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2. record channels into a cue and the second to record only the color attributes of selected moving light fixtures into a focus point Stage levels are unaffected by these procedures which can be performed using analogous steps in Blind as well Using Solo to record into a cue Keystrokes Action 1 Press Stage Selects the Stage display mode 2 Press Cue 1 0 Go Plays cue 10 in a fader pair to set a look on stage 3 Press Channel 2 0 Thru Selects channels 20 through 30 and 3 0 Full sets them to full 4 Press Record Cue 7 Solo Records selected channels into cue 7 Using Solo to record into a focus point Keystrokes Action 1 Press Stage Selects the Stage display mode 2 Press S8 Fixture 1 0 Selects moving light fixtures 10 Thru 1 5 through 15 3 Press Only Color Restricts the selection to the color attributes of these fixtures 4 Press Record Focus Point Records the color attribute settings 7 Solo into cue 7 Supplement for Expression family systems v 3 1 Express LPC autocontrols Many new autocontrols have been created for the Express LPC Autocontrols enable you to access to software displays and make settings With the new autocontrols you can set or change all but the astronomic settings of the real time clock and ensure the compatibility of remote interface devices used in a network with your LPC Information about each of these operations is given in the ve
3. the week Now in version 3 1 software you can specify a particular date instead Set a date or days of the week Creating real time programs The procedure and two sub procedures below replace the two procedures given under Creating real time programs under Control Interfaces in your User Manual The following procedure sets specific days of the week and absolute times If you prefer to cite a specific date rather than days of the week or referencing sunrise sunset times rather than absolute times substitute using the sub procedures provided Footnotes to this procedure explain where to make those substitutions Keystrokes Action 1 Press Setup Selects Setup display mode 2 Press 1 2 Enter Selects Real Time Programs display 3 Press S1 Select Prompt reads Program 1 Enter Enter time 12 hour clock Press to enter AM or PM Press 8 O 0 Enter Enters time to run macro Prompt reads Enter days of week 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun or press Days Date softkey again for date Press 1 And 3 Thru 5 Enters days to run macro Enter P Prompt reads Enter macro number Press 5 Enter Creates real time program 1 Prompt reads Type program label F6 clear to end F7 previous program label F8 z next program label Enter a label then press Labels the real time program Enter a To reference sunrise or sunset rather than absolute time b c substitu
4. Expression Lighting control systems User Manual Supplement Version 3 1 This document supplements the version 3 03 user manuals previously released for Expression Express Insight and related lighting control systems Inside you will find explanations of the new features found in software release 3 1 for these control systems This information is also integrated with previously released information in the version 3 1 user manuals for Expression family products Contents Real time programs 4 Creating real time programs eee 4 Referencing sunrise or sunset eee 5 heferencinra dale Xa a ss APA BAG BDA ARENA ANG KA SEG 5 Editing real tme programs o o eos sert t KAPA PAPAG PADAPA APA KAN NG 5 Subroutine jump to cue 0 6 Configuring DMX512 aaa 6 About Dimmer display 000 0 6 Recording using Solo 44 7 Using Salo to record mios CUG ec eee sues RR AG 7 Using Solo to record into a focus point 7 Express LPC autocontrols AA 8 Operating with ETCNet2 devices 9 Expression Off Line 0 0 0 0 0000 9 Astronomical clock data 0 0 00 ccc ee 10 United States CES oc ccc abuse gabe ehe db eat se dida 10 Cities outside the United States 00 0 aana 11 Supplement for Expression family systems v 3 1 Real time programs Part of setting the conditions under when your real time program will run you were able to specify days of
5. er documents for both application programs If ordered in a kit the Expression Off Line package comes with a complete set of the new version 3 1 user manuals for the Expression family consoles and lighting playback controllers You can also obtain a downloadable version from the ETC website without the new user manuals and then download them separately from the website For further information contact your dealer go to ETC s website at www etcconnect com or get in touch with ETC at one of the offices identified on the back page of this Supplement Supplement for Expression family systems v 3 1 Astronomical clock data Some changes were made to the Time and Location appendices in the version 3 03 user manuals This information is needed for those using the astronomical clock feature when creating real time programs The new list is given below United States cities City State Time Zone Standard Latitude Albuquerque NM 7 West 35 03 Anchorage AK 10 West eee 61 10 Atlanta QA ena FEWEST enu 33 39 Baltimore MD 5bWest e 39 11 Augusta ME s is 5 West 44 19 Billings MT 7WSest 2 eeeee eee 45 47 Boise ID o es ci 7WSest e 43 36 Boston MA BANGS cR 42 20 Buffalo NY xs 5bWest e 42 53 Burlington MT 5 West 44 29 Charleston SC x5
6. ericas Middleton Wisconsin e USA e Tel 1 608 831 4116 e Fax 1 608 836 1736 e 1 800 775 4382 service etcconnect com Europe London e England e Tel 44 0 20 8896 1000 Fax 44 0 20 8896 2000 e service etceurope com Asia Hong Kong e Tel 852 2799 1220 e Fax 4852 2799 9325 service etcasia com International 3030 Laura Lane Middleton Wisconsin 53562 e Tel 1 608 831 4116 e Fax 41 608 836 1736 www etcconnect com 4131M1009 e Rev A e Released 12 00 71e Copyright 2000 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc All Rights Reserved Product information and specifications subject to change
7. ings are made in the Output Configuration display In that display you can reset each port s mode of operation normal or Dimmer Doubled DMX512 starting address and signalling speed In version 3 03 code the softkey used to change the DMX512 starting address was labeled DMX512 Start It has been relabeled Starting Dimmer in version 3 1 code with no change in function Softkey S3 in the Output Configuration display has been relabeled with no change in function About Dimmer display You can use the About Dimmer display to reveal information about dimmer patching and dimmer settings If using ETCLink at the same time About Dimmer also displays rack assignment and load information New for the About Dimmer displays is a field that identifies the port and port address to which a dimmer is patched About Dimmer identifies the port and port address to which the dimmer is patched Subroutine jump to cue Recording using Solo The version 3 03 manual shows you how to record cues groups and focus points with Solo that works with independent channels such as the intensity channel of moving lights But you can also use Solo to isolate channels for recording in the presence of independent channels Since the object is not to darken the intensity of some channels but to de select channels of any type this additional use of Solo is as a pre recording filter Below are two examples of using Solo as a pre recording filter one to
8. isco CA OWES oro ate wey 37 47 Seattle WA 8 West 47 37 Sioux Falls SD tO6WSSst eene 43 32 Washington D C 5 West 38 54 1 12 1222 0112 2 222 172 2 12 2 T1 RE Rh ERE Astronomical clock data Cities outside the United States City State Time Zone Standard Abuja Nigeria sssssss a EAST oer Algiers Algeria SA BEC E E EET Amsterdam Netherlands SEIS teiaa ant Ankara Turkey s BASU eene Athens Greece EAST Naan an Bangkok Thailand ao EASE ntes Berlin Germany M EAS te es eese Berna Switzerland MEAS E c ees Bombay India O FaSt tess stet Brussels Belgium STU ESSt AA Buenos Aires Argentina X3 WeSto stes Cairo Egypt ure S52 BE8St e eere Cape Town South Africa SPEIS ae a een Casablanca Moroccoo ss secre ne Copenhagen Denmark UT EAS ettet Dublin Ireland res edic aus Edinburgh Scotland D oerccsintis enti Edmonton Alberta Canada 7 West Fukuoka Japan sssss OSE AST atic au heres us Helsinki Finland 22 EdSts use HONG Kong ctt O EaStusu aeri Jakarta Indonesia SJ PAST rera Lima Pet
9. rsion 3 1 Express LPC QuickGuide New autocontrols allow you greater access to system software functions All autocontrols are executed with a 4 step procedure For detailed information about using autocontrols refer to the Express LPC QuickGuide An Express LPC with version 3 1 system software contains the following autocontrols Autocontrol buttons Function M7 M1 Stage display M7 M1 and M2 Plus M7 M3 Patch display M7 M1 and M3 Enter M7 M2 and M3 Minus M7 M1 and M2 and M3 Clear M7 M4 Setup display M7 M1 and M5 Reboot M7 M5 and M6 Nothing M7 M1 and M6 Softkey S1 P M7 M2 and M6 Softkey S2 M7 M3 and M6 Softkey S3 Softkey S4 M7 M1 and M5 and M6 Softkey S5 M7 M2 and M5 and M6 Softkey S6 M7 M3 and M5 and M6 Softkey S7 M7 M4 and M6 M7 M4 and M5 and M6 Softkey S8 M7 M1 and M2 and M3 and M4 and M5 and M6 Record M7 Read From Disk Read system configuration a Convenience that enables you to back out of an autocontrol operation without changing anything b Softkeys always apply to the existing display as viewed on your video monitor Express LPC autocontrols Operating with ETCNet2 devices In previous releases of system software you could operate lighting control
10. systems in the Expression family with Remote Interface Unit RIU and Remote Video Interface RVI devices Now you can also operate these lighting control systems with ETC s newest network devices the ETCNet2 DMX Node and the ETCNet2 Video Node ETCNet2 devices when used with Expression family systems must be loaded with the same system software and configured for ETCNet The procedure for performing this configuration is part of the software upgrade procedure for your controller Follow the installation instructions provided with the upgrade kit which explain how to set up any remote interface devices using a console or lighting playback controller To use an ETCNet2 node in your network set it to operate on ETCNet Expression Off Line As before the latest version of Expression Off Line contains the newest features available in Expression family system software Use Expression Off Line to do most of the things you can do in the console except actually run the show The Expression Off Line QuickGuide now explains how you can merge shows or parts of shows when one of them is in USITT ASCII format Merging shows cannot be done in the console so this merging capability gives you another reason for developing shows in Off Line Merge a USITT ASCII file with another showfile When installing version 3 1 of Expression Off Line in your computer you also simultaneously install the Expression Personality Editor and QuickGuide us
11. te the steps under Referencing sunrise or sunset page 5 for step 4 Then continue in this procedure To reference a date rather than days substitute the steps under Referencing a date page 5 for step 5 Then continue in this procedure Labels are allowed in Express showfiles but cannot be assigned there To assign labels for Express showfiles see Express LPC autocontrols page 8 Real time programs Referencing sunrise or sunset To reference sunrise or sunset rather than absolute time substitute the following sub procedure where called for under Creating real time programs page 4 This example sets the time to 10 seconds before sunrise Keystrokes Action A Press S3 Astro Clock Prompt reads Select astronomical time of day 0 none 1 before sunrise 2 after sunrise 3 before sunset 4 after sunset B Press 1 Enter Selects before sunrise Prompt reads Enter time offset hours minutes C Press 1 0 Enter Enters time offset before sunrise when the macro runs Prompt reads Enter days of week 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun or press Days Date softkey again for date Referencing a date To reference a date rather than days of the week substitute the following sub procedure where called for under Creating real time programs page 4 This example sets the date to 21 March 2000 Keystrokes Action A Press S4 Days Date Switches to date entry procedure Prompt reads En
12. ter date O all days of month or press Days Date softkey again for days of week B Press 2 1 Enter Selects date 21 Prompt reads Enter month 41 12 C Press 3 Enter Selects month 3 Prompt reads Enter last two digits of year or press Thru for all years D Press 0 Enter Selects year 2000 Prompt reads Enter macro number Editing real time programs You can edit all settings in real time programs such as changing the date selected or changing the time reference to sunrise rather than to an absolute time Select the program you wish to edit in the Time Code Events display and press the appropriate softkey for the setting you want to change For example if you wish to change a previous setting of specified days to a date press S4 Days of Week and follow the on screen instructions from there Supplement for Expression family systems v 3 1 Subroutine jump to cue Previously when your subroutine performed a jump to cue command the jump acted like a blocking cue causing all LTP channels running in the background to fade out That meant that all background cues ended upon the execution of a jump to cue command Now if you choose a jump to cue style for your subroutine you can specify whether you want the execution of that command to cause blocking or not The default condition is blocking Select blocking or no blocking for jump to cue commands Configuring DIMX5 12 Changes to DMX512 port sett
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