ETC Express 24/48 User Manual

Introduction

Using this manual

Navigation and visual feedback

Output level conventions

Enabling LTP

Moving light concepts and terms

The Only command

Using the trackpad

Electronic backup maintenance

Help from ETC Technical Services

Chapter 2 Monitor displays

Colors in displays

Display features

Stage

Fader

Flexichannel

Patch

Chapter 3 System settings

Setting the number of dimmers

Setting the number of channels

Setting default fade times

Setting default Level key

Setting default sneak time

Enable / disable Blackout key

Set grandmaster type

Record lockout

Scene mode

Setting the clock

Daylight Savings Time

Latitude, longitude, time zone

About Show

Chapter 4 Patching channels

Selecting one-to-one patch

Creating a custom patch

Proportional patching

Unpatching individual dimmers

Dimmer profiles

Assigning a profile to a dimmer

Creating or editing a profile

Clear All

Captured channels in Patch

Dimmer check

About Dimmer

About Dimmer with ETCLink

Setting dimmers to Dimmer Doubling

Patching to a Strand CD80 dimmer rack

Chapter 5 Setting channel levels

Channel modes

Channel Attributes display

Editing in the Channel Attributes display

Channel data type

Selecting channels

Setting channel levels

Sneak

Channel check

About Channel

Moving Light Functions menu

Personality Setup

Loading personalities into the console

Viewing a personality

Patching moving lights

Patching one fixture or a fixture range

Editing the fixture list

Attribute Setup

Go to the Attribute Setup display

Encoder Setup

Changing assignments

Working with moving lights

Working with fixtures

Setting levels in the Fixture Box

Fixture focus with Solo

Chapter 7 Cues

Cue types

Recording functions

The oversized show

Working with cues in Stage

Working with cues in Blind

Recording a cue with a single fade time

Recording a cue with split fade times

Recording a cue with a wait time

Recording cues with Link and Follow

Follow

Create playback loops with Link and Follow

Linking a macro to a cue

Recording a cue using Solo

Labeling cues

Modifying a recorded cue live

Modifying cue attributes

Updating cues

Using Update to modify fade rate

Copying cues

Inserting cues

Chapter 8 Track

Track record

Recording modified cues

Blackout cues and tracking

Chapter 9 Multipart cues

Recording a multipart cue

Converting a standard cue to a multipart cue

Wait times in multipart cues

Editing a multipart cue

Adding, deleting and modifying channels

Modifying fade and wait times

Chapter 10 Playing back cues

Fader keys

Cue List

Fader Status display

Playing a cue

Controlling fades manually

Rate override

Quickstep

Groups

Recording a group in Stage

Recording a group using Solo

Group Editing mode in Blind

Working with groups in Stage

Updating groups

Labeling groups

Deleting groups

Using cues and submasters as groups

Modifying cues or submasters

Chapter 12 Focus points

Recording a focus point

Recording a focus point using Solo

Working with focus points in Stage

Updating focus points

Editing a focus point in Blind

Labeling focus points

Deleting focus points

Setting levels with focus points

Chapter 13 Submasters

Submaster types

Changing type

Submaster pages

Submaster bump buttons

Submaster LEDs

Recording submasters

Adding a rate to a submaster

Specifying a submaster's page

Inhibitive submasters

Adding channels

Modifying submasters in Blind

Updating submasters

Live control of a submaster's rate

Labeling submasters

Copying submasters

Copying cues or groups to submasters

Chapter 14 Lists and spreadsheets

Submaster List

Editing submasters

Deleting submasters

Group List

Deleting a group

Labeling a focus point

Working in spreadsheets

Deleting cues

Submaster spreadsheet

Group spreadsheet

Focus point spreadsheet

Chapter 15 Park

Using the Park display

Unparking dimmers

Parking channels

Unparking channels

Parking recorded channels

Parking fixtures

Unparking fixtures

Effects

Blind Effects display

Effects in Stage

Creating an effect in Blind

Notes on working with steps in Blind

Adding groups or focus points

Adding grouped channels

Creating an effect in Stage

Modifying the effect

Editing channel levels

Deleting channels

Inserting steps

Deleting steps

Modifying effect attributes

Modifying step timing and levels

Effect fade times

Changing upfade, dwell and downfade

Changing dwell only

Setting a random effect rate

Chapter 17 Subroutines

Steps

Style steps

Creating subroutines

Editing a subroutine

Chapter 18 Macros

Creating macros

Using Macro Editing

Macro wait

Linking macros

Using submasters in macros

Playing macros

Modifying macros

Copying macros

Chapter 19 Link lists

Link List overview

Setting up a link

Inserting a link

Moving a link

Deleting a link

Chapter 20 Diskette functions

Diskette management

Contents of the showfile

Reading from diskette

Read show components only

Printing

Printer options

Printouts available

Chapter 22 Clear functions

Clear functions

Clear and reset options

Chapter 23 Two scene preset

Setting the scene mode

The two scene faders

Two scene status display

Manual crossfades

Timed crossfades

Dimmer monitoring

ETCLink functions

Error messages

How to enable / disable ETCLink error messages

ETCLink displays

Dimmer rack status

Dimmer status

Monitoring dimmers

Record Loads procedure

Load Check procedure

Clear Loads procedure

Setting and unsetting dimmers

Working with Sensor backup looks

Playing a backup look

Chapter 25 Control interfaces

MIDI

MIDI Show Control (MSC)

Real time programs

Enabling / disabling real time programs

Creating real time programs

Editing real time programs

Copying real time programs

Time Code

Creating a time code program

Sorting/recording events

Resetting loop time

Deleting time code events

Copying time code events

Moving time code events

Editing events

Running a time code program

Remote macros

Remote trigger

Accessories

Remote Focus Unit (RFU)

Alphanumeric keyboard

Console lights

Appendix A Installation

Console's back panel

Installing the console and monitor

Understanding ETCNet

Connecting dimmers to console

Configuring the DMX512 ports

Setting the port to Dimmer Doubling

Installing an alphanumeric keyboard

Installing a printer

Installing MIDI

Installing remote macros

Wiring remote macros

Upgrading software

Appendix B References

Remote Video Interface (RVI)

Installing remote video monitors

Using thinnet with older consoles

ETCLink errors

Secondary Messages

Showfile

Configuration settings

Appendix E Softkeys

Appendix F Time and location

Cities outside the United States

Appendix G Specifications

Playback controls

Channel functions

Size and weight

Appendix H Declaration of Conformity

Limited Warranty

Index