load loads cue 3 with the manual time of 6 N Note For multipart cues the temporary time will be applie
9. If you are ready to save press Ok You will be prompted to name the file A csv file will be created Adding to the Current DMX Value It is possible to set a channel s parameter levels with the DMX value by using which posts DMX to the command line 1 Pan 2 5 Enter You can add or subtract from the DMX value by using or 1 Pan 5 Enter 1 Pan UIU 7 5 Enter Discrete Time as a Percentage Discrete times can be entered as a percentage of the cue time 25 2 Time 5 Enter sets the time for channel 2 to 50 of the cue time 2 Focus 7 5 Enter sets the focus category time to 75 Most Recently Activated Cue Use Cue n Enter to select the most recently activated cue from that cuelist If there is no active cue from that list the first cue in the cuelist will be used Color Overview In version 2 3 you will notice several major changes to working with color These changes allow for a more complete control of color With the color picker open you now have the choice between six different Color Spaces page 10 a Gel Picker page 11 Color Path page 13 Tnt ing Tools page 13 and Spectrum Tools page 14 S These options are found by clicking on the display configuration tool the gear icon in the upper left corner of the color picker display Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 9 Electronic Theatre Controls In
10. Number of cues that move e List of channels that use the palette preset in a cue e List of channels stored in the palette preset that are not used in a cue e List of cues in which the palette preset have a move instruction e List of effects that use the palette preset About Macro An About Macro display has been added This display shows a list of cues that will execute a selected macro To view this display you must be in the Macro Editor Display While in that display press About and then select the macro by using a mouse or touchscreen About Cuelist Channels Channels gt 0 Channels 0 6 gt 20 26 gt 31 36 gt 41 46 gt 51 61 gt 64 71 gt 78 6 gt 20 26 gt 31 36 gt 41 46 gt 51 71 gt 78 81 gt 86 61 gt 64 81 gt 86 91 gt 98 91 gt 98 The following information will be displayed when a cue list is selected e Cue List Attributes Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page 10 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 e Active Cue e The number of cues in the list Multipart cues are only counted once e First cue in the list e Last cue in the list e Partition e Playback number and physical fader location of the cue list e Channels currently controlled in live by the cue list e Channels with any intensities above 0 in the cue list e Channels with Parameters stored in the cue list but no intensities Changes to User Interface Changes to Snapshots The following changes have been made to the
11. Operations Manual Supplement Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page 11 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Direction e Reverse creates a group with the channels in the reverse order that they were selected in e Mirror In creates subgroups of channels that mirror inward s 1 Thru 8 Mirror In Enter would create 4 subgroups in this order 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5 e Mirror Out creates subgroups of channels that mirror outward e 1 Thru 8 Mirror Out Enter would create 4 subgroups in this order 4 5 3 6 2 7 1 8 e Random creates a random order to the channels Grouping e Chan Per Group creates a specified cluster of channels e 1 Thru 1 2 Chan Per Group 3 Enter would create these 4 subgroups of 3 channels each 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 e InterLeave creates a number of distributed sets of channels that are not clustered together s 1 Thru 1 2 Chan Per Group 4 InterLeave Enter would create these 4 subgroups 1 4 7 10 2 5 8 11 3 6 9 12 1 Thru 5 1 1 Thru 1 5 2 1 Thru 2 5 Chan Per Group 3 InterLeave Enter would create these 5 subgroups 1 11 21 2 12 22 3 13 23 4 14 24 5 15 25 e Num Groups creates a specified number of subgroups s 1 Thru 1 2 Num Groups 3 Enter would create these 3 subgroups 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Spacing e Jump is used t
12. Tabs On This Monitor Select this icon to redirect to the Home Screen where you can open new tabs using the Display and Controls icons Resize Frames In This Workspace Select this icon to resize frames in any of the workspaces on the monitor After selecting resizing tools will appear between frames of the workspace and you can select and drag the resize tool icons to adjust sizing as needed Beam Palette Label Absolute ocked By Type Channels jet fan space sun alpha rays 3500 Nar 3500 wide Close All Tabs In This Workspace Select this icon to close all of the tabs in the active workspace on this monitor only Reset This Display This icon will close all of the tabs and frames and will reset the layout for the active workspace to a single frame displaying the Home Screen from which you can select new tabs to open Reset All Displays This icon will close all of the tabs and frames on all monitors reset all layouts to a single frame and return their workspaces to the Home Screen from which you can select new tabs to open Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Changes to Displays Blind Indicators The blind indicators have changed with version 2 2 Now while in blind the background color of the displays will be blue the title bar will be bright blue and the word Blind will display in the top left corner of each monitor
13. This is helpful when working with fixtures that have more than three color components such as RGBA RGBWm or ETC s fixtures Pressing Brightest or Shift a gel from the picker will cycle through the three modes gt Brightest matches to the brightest match of that chromaticity gt Spectral matches to the best spectral match chromaticity However this mode can remove a lot of the intensity This is based off of a 575w long life Source Four Hybrid halfway between the brightest and the best spectral match In the channel display a single dot shows best spectral match 2 dots indicates hybrid and no dot shows brightest Sort Hue takes the selected gel library and sorts it by hue instead of by gel number gt Similar will show gels that are in the same selected area of the color picker Only gels in the same selected gel book will display You can switch to another gel book though to discover gels in that area Show displays all of the static gels in the show file This populates from Patch Standard Colors shows a range of White Point from 2700K to 6500K Also shown are colors located around the triangle and variations of those colors at 25 increments e How the Gel Picker Affects Scroller and Color Wheel When possible the Gel Picker will select the closest gel as defined in a scroller or color wheel i Note Some devices contain manufacturer specified gel mixes and
14. You can assign a separate time value for Timing Disable in Setup gt Desk gt Manual Control gt Default Times gt Timing Disable When a fader has been set to timing disable mode cues will use the time set in Setup The default time is 0 Shift Go and Shift Back Shift Go and Shift Back can be used to cut to the next cue in the same way as Timing Disable Go and Timing Disable Back Show File An indicator has been added to show when a show file has been a B z modified but not saved An asterisk will display beside the show file Cricket amp Cache name Mirror Mode This change affects the Mirror Mode section of the Multi console and Synchronized Backup chapter A device that is currently in mirror mode can select which user number it is mirroring by using the alphanumeric keyboard shortcut M being the user number M ESCAPE can be used to leave mirror mode Note If a device is not currently in mirror mode pressing M on an alphanumeric keyboard will post Mark to the command line Collapsing PSD Columns This change affects the Playback Status Display section of the System Basics chapter To collapse a column in the Playback Status Display press Escape while clicking on the column you want to collapse Press Shift Select to bring back all of the collapsed columns Magic Sheets on Direct Selects Magic Sheets can now be accessed from the direct selects Clicking on
15. a stop all flag Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 5 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Manual Control of Non Intensity Parameters On Element non intensity parameters can now be set by using either the ML Controls or the buttons in the central information area CIA Parameter Display The parameter display in the CIA is populated with only those parameters that are found in the patched devices As channels are selected the parameter display will change to show only parameters relevant to the selected channels The parameters are divided into the following categories Intensity Focus Color and Beam Each parameter category is represented with buttons in the parameter tiles These buttons allow you to select the entire col lection of all parameters within that category You can also select a single parameter trom a category using that parameter s touchbutton in the parameter display hier Select Last Select Act Select Manual Park fees Ced Page Subs Bong SE Within the CIA in the upper left corner notice the All NPs button When pressed this collects all non intens ity parameters for further editing Some examples of using parameter touchbuttons are 25 1 Iris 5 Enter Places the iris parameter of channel 1at 50 75 Group 4 Zoom Edge Out Enter Sends any zoom and edge values for all fixtures in group 4 to 0 35 1 Thru 3 All Speed At
16. snapshot screen Snapshot Snapshot e The Faders button is no longer selected by default e A Visible Workspaces button has been added to snapshot only the visible workspaces e An All Workspaces button has been added to quickly include all workspaces including those not visible at the time of recording e Direct selects is no longer a separate option See Snapshots on page 6 for information on single monitor snapshots Snapshots Added to Element Snapshot functionality has been added to the Element console with the addition of a Snapshot softkey You can now store all of the monitor configurations for your Element console All displays are automatically included in all snapshots Changes to Setup Default Preheat Time An option for default preheat time has been added to Setup gt ShowSettings If this option is disabled the cue s up intensity time will be used when preheating The default setting is Disabled Preheat Time Disabled Changes to Channel Distribution When Offset is pressed a new channel distribution display will open Chan 1 Thru 10 Offset Mirror In Channels 1 10 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 gt 6 everse The following options are available as extensions of Offset Previously only Reverse Random Odd Even and Reorder were available Options can be used together These extensions can be used to create subgroups For more information on subgroups please see the Eos Family v2 0 1
17. the Time the one by Data on Eos Ti Eos and Gio allows you to view discrete timing data behind any channel parameter Time exposes channel or parameter specific timing for any channels in the current cue The first value is the delay time If is displayed there is no delay The value to the right of the is the transition time On Eos Ti Eos and Gio you can lock this mode by pressing Shift Time When in display time mode Timing Latched will display in the upper left of the live display and the Time key will be lit in green on Eos Ti and Gio To exit this mode press Shift Time again On lon you can lock this mode by pressing Shift Time Time To exit this mode press Shift Time Category Time in PSD When the PSD Time Countdown setup option Setup gt Desk gt Displays is enabled each category time will individually turn gold when that timing has completed Manual Control Changes Changes in this section impact the Basic Manual Control or the Advanced Manual Control chapter Rem Dim Rem Dim levels can either be an absolute value such as Full or 50 or a proportional value which would set the levels to a percentage value of their current levels To use a proportional value press before entering the percentage value For Example Assume that channels 1 through 10 are selected and set to an intensity level of 60 Select channel 1 and dim the remaining channels Corp
18. will only allow selection from the Gel Picker of the exact gels in their list In previous versions when using the Gel Picker the channel display would show the gel Now the channel dis play shows the frame number and the corresponding label that is defined for that frame Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 12 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Tinting Tools The Tinting Tools option is found by clicking on the display configuration tool the gear icon in the upper left corner of the color picker display Tint allows you to easily adjust color regardless of the color space that you re working in You can increase or decrease the saturation and brightness You can make a color warmer or cooler and you can add or remove colors Color Path ii Note In version 2 3 color path is only applicable for additive mixing systems Color Path is a new option for controlling color fades between cues By default color fades happen in the nat ive space of the fixture If you want a fade that resembles a fade in a different color space you can do that using color paths There are eight preprogrammed color paths and you can also record your own Up to 1000 color paths are supported To open the color path display click on the gear icon in the color picker display and select Fade To open the color path list display press Path Path or by pressing the Color Path icon in the home screen
19. 2 5 Enter Sets all the available speed parameters for channels 1 through 3 to 25 Setting Parameters with the Keypad When the CIA is placed in parameter mode all parameters of selected channels may be given numeric values through the keypad When no channels are selected the CIA shows all of the parameters that are available in the lighting system When channels are selected the CIA condenses to show only the parameters that are appropriate to the selec tion set If channels are selected that have different device types such as spot and wash lights the CIA will show all of the available parameters Parameters that are not available to all channels are grayed out Using At will place the direct DMX value on the command line For example 1 At 2 3 9 Enter would put channel 1 at DMX value 239 The following examples illustrate how to set parameter values with the keypad 75 5 Iris 5 Zoom 6 5 Edge 5 Enter sets channel 5 to an iris value of 50 a zoom value of 65 and an edge value of 50 Adjusting Parameters Using and and can be used to adjust parameters from the command line When using you will need to preface the command with if you want to remove from the current value For Example Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 6 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 ey T Channel List Pan 1 0 sets to 10 degrees
20. 5 Effect 2 is an absolute effect To seta level at 20 of the background you would use the following syn tax Effect 2 Action 1 Level 2 lt 0 gt Enter If the channels in the effect have a back ground value of 50 the level 1 in the effect would be at 70 Effect Status Display The properties of an effect that can be modified at a cue or sub level have been extended The new properties are displayed at the bottom of the Effect Status display and in the channel effects screen which Is access by pressing Shift Effect Several color indicators are used in the Effect Status Display Those colors and their meanings are 75 Grey property is drawn directly from the effect Red property has been manually modified but not stored Blue property is an override to the saved effect Magenta property is tracking from a previous cue eat eat From the Effect Attribute Override display you can access most of the same properties as those found in the Effect Editor This display allows you to make modifications to properties and store those modifications in a cue or submaster Click on a column to make changes from a list of available options Continuous Bounce Random Group Shutter Bounce serse N A new effect attribute Restart Effect has been added that can only be accessed from this display When enabled Restart Effect will cause an effect to restart whenever the cue is fired T
21. Button ee EJ 1 a E Cricket amp Cache Group Label Channels 1 front lights 1 gt 4 par wash 20 gt 6 blue sides wo On DO FF WD E L mac 200 p 17 Group List Display Color 1 Apollo 2 GAM G Ile Rosco 5 Rosco Format Gel amColor Other Roscolux 6 Rosco 7 Rosco Color 8 TokyoBS SuperGel E Poly List 1 Timing a Cue Int Up Int Down Focus Color Beam Dur MBAP S Fw Hg Link Loop Curve 1 5 5 5 5 2 5 L Monitors Any physical monitor or touchscreen device connected to your console The integral touchscreens on Eos Ti are examples of monitors as are external monitors used with any of the Eos Family consoles Corporate Headquarters m 3031 Pleasant View Road P O Box 620979 Middleton Wisconsin 53562 0979 USA m Tel 608 831 4116 m Fax 608 836 1736 London UK m Unit 26 28 Victoria Industrial Estate Victoria Road London W3 6UU UK m Tel 44 0 20 8896 1000 m Fax 44 0120 8896 2000 Rome IT m Via Pieve Torina 48 00156 Rome Italy m Tel 39 06 32 111 683 m Fax 44 0 20 8752 8486 Holzkirchen DE Ohmstrasse 3 83607 Holzkirchen Germany m Tel 49 80 24 47 00 0 m Fax 49 80 24 47 00 3 00 Hong Kong m Rm 1801 18 F Tower 1 Phase 1 Enterprise Square 9 Sheung Yuet Road Kowloon Bay Kowloon Hong Kong m Tel 852 2799 1220 m Fax 852 2799 9325 ese Service Americas service etcconnect com m UK service etceurope com m DE techserv hoki etcconnect com m Asia service etcasia com cele Web www etcconnect c
22. ETC Supplement 000 oo L e o o 0 o o eee o o Eos Family v2 3 Supplement to Operations Manual Welcome This document is supplemental to information in the Eos Titanium Eos and Gio v2 0 Operations Manual lon v2 0 Operations Manual and Element v2 1 User Manual and should be used in conjunction with it Additions to Query Query now has the following buttons 75 Keywords displays buttons for all the text used in the text 1 10 fields and for all of the default keywords in Patch 25 Fixture Types displays buttons for all of the fixture types used in the current show Tile 55 Gel displays all of the gels used in the current show file gt Text 1 Text 10 displays only the text used in that text field Up and Down Arrows allows paging of the lists See also Renaming Text Fields in Patch page 17 for more information Browser Color Coding The following color coding for selected items has been added to the browser Save green Save As green 25 Open red 25 Meroe yellow 25 New red 25 Clear red v File Save D ShowArchive Cricket amp Cache gt Save As gt Open gt Merge Corporate Headquarters m Middleton WI USA m Tel 608 831 4116 m Service Americas service etcconnect com London UK m Tel 44 0 20 8896 1000 m Service UK service etceurope com Rome IT Tel 39 06 32 111 683 m Service U
23. K service etceurope com Holzkirchen DE m Tel 49 80 24 47 00 0 m Service DE techserv hoki etcconnect com Hong Kong a Tel 852 2799 1220 m Service Asia service etcasia com Web www etcconnect com m 2015 ETC a Rights Reserved m Product information and Too subject to change Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 1 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Additional Browser Changes Previous versions of a showfile will be displayed in dark gray text To see previous versions of a showfile you must click on the arrow to the left of the showfile name or use Page P w Cricket amp Cache 2013 11 16 04 16 17 esf Cricket amp Cache 2013 06 29 01 34 42 esf File folders now display with a folder icon beside their name v Save As gt Show File Archive gt Max Touch F gt TECHCOMMGS E Channels in Use A Channels in Use display has been added It displays the following information for each channel 25 Number of cue lists the channel appears in 25 Number of cues the channel appears in Number of cue moves from zero 75 Number of submasters that channel appears in Maximum channel level To open the Channels in Use display click on the CIU icon in the home screen or press Tab 3 2 HE CU Playback Status Display FX Column Effects are no longer displayed in the External Links column instead they will be shown in the FX column
24. United states Keyboare g Fullscreen Offline Editor Offline Editor indews t General Keye6ard english united states Fullscreen Offline Editor Offline Editor Wind 1 v Show Archive Path C 2 86 ETC Eos J 4 Media Archive Path L 5 6 v Latitude 6 yx 7x S For Nomad a new option has been added to the ECU to allow Fullscreen Offline Editor mode Instead of separate windows the displays will be fullscreen With this mode disabled you can choose up to six windows to display Fullscreen Offline Editor mode is enabled by default Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page 16 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Hardware Changes Element and lon are now shipping with Windows 7 and a revised motherboard SSHD Element Ethernet Ports 1 amp 2 Audio Reserved MIDI Ports for Future In amp Out Ua Implementation rigger Hard Power Switch Fan pee ole C A LU l SS L Out MIDI l ZAIN HD 50 60 Hz E IEC Receptacle eSATA USB Ports Port usg Display DVD D H a Ports Port Port Port lon l Ethernet Ports 1 amp 2 Hard Power Switch Audio Reserved eoa kemol for Future Trigger a ala Implementation 9 A H SS D ff Remote x l n JO ng nae I 3 G ane ee Ca ji 9 o CETS IEC Receptacle USB Ports Port USB Display DVI D DVI I aana Ports Port Port Port lon amp Ele
25. You can click on Blind to go back to live on nut WN FS Q 10 Int Up Int Down Clickable Support to Displays Several displays are more interactive now with click supported cells Clicking on a row header will select and place it on the command line You can click on multiple row headers to select a range of items Double clicking a row header will select that row and deselect any other rows Clicking on a column header will place that action on the command line You can click on multiple column actions that can be combined such as cue times to place those on the command line Column Headers Entiv Exit Cascade Immediate Scro nea Immediate Immediate Row Immediate Immediate Headers Hue Sat Fade Colo Immediate Immediate Absolute Mac 700 s Absolute N A N A int StepBased Cascade Immediate The following displays have added clickable support e Show Control List e Cue List e Playback Status Display e Palette Lists e Sub List e Preset List e Effect List e Group List e Snapshot List e Curve List e Partition List e Pixel Map List e Magic Sheet List e Park Address List Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Pages Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 e Patch Display e Spreadsheet Display e Macro List Displaying Fader Pages with Content When using Fader Page or Shift Fader Page the displayed page will jump to the next page with content and then to the next i
26. _List 1 Timing Cue af IntUp Int Down Focus Color Beam Dur MBAP Fw Hg Link Loop Curve Rate Label FX Ext Links a 5 5 L 1 Q6 1 2 8 b Editing Labels The page arrow keys on the console or an external alohanumeric keyboard can be used to move the cursor within a label to aid in editing ho gt Page A takes the cursor to the beginning of the label Page W takes the cursor to the end of the label gt Page lt moves the cursor to the left Page K moves the cursor to the right RPP W ap ua Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 2 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Virtual Keyboard The virtual keyboard displays the alohanumeric keyboard shortcut for that hardkey in the lower right hard corner The abbreviations are 2 Ca CTRL ALT 35 S SHIFT C CTRL 22 A ALT Use Shift As Eos Shift In the ECU Use Shift as Eos Shift allows the SHIFT key on an alphanumeric keyboard to be used as the console s Shift key If not selected the Z key on an alphanumeric keyboard will function as the Shift key E Use Shift key as Eos Shift B Open in Shell E C U Automatically Update Software Show Archive Path 1 Note With 2 3 the Hotkey mapping has changed Please see Eos Family Hotkeys page 22 and Element Hotkeys page 24 Effect Attributes Two new effect attributes are now available that affect how effects run Those attr
27. a magic sheet direct select will open the Magic Sheet tab and display the selected magic sheet Pressing a different magic sheet direct select will change the displayed sheet Using Park Changes Changes in this section impact the Using Park chapter Recall From Park You can use Recall From Park to set a channel or parameter to the same level as the current park value For Example Let s assume that channels 1 through 5 are parked at 55 To recall that level to channels in live or blind use the following syntax s 1 Thru 1 5 Recall From Park Enter Channels 1 through 5 will be set to 55 and channels 6 through 15 will be unaffected Note This does not release the Park buffer Eos Family v2 0 1 Operations Manual Supplement Page4 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 0 1 Thru Thru in Park When parking a range of addresses in Park using Thru will only park the intensities If you want to park all of the addresses and parameters within the selected range you will need to use Thru Thru Patch Changes Changes in this section impact the Patch chapter Swap in Patch Additional options have been added to Swap in Patch e Swap swaps only the patched address e Swap Plus Show swaps all show and patch data e Swap Only Show swaps only the show data and not patch data e Swap Plus Patch swaps addresses and patch data but not show data Fixture Edit
28. ab in the selected frame Direct Selects Direct Selects ML Controls Effect Status Virtual Pixel Map Classic x25 Keyboard Preview Color Picker Command History Snapshots The snapshots displayed here are single monitor only snapshots recorded for the visible workspace These snapshots can be recalled from any selected monitor from the Home Screen or the Display Controls menu screen You can recall a monitor only snapshot from the command line by using the syntax Snapshot n Enter When recalled from the command line the selected snapshot will only affect the monitor from which it was originally recorded To record a monitor only snapshot press the New Snapshot button on the Display Controls menu screen Delete Snapshot n Enter Enter will delete a monitor only snapshot All snapshots can be viewed on the snapshot list display which can be opened by pressing Snapshot Snapshot or from the home screen Display Controls Screen Selecting the display controls icon will grant you access to the Layout Options previously described Choose the layout icon for the arrangement and number of frames you want to use on the monitor 84 LKA Display Controls Menu Button This screen also offers options for opening and closing tabs as well as resizing and resetting the monitor s The icons are Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Open New
29. ack status display a magic sheet channel display will be brought to the front e Using Shift Live cycles through the magic sheet channel displays e Pressing Live or bringing a Live tab into focus will restore your last focused magic sheet channel display e Magic sheet channel displays in the locked frame will not be skipped when using the Tab key to cycle through tabs e Control The display will behave the same as a Controls Tab Changes to Background Settings You can now select live and blind backgrounds for magic sheets These backgrounds can either use a Solid color gradient of two colors or an image One of these backgrounds will be used when editing a magic sheet Select the Use While Editing button to use either the live or blind background Live and Blind Indicators Magic Sheets now indicate Live or Blind on their tab Clock A clock has been added to the MS Object Library You can now add a clock to any magic sheet By using the MS Object properties you can edit the color font and size of the clock Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Dage 12 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Changes to Fixtures Changes have been made to the fixture library in version 2 2 to make fixtures easier to control These changes affect the fixture definitions These changes include e More mode parameters for complex fixtures e More calibrated ranges e For example DMX ranges are cali
30. ame as it does in Live See the section on Flash in the Basic Manual Control chapter for more information Patch by Channel An option for setting the starting channel has been added to the Edit display for mapping channel based pixels Start Channel Start Address orizontal Order Left to Right Column Guides Vertical Order Apply 0 Top to Bottom Row Guides _ Direction _ Flash Rows When either Starting Channel or Starting Address is selected both fields will be cleared Address based pixels can not overlap with channel based pixels This includes the entire DMX fixture footprint If using Starting Channel any overlapping channel based pixels will be removed and any overlapping address based fixtures will be unpatched If using Starting Address any overlapping address based pixels will be removed and any overlapping channel based fixtures will be unpatched When the Data key is latched the address for channel based pixels will display When Format is pressed the address will toggle between port offset and address number Eos Family v2 0 1 Operations Manual Supplement Page6 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 0 1 Park and Address Check You can use Park and Address Check for Virtual Media Server outputs Color Picker A second color picker has been added for virtual effect layers The second color picker will be labeled as End Color and will control RGB2 Copying Col
31. brated in real units 25 to 50 Hz or 5 to 20 RPM instead of their absolute DMX values e Changes to the index type parameters e For example some index parameters that used to be 0 360 degrees are now 180 180 degrees Pixel Mapping Installer Update Eos Family v2 2 includes an enhancement for operating file system support for Nomad systems running on aPC or Macintosh This changes the default location for storing show files and media to the main User documents location of the system Windows Drive Users lt lt Your User Name gt gt My Documents ETC Eos for Windows 7 amp 8 Documents ETC Eos on Mac platforms An update to the Eos Family Pixel Mapping Installer is available v1 0 1 You may obtain this release of software by downloading it from the Downloads section of the ETC website www etcconnect com First time Nomad installs of Eos Family v2 2 should use Eos Family Pixel Mapping Installer v1 0 1 This is not required for upgrades to Eos Family v2 2 but it is recommended Note For consoles updating from v1 9 2 or earlier it is recommended that you install pixel map installer v1 0 1 Note Please be sure to check your media archive location in ECU gt Settings gt General gt Media Archive Path to ensure proper configuration Restoring defaults will use the updated locations configured by Eos v2 2 and the v1 0 1 pixel map installer ECU Change for Nomad General Language engiisn united States 4 a english
32. c ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Color Spaces There are six color spaces that you can choose to work in All of these spaces are connected So it doesn t mat ter which space you wish to work in the console will translate the information to work with your fixtures When the color picker is first opened the CIE xy color space and the gel picker will open by default You can select other color spaces and tools by clicking on the display configuration tool the gear icon in the upper left corner of the color picker display T Note Multiple color picker tabs with different color spaces can be opened at the same time Mul tiole color spaces can be opened on the same tab The available color spaces are p n i Note When a fixture is in HS mode the brightness control is not provided Intensity controls the brightness For the CIE xy CIE 1931 and CIE uv CIE 1976 the triangle represents the RGB space as defined by the PLASA standard E1 54 Fixtures that comply to that standard can achieve any color within the triangle The cone represents the color spectrum that we can see Controls Each color space has three virtual encoders a vertical encoder a button and a button The encoders will change based on the color space selected Double tapping in a virtual encoder will cause it to jump to the location of your finger Pressing and holding will cause the encoder to fade toward your finger Tapping anyw
33. ch from the Eos column Multiple Lightwright devices can be selec ted ata time Then click Link Devices The link will appear in the Mapping column To unlink a device select it from the Mapping column and then press Unlink Device Device mapping and import fields are saved with the show file MLA Added to Export Menu An option for exporting to Moving Light Assistant MLA has been added to the Export menu Dis plays gt File gt Export gt Moving Light Assistant This will open the export screen in the CIA From this screen you can choose which aspects of the show file you want to export By default all aspects are selected and will be exported To withhold any show aspects from exporting simply deselect them in the CIA by clicking on the respective button Deselected show aspects will appear in black Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 8 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Color Show Magic Cues Presets Deselect Palette Control Sheets All Advanced Targets Patch Seam Submasters Fixtures Pixel Maps Palette Intensity Cancel Palette Groups Effects Snapshots Media Focus oes System Palette Settings EE Levels You can also choose to export specific portions of show aspects To select this information press the Advanced button In the Advanced screen all aspects are deselected black by default To stop the show file from being saved for export press the Cancel button
34. com puter M Show Keyboard amp Character Viewers in menu bar Input Sources Step 2 Open the Keyboard section Step 3 Enable Use all F1 F2 etc keys as standard function keys by clicking in the box Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page6 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 0 1 Supplement to Operations Manual The following information is new for version 2 0 1 This document is supplemental to information in the Eos Titanium Eos and Gio v2 0 Operations Manual lon v2 0 Operations Manual and Element v2 0 User Manual and should be used in conjunction with it Display Changes Changes in this section impact the System Basics chapter and the Facepanel Shortcuts appendix Latching Data and Time Data Key Pressing and holding Data allows you to view the values behind any referenced or marked data Data exposes the next lower reference level So if you view a palette reference and press Data the absolute data will be displayed instead If you are viewing a preset absolute or palette data will be displayed depending on what is contained in the preset On Eos Ti Eos Gio and lon you can lock this mode by pressing Shift Data When in display reference values mode Data Latched will display in the upper left of the live display and the Data key will be lit in green on Eos Ti and Gio To exit this mode press Shift Data again Time Key Pressing and holding
35. d in numeric order starting with channel 26 Using Group Effect 1 will select the channels currently running effect 1 However pressing Next the channels will be selected in the order they were originally selected In this example channel 31 would be first then channel 26 1 Note Group Effect n was previously used as an alternate to Recall From This is no longer the case Replace With Replace With allows you to replace an effect with another one All overrides will be preserved Effect 1 Replace With lt Effect gt 2 all channels that were running effect 1 will now be running effect 2 Size for Step and Absolute Effects Size is now an option for Step and Absolute effects For Example Effect 1 is a step effect with the On State set to 50 and the Off State set to 10 If Size is set to 50 the On State will be set to 50 of 50 and the Off State will be 50 of 10 So On would be 25 and Off would be 5 Stop Effects A Stop Effect Stop Effect command can now be assigned to a list of channels in a cue without an effect tracking into it or to a list of channels in a submaster lt channel gt 1 Stop Effect Stop Effect Enter will create a stop effect instruction for all selected parameters if there isn t an effect running on any of the parameters lt channel gt 1 Effect Enter will only stop the currently running effect Effect 0 Enter will place
36. d to the entire cue not just the AR part on the command line For cues with discrete timing its parameters will use the temporary time instead of the assigned discrete timing Submasters The number of submasters has increased to 999 The number of fader pages available is still 30 which means that there is a still a limit of 300 submasters being used with physical faders at a time Partitions on Cue Lists A partition may be assigned to a cue list If a partition has already been applied to a cue list any channels not in the cue list s partition will not be included in cues when they stored or replayed Any data for a cue list that already existed before a partition is applied will be maintained including data for channels not included in the partition If data existed before the partition was assigned in Eos Family v2 0 1 Operations Manual Supplement Page2 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 0 1 blind channels that are not in the partition will display without a channel graphic any levels will be in gray and a small superscript N will display with it Channels that were initially saved in the cue list but are not in the currently assigned partition Assigned partitions will display in the external links column in the cue list index To assign a partition to a cue list e Cue n Partition n Enter To remove a partition from a cue list e Cue n Partition Enter Wo
37. ect Selects Classic In classic mode you have two options fit to screen and classic layout that were first made available in version 2 1 You can change between fit to screen and classic layout by toggling the Classic Fit button A couple of new options have been added for version 2 2 e A 1x 2x button allows you to toggle the direct selects to show one bank of 5 rows or two banks of 5 rows e A Record button has been added that posts Record to the command line Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page 9 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Direct Selects x25 The Direct Selects x 25 mode displays only a single category of direct selects at a time By using the 25 and 25 buttons you can change the number of available buttons in increments of 25 You can select a page of direct selects by using the page access buttons or by using the page up and down buttons The Select and Flexi buttons work the same as in previous software versions Changes to About The number of patched channels and number of cues have been added to the default About display The number of cues is a count across all cue lists Multipart cues are only counted once To see this display press About when the command line is clear About Palette Preset A Usage button has been added to the About Palettes and About Presets displays Usage displays the following information about palettes and presets e
38. ee the Apply an Existing Effect section of the Creating and Using Effects chapter of your console s manual 2 6 lt Effect gt lt 1 gt Rate 6 Enter to change the rate for just channel 26 With the effect running the console will default to the running effect number You may need to select the effect first Effect n Enter This will open the effect status display and you will have access to the effect softkeys In the effect status display an will display by any effect property that has a channel level override You can then store these channel overrides in a cue by using Record or Update Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page 13 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 BPM as a Cue Level Override BPM can be applied to an effect or individual channels as only a cue level override in live and blind As a cue level override the effect step action times will not be affected Note The effect editor cannot be open when applying a cue level override The effect Status display does need to be open though You can open the effect status display from the home screen or by pressing Effect while in live With an effect recorded into a cue and playing back in live Effect 1 BPM 3 0 Enter will change the BPM of the effect running This change will happen immediately but the step or action times will not change You can see the BPM value which will be in red in the Ef
39. ey line represents the first channel selected With the Gel Picker page 11 open and gel selected a dotted line will appear in the Spectrum display That line represents the selected gel Hold Color Point allows you to adjust individual emitters and the other emitters will automatically adjust to hold the color selected If an emitter has been adjusted too far a Limit Reached warning will appear This can only be used with fixtures that have more than three color parameters If you are working outside of this display holding down Color while adjusting the encoders will cause Hold Color Point behavior Encoder Softkeys If you press the encoder for any parameter the softkeys change to display options relevant to that parameter These may include Home Last and Next or Min and Max and depending on the type of parameter a Mode or Calibrate button Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 15 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Previously this behavior was only available on lon Now this is available on Eos Eos Ti Gio consoles and the Eos Programming Wing Shift At Shift Enter and Select Last Shift At Shift Enter and Select Last can now be used to loop through commands five times Zoom Added to About A zoom button has been added to the About display There are three zoom sizes small medium amp large Medium is the default size Pre
40. fect Status display When the cue is updated or recorded with the new BPM an will appear next to the effect number in the Ext Links column of the PSD and the cue list The BPM value in the effect status display will now be displayed in blue 1 Effect 1 BPM 3 0 Enter will only change the BPM for channel 1 A will display in the BPM column of the effect status display and the BPM will display in red in the effect channel display Once the cue is updated or recorded the BPM will display in blue in the effect channel display The will still be displayed in the effect status display and an will appear next to the effect number in the Ext Links column of the PSD and the cue list BPM Impacts All Times of a Step based Effect Applying BPM to a Step based effect will now override all timing in the effect Previously BPM only impacted the step times Now the Step In Dwell and Decay times are all affected Step Action Selection If an effect step action is on the command line or indicated in the blue text to the left of the command line entering a number on the command line will default to selecting a step action for the previous selected effect If no step action is displayed the command line will default to effect number Effect List Navigation Using the Next Last keys will now only move between effects in the effect list display To navigate the effect editor you will need to use the page arr
41. he Monitor Options Screen page 6 Tabs Any frame can have multiple tabs open Tabs are now broken down into two categories Control and Display Control tabs see page 6 for a list of tabs are the virtual control options that were formerly available in the browser such as the color picker and the virtual keyboard Display tabs see page 5 for a list of tabs are the various displays available on the console such as the playback status display and the park display You can open or close tabs using the Display Icons page 5 Control Icons page 6 or all of the methods used in previous versions of software Pressing Shift Tab once will clear all tabs on the selected monitor but tabs in locked frames will remain Pressing Shift Tab twice will clear all tabs on all monitors but tabs in locked frames will remain Pressing Shift Tab a third time will clear all tabs on all monitors including those in locked frames White text in the tab indicates a Display Tab and magenta ea text indicates a Control Tab 1 2 Live Channel All Display and Control Tabs have fixed tab numbering under which they open for example Live opens under Tab 1 Patch under Tab 12 and Color Picker under Tab 27 These numbers are identified on the Home Screen in each icon and in the following table For multiple instances of the same display the tab number will be followed with a decimal number Additional tabs will start their numbe
42. here in the color space will cause the crosshair to move to that location Press and hold then move your finger to fade the crosshair toward that location The 4 button will create the brightest version of the selected color Press the button to display labels on all of the controls Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 10 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 For the RGB and CMY color spaces you can change which color control is on the vertical encoder Touch the label of the virtual encoder to change which color control is located on the vertical encoder In the following graphics Red is on the vertical encoder in the first one and green is on the vertical encoder in the second one This is also indicated by the highlighted encoder name For the HS Wheel and HSB color spaces the vertical encoder is always brightness Gel Picker Several changes have been made to the gel picker for working with the new Color Spaces page 10 When the gel picker is opened up with a color space there will be dots displayed on the color space These dots rep resent the gels in the currently selected gel book Hovering over a dot with a mouse will display the gel s name and a color swatch The following buttons are also available Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 11 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Brightest determines the color match used
43. his attribute is applied to the cue that the effect is stored in and not in the effect itself iD Note Repeat on Go is similar to Restart Effect but it is applied to the effect For more inform ation on Repeat on Go see Effect Attributes on page 3 Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 4 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Effects In Presets Effects can be stored in a preset and those presets can be used to create submasters and cues However the effect s data is only copied to the submaster or cue It is no longer referenced through the preset Note if used with submasters and cues the data is not referenced So if changes are made to the effect in the preset the effect saved to the submasters and cues will remain unchanged The preset list display has a new column for effects Query and Group Effect You can use Query Effect n Query Effect and Group Effect n to select the channels currently running in the selected effect Using Query will select the channels in numeric order Group will select the channels in the order that they were originally selected Query Effect will select all channels currently running effects For Example gt 3 1 2 6 3 0 2 7 121191 121191 Effect 1 Enter Using Query Effect 1 will select the channels currently running effect 1 Using Next the channels will be selecte
44. ibutes are Continuous Run the effect will keep running until there is a stop effect command By default Continuous Run is disabled for all step and absolute effects It is enabled by default for relative effects See Stop Effects on page 5 for more information Repeat on Go previously effects with a duration or number of cycles would refire when a a new cue was recorded Now effects will not restart unless Repeat on Go is used When an effect with duration Is running in a cue the effect will display in light blue while it is running and dark blue when it has finished This is only displayed in the Live Summary View Light Dark Blue Blue When When Effect Effect is has Running Finished Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 3 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Effect Background Value Modification For Step and Absolute effects you can use and to adjust the background value Fa s o iD Note When using you will need to preface the command with if you want to remove from the current value For Example Effect 1 is a step effect with the on state set to 100 and the off state set to 50 for all steps To set the step off state to 50 you would use the following syntax Effect 1 Step 1 Offstate U 5 lt O gt Enter If the channels in the effect have a background value of 50 the off state for each step would be 2
45. k to Channel Color will have a white outline if the address is patched or a dark outline if the address is unpatched If the address object s outline color is set to Link to Channel Intensity the brightness of the outline color will be tied to the DMX level of the address The higher that the DMX value is the brighter the outline color will be To set the outline color to Link to Channel Color or Intensity select the outline color icon in the color section of MS Object Properties Then select either Link to Channel Color or Link to Channel Intensity Outline Color Icon R s B ui Color oe Link to Channel Color Font Abc E E Link to Channel Intensity Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Pageod Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 1 0 Fixture Symbols Additional fixture symbols can be imported The symbol must be saved as a svg image file and needs to be tagged properly These tags can be linked to the channel s color intensity or both The outline section needs to be tagged as etc_symbol_ outlineO etc_symbol_ outline and or etc_symbol_ outline2 The base section needs to be tagged as etc_symbol_base0 etc_symbol_base and or etc_symbol_base2 Tags can be layered and they will render in the order listed below e etc_symbol_base0 uses fill color intensity link not color e etc_symbol_base uses fill color and intensity link e etc_symbol_base2 uses fill color i
46. lute data by using Update or Record When there s a change to the color path information a red c will display next to the channel number and the color path s 101 name will EE in red in the color path display When that data has been saved a blue c will display Miia The color path s name will also display in blue in the color path display You can save changes to a new color path by using Record Path Color Path n That data will then be referenced and any changes made to that path will be used anytime that path is used Press Shift Path Color Path to see the values behind the referenced data See About Color Path on page 16 and Color Path in Patch Attributes on page 17 for more inform ation Spectrum Tools The Spectrum option is found by clicking on the display configuration tool the gear icon in the upper left corner of the color picker display This option displays all the color parameters across the color spectrum and allows for individual control of each parameter Press a color point to move it This display is a good visual of what the fixture is outputting Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 14 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 The following screenshot shows a 7 color fixture This display will change based on the type of fixture being used ii Note The grey line shows the composite color of the fixture If multiple fixtures are selected the gr
47. me posts Effect 1 Learn Time Sample BPM to the command line and opens the effect editor display Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page4 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 1 0 While in this mode press Enter to establish the BPM The console will use an average of the last four times you press Enter in this mode to calculate the BPM Pressing Learn again will stop this mode In this mode every time the BPM changes a live running effect will be modified accordingly without stopping Learning Discrete Step Time In learning discrete step time mode every time you press Enter the time since the last press of Enter is used to set the next step s step time for a step based effect or the next step s fade dwell time of an absolute effect e Effect 1 Learn Time Time posts Effect 1 Learn Time Discrete Steps to the command line and opens the effect editor display Pressing Learn again will stop this mode Instead of pressing Enter you can press At while in this mode to add new steps to the end of the effect Pressing Enter will send you back to the first step in the effect Magic Sheet Changes Address as Target Type Address is now an available target for magic sheet objects Address Added to List of Fields Address has been added to the list of fields that can be displayed around an object Address Object Color An address object with its outline color set to Lin
48. ment support up to 2 monitors using the following combinations Signal Physiol Display Port DVI VGA Port Yes Yes i with Active gal E Adapter Yes Multitouch monitors need to be Windows 7 or 8 Compatible Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page1 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement afc Eos Family v2 1 0 Supplement to Operations Manual The following information is new for version 2 1 0 This document is supplemental to information in the Eos Titanium Eos and Gio v2 0 Operations Manual and lon v2 0 Operations Manual and should be used in conjunction with it For Element users the Element User Manual has been updated for version 2 1 0 Eos Ti Eos Ti consoles cannot automatically update the software on other devices running software versions prior to 2 1 0 Once those units are updated to version 2 1 0 Eos Ti consoles will be able to auto update all system devices via the update setting in the ECU System Overview Change Channel Counts The maximum number of allowed channels that can be defined in patch has increased from 10 000 to 16 000 can be any number from 1 to 99 999 This change impacts Eos Ti Eos Gio and lon System Basics Changes Direct Selects There are two options for opening the direct select modules which are Fit to Screen and Classic Layout Fit to Screen is designed for wide format displays For standard size monitors use the Classic Layout The following example sh
49. mer front lights See also Additions to Query on page 1 Gel Field on page 17 and Lightwright Import on page 7 Warning with Out of Sync Fixture Libraries For multiconsole systems all devices have to use the same fixture library If the fixture library is different between devices a warning will be displayed on the device trying to connect to the system Updating a Fixture Definition Warning When updating a fixture definition in Patch a warning message now includes what changes will be made to the fixture by updating it By Type Presets By Type presets are created with default channels which contain values that can be assigned to any other channel within the same fixture type By Type presets can also contain discrete channel values By Type presets will display a T in the lower corner of the direct selects A will display after the T if there are channels stored with discrete data Using By Type Presets Storing a By Type Preset If By Type is used when recording the lowest number channel of each fixture type will be the default chan nel Generally when storing by type presets you will want only one channel of each fixture type in use Any additional channels in that fixture type will be recorded with discrete data 55 1 Thru 6 Record Preset 1 By Type Enter Channels 1 through 6 are saved to Preset 1 Channels 1 through 6 are of the same fixture type Channel 1 will be the default cha
50. n and specifications subject to change 4250M1211 2 1 0 m Rev A m Released 2013 12 m ETC intends this document to be provided in its entirety Corporate Headquarters 3031 Pleasant View Road P O Box 620979 Middleton Wisconsin 53562 0979 USA m Tel 608 831 4116 m Fax 608 836 1736 A A Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page 1 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 1 0 Grandmaster Blackout lf a grandmaster is set to a value other than 100 a grandmaster button with the set value will be shown at the top of each display If blackout is currently on a blackout button will be shown at the top of the displays Clicking on either button will open a new display which will allow you to turn off blackout and set the grandmaster to a different level Managing Show Files Change Show File Advisory If the loaded show file exceeds the Consoles output capacity an advisory will display in the CIA You will need to dismiss the advisory by pressing Ok before continuing To see the capacity of the console press About Setup Changes High Contrast Display By default High Contrast Display is now enabled in Setup gt Desk gt Displays 100 Channel Display Additional options have been added to 100 Channel Display in Setup Setup gt Desk gt Displays to help accommodate different display dimensions You can select to have this option disabled display the channels in 4 rows of 25 4x25 or 5 rows
51. natively use Encoder Display category to change the encoder pages Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 23 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Element Hotkeys To enable Eos functions on Mac Function keys Open Systems Preferences Go into the Keyboard section Enable the Use all F1 F2 etc keys as standard function keys setting i 1 Note Some international keyboards require Use Shift Key as Eos Shift to be disabled in the Gen L eral section of the ECU Settings Use Z as shift to access shortcut functions in these cases ConsoleKey PC ConsoleKey PC Console Key PC Tshortcuttst gt _Cear__ Backspace Home Home SSS SHC 0 S oome Controle Home ac Fr Left Arrow PE corner anc PP ensiyiter contort copy TR esy aee O a oo lt a a H ooa s S a age O HRL IL IRL O S EentrolshifeD veg TRS o m siete ete tee 8 ate Feet ve nn emn ea H 9 onto mng wirus Ta Lead Controle os ea ie der C BiectsSoftkays arse varoson ControlAkt rr E o shift Enter Enter Macrogo2 ControlAt2 pT Controlat Escape Escape _ Macro803 Control Alt3 Ma ShiftFnupArrow Expand 5 L Contr a a 7 Focus titer contrat Macroe0a Conroe Aa Focusrite att eroso Conrat AddressDimmer _AtA Folow EISHIRBINNT Macrost0 ControlAl 10 ANNES contro H __
52. ncremental page before skipping to the next page with content For example pages 1 3 and page 11 have content If on page 2 you press Fader Page you will see pages 3 then 4 then 11 then 12 displayed After page 12 you will jump back to page 1 When on page 11 as you press Shift Fader Page you will see page 10 then page 3 Playback Fader Page Displayed in Cue List Index Previously only the playback fader s ID displayed in the cue list index Now the page and fader number display after the playback ID Links to Non existent Cues When a cue is linked to a non existent cue a will display next to the cue number in the link column of the playback status display and the cue list index Beam Subcategories Rearranged The order of beam parameters has changed from Shutters Image Form to Form Image Shutters This change impacts the live blind displays ML controls the fixture editor parameter list and the parameter tiles in the CIA This change does not affect the physical keycaps Virtual Media Server Crossfade The Virtual Media Server crossfade parameter level will display in subscript beside the intensity Element Playback Status Display scrolling with a mouse is now enabled for the Playback Status Display on Element This behavior was already available on the other Eos Family consoles Changes to Direct Selects There are now two different direct select modes direct selects classic and direct selects x25 Dir
53. nnel and channels 2 through 6 will be saved with discrete data 22 1 Thru 6 Record Preset 1 Enter If a by type preset is rerecorded without using the By Type softkey and the default channel is included in the record the default channel s level will change and all other changes will be discrete 55 1 Thru 5 Record Intensity Palette 1 Discrete Enter If a default channel is included in a record where Discrete is used and another channel is tracking it the default channel will be changed to having discrete data and the lowest numbered tracking channel will become the new default chan nel All other channels in the record will also have discrete data Editing By Type Presets in Blind In Blind the default channel s levels will display in blue discrete data for the other channels will display in white and any channels that are using the default channel value will display in magenta Softkeys available for editing presets in blind are By Type Discrete and Cleanup Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 18 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 3 By Type Enter makes channel 3 the new default channel for that device type If another chan nel for that type was the default channel its data will now be discrete 25 1 0 Thru 2 0 Discrete Enter changes the levels for channels 10 through 20 to discrete If any of those channels are default
54. ntensity link not color e etc_symbol_outlineO uses outline intensity link not color e etc_symbol_ outline uses outline color and intensity link e etc_symbol_outline2 uses outline intensity link not color Tags that only link to intensity will cause the base or outline to dim based on the channel s intensity The edits to the tags in the svg file can be made in any text editor program such as Notepad or in a SVG editor program such as Inkscape ECU Changes Enable Sensor FDX3000 Feedback Clicking in the enable box will allow your console to receive feedback over the network from a CEM a CEM3 or FDX3000 This option is Enabled by default Enable FDX2000 Feedback Clicking in the enable box will allow your console to receive FDX2000 dimmer feedback over the network Client Software Change Using Offline or Client with Mac Laptops When using a Mac laptop or wireless oao Keyboard keyboard with the Mac functions LaLe Jil Show All mapped to the F1 F12 keys Eos offline client functions are not executable The Mac functions must Key Repeat Delay Until Repeat first be disabled before Eos offline VY 3 L client functions will work board Keyboard Shortcuts OF Slow Fast Long Short Use all F1 F2 etc keys as standard function keys When this option is selected press the Fn key to use the special eatures printed on each key Step 1 Open System Preferences on your
55. o skip over a specified number of channels s 1 Thru 1 2 Chan Per Group 3 Jump 1 Enter would create these 3 subgroups of 3 channels each 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 Channels 4 8 and 12 will be jumped over and will not be in the subgroups e Odd selects only the odd numbered channels e Even selects only the even numbered channels e Reorder is used to reorder the channels of a group into numeric order Offset Button Added to Some Displays Submaster palette and preset blind views now all include an Offset button Step based effects have an Offset button now as well Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page 12 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Changes to Effects Effect Channel Display The ability to override certain effect properties per channel at the cue level has been added The effect channel display has been added for this To open this display press Shift Effect or select the effect channel icon from the display management home screen see Display Icons on page 5 The following properties can be overridden e Rate e BPM e Size Relative Effects Only e H Form Focus Effects Only e V Form Focus Effects Only e Axis Focus Effects Only Note To add a channel level override first you will need to be in the Effect Channel display with the effect running The effect status display also needs to be open To learn how to apply an effect please s
56. of 20 5x20 depending on the dimensions of your displays The default for this setting is Disabled Encoder Acceleration on Eos and lon Encoder Acceleration has been removed from Eos and lon which matches the behavior of the Eos Ti and Gio encoders In Setup gt Desk gt Face Panel gt Encoders there are two options available Degrees Per Revolution which is for the pan amp tilt encoders and Percent Per Revolution which is for the other encoders When a pan or tilt encoder is moved one revolution the parameter will change by as many degrees as defined in Setup The default is 30 When any other encoder is moved one revolution the parameter will change by the set percentage of its entire range The default is 35 The settings for Encoder Degrees Per Revolution and Encoder Percent Per Revolution are stored with the show file Starting a new file will reset the two settings to their default values Note On Eos toggling an encoder no longer works to place it into fine mode On both Eos and lon hold down Shift while moving the encoder for fine control Releasing the Shift key will restore the encoder to its default mode Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page2 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 1 0 Removing Virtual Hue and Saturation Parameters In Setup gt Show gt Show Settings an option Create Virtual HSB has been added which allows you to disable creation of virtual hue and
57. om m QSF 4 1 9 1 m Copyright 2014 ETC All Rights Reserved m Product information and specifications subject to change 4250M1211 2 2 0 m Rev B m Released 2014 06 m ETC intends this document to be provided in its entirety Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page 1 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Workspaces Further expanding your monitor capabilities workspaces have been added to offer independent display control on all of your connected monitors Every monitor can have up to three workspaces identified by the workspace icons in the upper left corner of any monitor including any integrated touchscreens with your console You can use Tab Page A and Tab Page W to cycle through the workspaces This will increment or decrement the current workspace and will then force all of the other workspaces to match the current workspace s number 1 2 or 3 This is so you can quickly step through the workspaces Workspaces 1 2 and 3 These three monitor icons are used to switch between each monitor s available workspaces Each can be set up to include any of the desired layout displays and controls options offered on the Home Screen page 4 or the Display Controls Screen page 6 Frames Each workspace can have up to four frames in its layout The number of frames in a workspace layout is determined by choosing from the Layout Options page 4 offered in the Home Screen page 4 or t
58. or You can copy or swap a color between the two color pickers using the buttons located between the two color pickers Start Color f End Color opies End Color to Start Color ee opies Start Color to End Color cc waps Start Color and End Color E 4 T Color Format Eag FDX Dimmer Feedback ECU Settings Changes in this section impact the ECU appendix FDX Feedback Clicking in the enable box will allow Eos to receive FDX dimmer feedback over the network Broadcast Type e Directed Broadcast Broadcast packets are directed to a subnet based on the IP address and subnet mask of the sender e Limited Broadcast The limited broadcast address is 255 255 255 255 It is limited because routers will never forward datagrams with that destination address This means that datagrams with the limited broadcast address are confined to the particular network segment on which they originate About System Changes in this section impact the About chapter Clicking on a FDX rack in the About System list will open the About Rack display which shows the following information about the rack Rack number Rack Type Phase A B C Voltages Frequency system Number IP Address Software Version Device List For information about FDX Dimmer feedback see the Device List section in the Patch chapter Eos Family v2 0 1 Operations Manual Supplement Page Electronic Theatre Controls Inc
59. or Parameters The fixture editor parameters list is now displayed in alphabetical order Thru Thru This change applies to the Multipart Cues chapter Thru Thru can be used in blind to create multiple cue parts in a range For example Cue 1 Part 1 Thru Thru 4 Enter will create parts 1 through 4 If you were to use just Thru instead of Thru Thru in that example you would create parts 1 and 4 Subgroups This change applies to the Using Groups chapter You can create subsets of channels within a group by using Shift Shift will create parentheses These subsets of channels or subgroups are treated as a single channel in the following ways e When applying absolute or relative effects from live the subgroups are treated as a single channel by the effect e When setting a range of step s channels on a step based effect the subgroup will not be spread out amongst multiple steps e When the group is selected and next last is pressed each subgroup Is traversed e When a group has subgroups Reverse Reorder and Random in the group editor will affect the subgroups instead of the channels in each subgroup Reorder will order the groups based on the first channel in each group Subgroups can be created either in the group list or live Group Label Channels ri aa Ah Y ri E i PA roe f C aa F5 1 gt 2 3 4 5 0 gt 7 To create a subgroup in live e Shift 1 Thru
60. orate Headquarters m 3031 Pleasant View Road P O Box 620979 Middleton Wisconsin 53562 0979 USA m Tel 608 831 4116 m Fax 608 836 1736 ecm London UK s Unit 26 28 Victoria Industrial Estate Victoria Road London W3 6UU UK m Tel 44 0 20 8896 1000 m Fax 44 0120 8896 2000 Rome IT m Via Pieve Torina 48 00156 Rome Italy m Tel 39 06 32 111 683 m Fax 44 0 20 8752 8486 KN ae Holzkirchen DE m Ohmstrasse 3 83607 Holzkirchen Germany m Tel 49 80 24 47 00 0 m Fax 49 80 24 47 00 3 00 mate lt 5 sesesese Hong Kong m Rm 1801 18 F Tower 1 Phase 1 Enterprise Square 9 Sheung Yuet Road Kowloon Bay Kowloon Hong Kong m Tel 852 2799 1220 m Fax 852 2799 9325 cote eee Ree eee Service Americas service etcconnect com m UK service etceurope com m DE techserv hoki etcconnect com m Asia service etcasia com TT Web www etcconnect com m QSF 4 1 9 1 m Copyright 2013 ETC All Rights Reserved m Product information and specifications subject to change REE 4250M1211 2 0 1 m Rev A m Released 2013 06 m ETC intends this document to be provided in its entirety Eos Family v2 0 1 Operations Manual Supplement Page 1 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 0 1 s 1 Rem Dim 5 0 Enter Channels 2 through 10 will be dimmed to 30 Highlight Rem Dim To temporarily override the Highlight Rem Dim option in Setup you can use either of the following syntax examples e channel list Highlight Rem
61. ow CMY effect These effects are for a rainbow on native color parameters that will fade hue from 0 to 360 with saturation at full when the parameters are at their default levels 0 is the default for CMY and Full is the default for RGB Focus Effects When adjusting the form of a focus effect you can hold down Shift while using the horizontal encoder to change the vertical form Beats Per Minute Tap Rate For step based and absolute effects you can set a beats per minute BPM For step based effects BPM affects the step times and for absolute effects this affects the time dwell Note that BPM impacts the effect directly It is not currently available as a cue level override There are two different ways for assigning BPM to effects Directly setting BPM If you Know the BPM you can assign that directly to the effect by using the BPM softkey which is available when in the effect editor display s Effect 1 BPM 1 9 0 Enter sets the BPM of effect 1 to 190 The step times will be adjusted for step based effects or the time dwell will be adjusted for absolute effects The BPM will display on the right side of the effect editor beside the effect number label Editing the cycle time the step time for a step based effect or the time dwell for an absolute effect will remove the BPM Learning BPM If you don t know the desired BPM you can learn the BPM From Live with the effect running e Effect 1 Learn Ti
62. ow keys Confirming Effects changes When using Page W to create a new effect step action in the Effects Editor display you will first be asked to confirm the new step action number before continuing This is to prevent new step action from being created by mistake To bypass this confirmation you can hold down Shift while using Page W or enter the step action number manually Changes to the ECU Client Mode Consoles Consoles in client or backup mode now by default will not output on their local DMX ports This option is found at ECU gt Settings gt Local I O Click on Output Local DMX in Client mode to enable the ability to output 24 Hour Format Clock Added In the ECU gt Settings gt General an option has been added to display the clock in the 24 hour format Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page 14 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Changes to Magic Sheets Display Behavior Display Behavior In the Background Settings tab of the magic sheet editing tools there is a new option for display behavior This option was added to go along with the new focus rules for display and control tabs See Focus Rules charley for Control and Display Tabs on page 3 for more information The following display behaviors are now available e Normal Display The display will behave the same as a Display Tab e Channel Display This mode uses the following rules e When focus is drawn to the playb
63. ows both options on a wide format display Classic Format Shift Direct Select Selecting record targets from direct selects will terminate the command line To post a control to the command line without terminating it hold down Shift while pressing the direct select This allows multiple commands to be selected and executed at once and an optional sneak time to be entered 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 London UK s Unit 26 28 Victoria Industrial Estate Victoria Road London W3 6UU UK m Tel 44 0 20 8896 1000 m Fax 44 0120 8896 2000 Rome IT m Via Pieve Torina 48 00156 Rome Italy m Tel 39 06 32 111 683 m Fax 44 0 20 8752 8486 Holzkirchen DE Ohmstrasse 3 83607 Holzkirchen Germany m Tel 49 80 24 47 00 0 m Fax 49 80 24 47 00 3 00 Hong Kong m Rm 1801 18 F Tower 1 Phase 1 Enterprise Square 9 Sheung Yuet Road Kowloon Bay Kowloon Hong Kong m Tel 852 2799 1220 m Fax 852 2799 9325 Service Americas service etcconnect com n UK service etceurope com m DE techserv hoki etcconnect com m Asia service etcasia com Web www etcconnect com m QSF 4 1 9 1 m Copyright 2013 ETC All Rights Reserved m Product informatio
64. rame layout identified in the icon Once a layout is assigned you can select which displays and controls will be in which frames Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page4 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Display Icons The following displays can be selected and they will open in a new tab in the selected frame Channel Channel Split Channel Playback Magic Sheet Magic Sheet Tombstones Table Status Display Display List gt MS List Groups Intensity Focus Palettes Color Palettes Beam Palettes Palettes Presets Effects Effect Submasters Cue List Pixel Maps Channels BEE SS S oOo Presets Effects D Pix Maps Macros Snapshots Show Control oo Macros snaps ark Show Ctrl The following displays can have multiple instances open Channel Tombstone Channel Table Split Channel Playback Status Display Magic Sheet Display Effect Channels e Park For multiple instances of the same display the tab number will be followed with a decimal number Additional tabs will start their numbering with n 2 If you have only one instance there will be no decimal number Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Paged Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Control Icons The virtual controls that were located in the browser are now part of the home screen You can select from the following list of virtual controls and they will open in a new t
65. resses By pressing Enter Enter you will delete them lon users will need to press Shift Select Last to access the Query softkey in Patch About Changes In the default About display a new field has been added called Parameters This field references the number of parameters that have been defined in patch This includes parameters that have been patched to output addresses and those that have not The field below Parameters Addresses only calculates the number of addresses that have been used in patch which counts toward available outputs The Parameters field is useful as even unpatched but defined parameters must be displayed and calculated in the fade engine If you are running a large show it is helpful to delete defined but unpatched channels This is where the Query Unpatched command is helpful Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page3 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 1 0 For Example system Count 4096 Version 2 1 0 BETA Build 68 2 1 0 10 68 Copyright c 2013 Electronic Theatre Controls International All Rights Reserved About Cue In the About Cue display three new columns that show channel moves have been added Those columns are intensity moves live NPs moves and dark NPs moves Effects Changes Preprogrammed Rainbow Effects Two new preprogrammed effects have been added to the effect list Effect 917 is a Rainbow RGB effect and effect 918 is a Rainb
66. ring with n 2 When you press Tab active focus will move numerically through all open tabs on active workspaces Note Using just the Tab key to cycle through tabs will skip over any Control Tabs in Oo locked frames Pressing Tab n will select the tab regardless of if it is in a locked frame or not Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Page2 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement P 2 3 4 2 6 7 8 9 Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 This table lists the tab number for each of the Control and Display tabs Channels Show Control List Playback Status Display Patch Magic Sheet Display Effect List Direct Selects Magic Sheet List ML Controls Submaster List Effect Status Cue List Index Virtual Keyboard Group List Effect Channels Macro List Pixel Map List Snapshot List Pixel Map Preview Park Focus Rules for Control and Display Tabs Curve List 31 Lamp Controls Intensity Palettes 99 Diagnostics Focus Palettes Color Palettes Beam Palettes Preset List Color Picker Virtual Faders About Command History Single clicking on a Controls Tab will bring it to the front of the frame but will not move focus to that tab unless the tab s frame already has focus Double clicking on a Controls Tab will bring it to the front and grab focus Single clicking on a Display Tab will bring it to the front and grab focus Tab Tools Every frame has a tab tool
67. rking with a Single Cue List Changes Changes in this section applies to the Working with a Single Cue List chapter Auto block Cleanup Cues that have auto blocks will display a underscored b in the PSD Autoblock Clean is used to remove all auto blocks from a single cue cue range or entire cue list Autoblock Clean is a softkey that will be posted when a cue list and or cue number are on the command line in the Cue List Index Live and Blind A range of cues or a cue list can be specified with this command For Example e Cue 1 Autoblock Clean Enter clears all auto blocks from cue list 1 Only blocks displayed with the white underscore are removed If the Block key was previously used this command will not unblock it e Cue 1 UT 1 0 Thru 1 0 0 Autoblock Clean Enter clears the auto blocks just from cues 10 through 100 of cuelist 1 Default Update Modes The default Update modes have changed Eos defaults to Make Absolute for the Update Mode with Break Nested and Update Last Ref enabled Record Defaults nlad Update Mode l Enabled Make Absolute i Track j Pa Tracking Mode Enabled m Record Confirm Last Ret Enabled Enabled Delete Confirm Enabled Default Update Setup Options Eos Family v2 0 1 Operations Manual Supplement Page3 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 0 1 Timing Disable This change affects the Setup and Cue Playback chapters
68. s menu in the lower left corner of the frame Selecting this menu icon will open the tab tools menu which provides options for opening and closing tabs in that frame You can left click with a mouse or double tap a tab in focus to also see this menu Most options are self explanatory with the following exceptions e Replace Tab allows you to close the current tab and choose from the Home Screen which display to replace it with Pressing escape will return you to the previously selected tab e Lock Frame prevents any additional tabs from being opened in the selected frame e Open New Tabs In This Frame specifies that any new tabs opened will automatically open in the specified frame Only one frame can have this option selected at a time Page3 Close Tab Replace Tab Close All Tabs But This Close All Tabs Lock Frame Open New Tabs In This Frame Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 0 Home Screen Upon start up or creation of a new show file any connected monitor that is not already displaying the Live or Playback Status Displays will show the Display Management Home Screen This screen consists of four general areas each offering different display related options Layout Options These tools offer you greater flexibility in the number of tabs you can view in any given workspace A workspace can have up to four frames Selecting a layout icon will assign the f
69. saturation parameters This option is Enabled by default When Virtual HSB controls are disabled the hue and saturation columns will not display in Table view You will not be able to record just the Hue or Saturation values into a cue submaster preset or palette and you cannot apply an effect to Hue and Saturation You will still be able to control Hue and Saturation from the encoders ML Controls Color Picker and the command line Fan Change Using Subgroups with Fan Subgroups can be used with the Fan feature Channels in the same subgroup will act as a single channel when fanned For Example Group 1 is made up of channels 120 thru 130 Channels 120 thru 123 are one subgroup channels 124 thru 126 are not in any subgroup and channels 125 thru 130 are another subgroup e Group 1 Fan Enter Selects group 1 and puts it into fan mode Rolling up the level wheel creates the following result Channels 120 thru 123 share an intensity channels 124 thru 126 each have different intensities and channels 127 thru 130 share an intensity Submaster and Patch Changes GM Exempt and Intensity Master For channels that have been set to GM Exempt in Patch Intensity Master control will not impact the intensity of those channels Query Unpatched To quickly delete channels without addresses in the Patch display you can use the command Query Unpatched Delete This will post to the command line all channels without add
70. ss a A to zoom Current Values ghts aJA Background Parameter Source Value Delay Time Marked In Mark For Park Moves Intens A Usage Patch Lamp Controls About Color Path The following information will be displayed when a color path is selected ho The color path number Label if any Channels that use the color path Cues that have moves that use the color path 75 Number of cue lists the color path is used in Ra aP aap See Color Path on page 13 for more information About Submaster The following information will be displayed when a submaster is selected 25 The submaster number Label if any 75 Current value 25 Mode additive inhibitive or effectsub Fader proportional or intensity master HTP or LTH Exclusive 25 Priority Timing 25 Fader Pages 25 Channels in Submaster 75 Effects assigned Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 16 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Color Path in Patch Attributes A default Color Path page 13 can be assigned at the channel level in Patch That color path will be used for all of that channel s color des unless overridden at the cue level Submasters and manual transitions that use that channel will use the default color path as well While in Patch 1 Path Color Path 2 Enter will assign color path 2 to channel 1 lon and Element users will need to use the Color Path softkey Yo
71. ternatively use Encoder Display category to change the encoder pages Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 25 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 2 Supplement to Operations Manual The following information is new for version 2 2 0 This document is supplemental to and should be used in conjunction with information in the Eos Titanium Eos and Gio v2 0 Operations Manual lon v2 0 Operations Manual and the Element v2 1 0 User Manual CAUTION If you choose to update fixture definitions in your existing show files after upgrading to version 2 2 it is recommended that you verify that your show plays back as expected Changes have been made to the fixture library to make fixtures in future shows easier to control however these changes will impact existing shows after you manually update fixture definitions For more information see Changes to Fixtures on page 16 Display Management Tools One of the most significant improvements to the Eos family in this software release are the enhanced display management tools The software provides improved capabilities for opening and navigating displays and control tools Increasing the depth of individual displays this software introduces the ability to have one of three different workspaces active on individual monitors as well as to have up to four areas called frames in use in any workspace Each frame can hold multiple tabs Display Controls Work Menu
72. the lowest numbered tracking channel will become the new default channel 25 5 Thru 8 At Enter removes the discrete data for channels 5 through 8 They will now use the default channel s values Preset 2 Discrete Enter changes all tracking and default channels to discrete Preset 5 By Type Enter makes the first channel of each device type a default channel 25 Preset 3 Cleanup Enter converts presets created in earlier versions of Eos Family software to by type presets This command will use the first channel of each type as the default and allow other chan nels of the same type to use that value upon recall Make Null can be used with by type preset when you wish to withhold a channel from responding to a by type preset recall The data will still display but will be in gray witha N Updating By Type Presets Pressing By Type after an Update command with a channel tracking but no default channel included in the update will cause the lowest numbered tracking channel s level to be updated into the default channel The tracking channel will remain tracking This means that when updating a default value in a by type preset you don t need to know the default channel number When a default channel is included in an Update command without using By Type and another channel is tracking it the default channel s data will be changed to discrete The lowest numbered tracking channel
73. trol Alta Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 22 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 ConsoleKey PC Console Key PC ConsoleKey PC GR H Record amp thu 1 aaae Contoiate Recordony Controle Undo Contraix GED Reese Conoas Upare U GED femdm n VirtualKeyboard Contralk GED e a Tivacros10 HH Cantrole Shelishoncut Mocsa am ea Controlenter shelikey Pe Manual Override anaa SiectActve contol 0 o0 o feon seas coo HHT 1 mmo me H Seect Manual Conon 2 2 Cmos mwe e a CP moms o Y m z ooa a o e 1 HH Moes At Sneak o w 6 6 Net Pagedown DARE 7 iY a contro Softeya ata Cd Next Wac FnDown Arrow Softeys ats 9 e 9 GD Softeya Ata Cdecimay decimal Offset Control somes ARS minus minus of o sme me owo RH Spacebar Disable wa HHH PageRight Right Arrow StopBack Contfolspacebar Arrow Down Arrow Down PageUp Uparrow naet ControlAke Arrow Left Arrow Left _ FageDown Downarrow ontrelAKK Arrow Right Arrow Right Pak ARK H Submaster S ArrowUp Arrow Up Tred H rach time clear Yap Path Controiakw R I Delete Dekte C mem m Controle enter Enter ee O e maoe coroa TT ee ise Some Shortcut Key combinations are not available on all physical keyboard layouts Alter
74. u can also go to Patch gt Attributes gt Color Path to place color path on the command line See also Color Path on page 13 and About Color Path on page 16 for more information Fixture Lists in Library The fixture lists in the library are now ordered alphanumerically For example the following fixtures are listed first in alohabetical order and then ordered numerically ARS Diffusion Element Labs SA16 8 AR250C Eliminator eit Deman oe SA16 8 a AR50 Diffusion AR500 Douser SA16 8 SA8 4 AR50 Douser Elumens SA16 8 ETC Arch AR250 Gel Field The Gel field in the Patch Database display automatically populates with the gel selected from the Gel Picker page 11 The gel information will show up in two places in the Patch Database This field is available for use with the Query function See Additions to Query on page 1 for more inform ation Renaming Text Fields in Patch In the Database page in Patch you can now rename the text fields By default the text fields are named Text 1 through Text 10 Text 1 Label lt Position gt will rename the text 1 field to Position Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 17 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Text fields 1 through 4 display in the Patch display Renaming those fields will rename the columns associated with them in the Patch display Chan Address Type Position 350 Dimmer front lights 351 Dim
75. will then become the new default channel Any other updated channels will be made discrete Indicators in Palette and Preset List Displays Indicators for absolute A locked L and by type T have been added to the palette and preset displays These indicators displays to the right of the palette or preset number Intensity Palette Configuration Menu In the direct select x25 tab a configuration menu button is located in the top left corner Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement 19 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Menu Options Fit To Screen The following options are available in the Configuration Menu eee cm T n Cols 5 Col Col Fit to Screen when selected the direct selects will fill the screen as much as eee Array possible a 75 Rows allows you to select the number of rows in the arrays elie Use Record 725 Columns allows you to select the number of columns in the array ites Use Buttons selecting the checkbox for these buttons will allow them to dis Use Flex play on the direct select screen With or without the checkbox selected you Use Color Swatch can use the buttons to the right to of the checkboxes to recall the function Use displays the Array Array buttons 75 Use Pages displays the page buttons There is not a way to select a page from the con figuration menu Use Arrows displays the page up and down arrows
76. wright os Lightwright Merge and Overwrite You can select to either merge the data with the current show file or to overwrite the data in the current file To do this check the Overwrite box Leaving this box unchecked will merge the data Starting and Ending Channel You can select starting and ending channels for the import Eos Family Operations Manual Supplement T Electronic Theatre Controls Inc ETC Supplement Eos Family v2 3 0 Mapping You can map Eos patch fields to fields in the Lightwright file Channel and Address must be mapped for the file import to work Any other field can be set to ignore If desired Once a Lightwright field has been mapped it will display in grey in the droodown menu However greyed out options can be selected again for placement in multiple fields Lightwrbght Fos Lightwright Eos Uightwright The text fields in the Patch display and database will rename based off of the Lightwright imported fields See Renaming Text Fields in Patch on page 17 for more information Ere Ci Note Eos 2 3 does not currently support multiple gels per fixture from Lightwright Address Formats Eos will accept mulitole address formats for importing Examples of those formats are 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Eos will convert all formats to n n Device Mapping Devices can also be mapped Click Map Devices to open the following display Lightwright Fos Mapping Select the Lightwright device and the mat

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