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Copyright 1994-96 Electronic Theatre Controls
4071M1002 Revised May 1996
Limited Warranty
Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC) warrants to the original
owner or retail customer that for a period of one year
from date of delivery of a portable system or energization
of a permanently installed system (up to a maximum of
18 months from delivery) its products will be free from
defects in materials and workmanship under normal use
and service. Warranty is limited to 90 days for rental
equipment.
Warranty does not cover any product or part of a product
subject to accident, negligence, alteration, abuse or
misuse or any accessories or parts not supplied by ETC.
Warranty does not cover “consumable” parts such as
fuses, lamps, color media or components warranted
directly to the owner by the original manufacturer. ETC’s
warranty does not extend to items not manufactured by
us. Freight terms on warranty repairs are FOB ETC factory or designated repair facility. Collect shipments or
freight allowances will not be accepted.
The owner’s obligations during the warranty period under
this warranty are to notify ETC at ETC’s address within
one week of any suspected defect, and to return the
goods prepaid to ETC at their factory or authorized service center.
THIS WARRANTY IS CONTINGENT ON THE CUSTOMER’S FULL AND TIMELY COMPLIANCE WITH THE
TERMS OF PAYMENT SET FORTH IN THE “TERMS
AND CONDITIONS”. THIS WARRANTY IS EXPRESSLY
IN LIEU OF ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS
AND LIABILITIES ON OUR PART. THE OWNER
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS WERE MADE TO HIM OR RELIED UPON HIM
WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY AND FUNCTION OF
THE GOODS SOLD.
ETC’s sole responsibility under this warranty shall be to
repair or replace at ETC’s option such parts as shall be
determined to be defective on ETC’s inspection. ETC will
not assume any responsibility for any labor expended or
materials used to repair any equipment without ETC’s
prior written authorization. ETC shall not be responsible
for any incidental, general or consequential damages,
damages to property, damages for loss of use, time, profits or income, or any other damages.
Declaration of Conformity
Manufacturer’s Name:
Manufacturer’s Address:
declares that the product
Product name:
Model:
Expression 2 lighting control console
Expression 2x, Concept 2x, Insight 2x, Insight 2, Impression 2,
Lighting Playback Controller
Product Options
This declaration covers all options of the above products.
conforms to the following product specifications:
Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
3030 Laura Lane
Middleton, WI 53562 USA
This written warranty is intended as a complete and
exclusive statement of the terms thereof. Prior dealings
or trade usage shall not be relevant to modify, explain or
vary this warranty. Acceptance of, or acquiescing in, a
course of performance under this warranty shall not
modify the meaning of this agreement even though
either party has knowledge of the performance and a
chance to object.
Safety: EN 60950
EMC: CISPR 22/EN55022 Class B
IEC 801-2:1984/IEC 1000-4-2:1995-01 8KV AD
IEC 801-3:1984/ENV 50140, ENV 50204:1993 3 V/M 26-1000 MHz
IEC 801-4:1988/IEC 1000-4-4:1995-01 .5kV Sig. Lines 1kV power line
Supplementary information:
The products herewith comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the EMC
Directive 89/336/EEC, as amended by Directive 92/31/EEC.
Middleton, Wisconsin, USA 25 April 1995_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
European contact: Your local ETC Technical Services office, or ETC Ltd, 5 Victoria Industrial Estate,
Victoria Road, London W3 6UU, UK, Tel: (+44) 181 896 1000 Fax: (+44) 181 896 2000
Jonathan R. Ide/Vice President of Research and Development
table of contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Monitor displays
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Text conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Output level conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Channel colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Changing pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Flexichannel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tracksheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 3
System settings
Setting number of dimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting number of channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting default fade times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting default Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting default fader clear time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting default Sneak time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting Designer’s Worksheet options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Enable/disable Blackout key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Enable/disable Flexichannel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Updating Flexichannel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Set Master type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Set Channels/Submasters 1-to-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Record Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Enable/disable Bump keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Naming show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 4
Patch
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting one-to-one patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Creating custom patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Patching dimmers to channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Proportional patching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Labeling dimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Assigning a profile to a dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Capturing channels in Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Dimmer check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
About Dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
About Dimmer with ETCLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Multiplexed dimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Patching to a Strand CD80 dimmer rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 5
Setting channel levels
Channel modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Captured channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selected channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Recorded channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Moving channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tracked channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Channel Attributes display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Independent channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Flipped channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Labeling a channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting channels in Flexichannel mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting channel levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Level wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Full . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Sneak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Channel check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
About Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cues
Cue types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Crossfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Allfade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Subroutine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Record functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Creating cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Viewing cues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Working with cues in Stage mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recording a cue in Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Working with cues in Blind mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recording a cue in Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Recording a cue with a single fade time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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Chapter 7
Track
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Recording a cue with split fade times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recording a cue with a wait time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Recording cues with Link and Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Combining Link and Follow to create playback loops. . . . . . . . 67
Using Link to link a macro to a cue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Recording a cue using Solo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Labeling cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Modifying a recorded cue live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Modifying channels in a cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Modifying cue attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Using Update to modify channels in a cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using Update to add channels to a cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using Update to modify fade rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Deleting cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Copying cues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Inserting cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Track record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using record to create tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Recording modified cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Inserting cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Blackout cues and tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tracksheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Chapter 8
Multipart cues
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Recording a multipart cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Converting a standard cue to a multipart cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Wait times in multipart cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Editing a multipart cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Deleting a part from a multipart cue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adding, deleting and modifying channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Modifying fade and wait times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Chapter 9
Playing back cues
Selecting cues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Timed faders and LED displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Clearing faders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Playback Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Fader Status display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Selecting and playing a cue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Go to a different cue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Controlling fades manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Manual override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Rate override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Quickstep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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Chapter 10
Groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Creating groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Displaying groups on stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Working with groups in Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Modifying groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Labeling groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Deleting groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Copying groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Using cues or submasters as groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Using groups to modify cues or submasters in Blind . . . . . . . . . . 119
Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Group List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Creating a group from the look on stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Creating a group using Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Group mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Group Editing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
In Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
In Stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Using Update to modify groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Chapter 11
Submasters
Submaster types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Submaster pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Playback Submaster List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Submaster LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Submaster bump buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Recording submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Creating inhibitive submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Modifying submasters in Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Modifying submasters in Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Using Update to modify submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Live control of a submaster’s rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Controlling submaster fades manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Labeling submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Copying submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Loading cues or groups to submasters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Copying cues or groups to submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Clearing submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Submaster List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
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Pile-on submaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Inhibitive submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Effect submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Changing type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Bump button status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Bump button mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Fade and dwell times for submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Adding a rate to a submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Specifying a submaster’s page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Using Except to record a submaster
without another submaster’s channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
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Effects
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Creating steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Controlling effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Modifying effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Running an effect cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Using an effect submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Chapter 13
Subroutines
Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cue steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Style steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Subroutine attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Creating subroutines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Editing a subroutine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Deleting a step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Inserting a step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Default element assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Effect fade times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Using a random rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Inserting steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Deleting steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Editing step characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Crossfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Allfade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Chapter 14
Macros
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Creating macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Using Learn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Using Macro display mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Next macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Macro wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Linking macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Using submasters in macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Playing macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Canceling a macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Powerup macro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Modifying macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Clearing macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Copying macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Sample macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Chapter 15
Diskette functions
Diskette management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Formatting diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Recording a show on diskette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Reading a show from diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
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Chapter 16
Printing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Printer options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Stage display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Group List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Submaster List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Channel Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Real Time Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
SMPTE events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Tracksheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Chapter 17
Clear functions
Clear functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Show and Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Designer’s Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Reset 1-to-1 Patch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Channel Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Real Time Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
SMPTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Reset system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Chapter 18
Accessories
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Remote Focus Unit (RFU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Infrared Remote Focus Unit (IRFU). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Designer’s Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Using the Designer’s Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Programming regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Macro Wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Copying regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Clearing regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Alphanumeric keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Naming cues, submasters, groups, and shows . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Naming shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Full Tracking Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Full Tracking Backup with an LPC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Chapter 19
Sensor dimming
Enabling ETCLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Monitoring dimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Sensor dimming system status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Dimmer rack status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Dimmer status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Setting and unsetting dimmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Working with Sensor backup looks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Enabling ETCLink messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Recording dimmer loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Checking dimmer loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Clearing dimmer loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Load errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Recording a backup look. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Playing a backup look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Chapter 20
Control interfaces
MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
ETC MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
MIDI Show Control (MSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Real time clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
DMX512 input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
SMPTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Enabling SMPTE input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Creating SMPTE programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Editing SMPTE programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Playing back the SMPTE program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Remote macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Remote trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Chapter 21 moving lights
Link List overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Setting up a link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Using a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Linking two moving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Flipped channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Mirroring two moving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Using groups and Only with Link List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Inserting a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Moving a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Merging two links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Deleting a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Chapter 22
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Park
Parking dimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Unparking dimmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Parking channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Unparking channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Parking groups, cues and submasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Unpark a group, cue or submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Park display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
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Appendix A
Installation
Insight 2x back panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
DIP switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Circuit boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Installing console and monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Connecting dimmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Replacing the auxiliary fuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
System configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Updating Insight 2x software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Installing an alphanumeric keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Installing a printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Installing Designer’s Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Installing Remote Focus Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Installing MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Installing SMPTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
ETCNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Installing Remote Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Installing Remote Video Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Installing remote unit software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Installing remote video monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Installing Full Tracking Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Installing Infrared Remote Focus Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Installing remote macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
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Older console DIP switch settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Setting DMX512 starting numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Setting Multiplex mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Setting DMX512 speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Installing the Kurta XGT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Installing the Kurta IS/ONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Appendix B
Error Messages
Full Tracking Backup messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Diskette error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Other error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
ETCLink errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Appendix C
Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Appendix D
Reference
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Appendix E
Softkeys
Index
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
viii Insight 2x user manual
chapter 1
introduction
This chapter includes information to orient you to the console and the
manual
• Troubleshooting
• Using this manual
• Using Help
• Text conventions
• Output level conventions
• About Show
.
It includes the following sections:
Troubleshooting
If you have problems with your console, please refer to the manual or the
console’s
using Help, see page 3.)
If you do not find the answer in the manual, call your local dealer or ETC
Technical Services
you call:
• Console model and serial number (located on back panel)
• Software version (displayed on Setup menu)
• Options installed
• Dimmer installation type
• Dimmer manufacturer
To reach the ETC Technical Services department, call one of the numbers
shown below. After hours and weekend calls are answered electronically
and forwarded to a service representative.
Help function for instructions. (For more information about
.
Please have the following information available before
U.S.
Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
Technical Services Department
3030 Laura Lane
Middleton, WI 53562
Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM CST
800/775-4382
608/831-4116
Europe
ETC Europe Ltd.
Technical Services Department
5 Victoria Industrial Estate
Victoria Road, London W3 6UU
(+44) 181 896 1000
Asia
ETC Asia, Ltd.
Technical Services Department
Room 1619-20, Metro Centre II, 21 Lam Hing Street
Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
(+852) 2799 9325
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Using this manual
This manual provides instructions for using Insight 2x’s features and
optional accessories.
Setting up Insight 2x
If you are setting up the system for the first time, chapters 4 and 5 and
appendix A instruct you in installing and configuring Insight 2x
system is already in place, you may not need to refer to these chapters.
New users
If you are new to lighting consoles, or to Insight 2x
ters 5 through 11 for instructions on setting channel levels and using cues,
groups, and submasters. These are the building blocks for creating and
running any show. Once you are comfortable with these functions, chap-
ters 12 through 22 provide more advanced information on effects, subrou-
tines, macros, and the Link List.
Experienced users
Once you are familiar with the system, refer to
the console’s Help function for answers to any remaining questions you
may have.
.
If the
in particular, read chap-
Appendix D, Glossary
, and
Using Help
Help screens are available for all Insight 2x keys, including softkeys and
wheels
console.
.
To display help screens, press [Help], then press any key on the
Text conventions
In this manual, console keys are indicated by square brackets, such as
[Enter]
.
Messages that appear on the console displays are printed in boldface, such as Select channel
are printed in italics, such as
.
References to other sections of the manual
Chapter 1, Introduction
Output level conventions
In almost every case, Insight 2x uses a highest level, or pile-on, convention to determine levels for channels affected by more than one output
Insight 2x reads all output levels it receives for a specific channel and sets
that channel to the highest one
however, takes priority over almost any other input.
For example, if a channel is included in both a submaster
has played back and is in a fader, Insight 2x sets the channel at the higher
of the two levels. You may then use the keypad to select that channel and
set it to any level, regardless of the levels set by the cue and the submaster.
.
A level setting entered on the keypad,
.
and a cue that
.
chapter 1 introduction 3
About Show
About Show provides you with memory usage information regarding the
currently loaded show. It tells you how many channels and dimmers your
show is configured for, and how many of the available cues, submasters,
groups,macros and SMPTE events you are using. It also indicates the percentage of the console’s available memory used for each function.
Press [About] [Enter] to display the About Show window.
Note: There is not enough memory to record the maximum number of all
functions at the same time. Use About Show to monitor your memory
usage as the complexity of your show increases. If you fill the available
memory, you can reclaim it by clearing cues, groups, subs, macros, or
events that you are no longer using.
The Memory left indicator shows you how much console memory is still
available to record additional functions. Insight 2x allows you to record up
to 600 cues, 500 groups, 2,000 macros, and 3,000 SMPTE events as available memory permits.
Note: The console software uses approximately 10-15 percent of the
available memory to store setup options and other console information,
shown above as System setup .
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chapter 2
monitor displays
Insight 2x provides two color video monitors. The Playback display
appears on one monitor. This display provides information regarding your
show, including a cue list, submaster list and the current status of the console’s two fader pairs. The Command display appears on the other monitor. It provides a variety of displays, which you may choose from the
console. These displays allow you to create and run shows and to configure your console and your lighting system.
Note: Press [Swap] to reverse the monitor each display appears on. Press
the [Expand] key to extend the information appearing on the Command
display onto the Playback display. For example, if you have a screen displaying channels on the Command display, [Expand] allows you to view up
to an additional 125 channels on the Playback display.
If your system includes an ETCNet network, additional monitors may be
installed at other locations, such as backstage or in the sound booth.
These remote monitors show the same displays as the console’s monitors. See
monitors.
This chapter includes descriptions of the following displays:
• Stage
• Blind
• Fader
• Flexichannel
• Tracksheet
• Patch
• Park
• Playback
Appendix A, Installation
, for information about installing remote
Channel colors
The colors in which channel numbers and output levels are displayed on
screen provide information about the channels. The following chart shows
the meaning of colors in Stage, Blind, Fader, and Tracksheet display
modes. Information on the use of colors in other display modes are
included in their sections of this chapter.
Channel numbers
Gray ................. Unselected channel.
Yellow ............. Selected channel. Controlled by the level wheel when
White ............... Channel not selected by Only function.
Green .............. Selected channel. Controlled by the X wheel through a
Channel output levels
White on Red .. Selected channel. Level instructions from the keypad or
Yellow ............. Channel output level was set by a submaster.
White ............... Channel output level was set by an effect.
Gray ................. Channel was recorded into a multipart cue, but not in the
Red .................. Channel has been de-selected, but its current level was
Green .............. Channel output level is changed from what it was in the
Magenta .......... Channel output level is the same as it was in the previous
Blue ................. In Tracksheet and Blind only, channel output level is
[Enter] is pressed, or when you move the wheel.
link created in the Link List.
the level wheel affect this channel’s level.
In Tracksheet and Blind, white channel levels were set by
an Allfade cue.
currently displayed part (Blind only).
established using the keypad.
previous cue. In Tracksheet and Blind only, channel
output is lower than it was in the previous cue.
cue (tracking).
higher than it was in the previous cue.
Changing pages
[S4], Previous Page, and [S5], Next Page, softkeys allow you to change
pages on many displays. The arrow keys may also be used to switch from
page to page. Pressing [←] takes you to the first page, pressing [↑] takes
you to the previous page, pressing [↓] takes you to the next page, and
pressing [→] takes you to the final page.
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Stage
The Stage display shows you the current levels of all active channels. Up
to 125 channels appear on the display at a time.
Channel
level
display
Prompt
area
Attribute bar
Softkeys
Display mode
Keypad corner
Display mode
Current display mode and time
Keypad corner
Indicates how the console will interpret the next number entered from the
keypad. For example, if you press [Channel], the corner displays Chan,
indicating that the console will read the next number as a channel number.
If you enter a range, only the last number in the range will appear.
Channel level display
Current level of all channels.
Prompt area
Information and prompts appear here.
Attribute bar
Shows current settings for selected cue, group or submaster.
Softkeys
Stage functions for [S1] through [S8].
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Blind
The Blind display lets you work on cues, groups and submasters without
affecting the look on stage.
Channel
level
display
Prompt
area
Attribute bar
Softkeys
Display mode
Keypad corner
Display mode
Current display mode and time
Keypad prompt corner
Indicates how the console will interpret the next number entered from the
keypad. For example, if you press [Channel], the corner displays Chan,
indicating that the console will read the next number as a channel number.
If you enter a range, only the last number in the range will appear.
Channel level display
Level of channels in the selected cue, group or submaster.
Prompt area
Information and prompts appear here.
Attribute bar
Shows current settings for selected cue, group or submaster.
Softkeys
Blind functions for [S1] through [S8].
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Fader
The Fader display shows you only the levels on stage that have been set
by one or both fader pairs or DMX In. Fader displays do not reflect the
influence of the Grandmaster or inhibitive submasters. The Fader display
shows all levels as they would appear if the Grandmaster and any inhibitive submasters were at Full.
Channel
level
display
Prompt
area
Attribute bar
Softkeys
Display mode
Keypad corner
Display mode
Current display mode and time.
Keypad prompt corner
This window indicates how the console will interpret the next number
entered from the keypad. For example, if you press [Channel], the corner
displays Chan, indicating that the console will read the next number as a
channel number. If you enter a range, only the last number in the range
will appear.
Channel level display
Current level of all channels set by either or both faders.
Prompt area
Information and prompts appear here.
Attribute bar
Shows current settings for selected cue, group or submaster.
Softkeys
Fader functions for [S1] through [S8].
chapter 2 monitor displays 9
Flexichannel
If your system has the Flexichannel feature enabled, only channels used
somewhere in the show appear on the display screens. These channels
may be in cues, Link List, submasters or groups, or may be channels you
have selected recently. By only displaying channels used in the show, you
can reduce the amount of time you spend moving from page to page to
find channels. All other screen elements are unchanged.
Working with Flexichannel active differs from working without Flexichannel in only one respect, selecting channels. See
Flexichannel mode
Note: In Tracksheet and Patch modes, channels are highlighted if they
appear in the Flexichannel list, or are grayed out if they do not.
See
Enable/disable Flexichannel
Flexichannel.
on page 49 for more information.
Updating Flexichannel
When channels that were used in a show are removed from the show,
they remain on the channel list until it is updated. The Purge Flexi softkey
on the System Settings display updates the list of used channels. The list
is also updated when you load a show from diskette, or when you first
turn Flexichannel on. Press [Setup] [1] [Enter] [S1], Purge Flexi, to update
Flexichannel
displays.
Selecting channels in
on page 22 for information on enabling
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Tracksheet
The Tracksheet display shows you how your channel levels are tracking
through your cues.
Channel
display line
Cue display
Prompt
area
Softkeys
Display mode
Keypad corner
Display mode
Current display mode and time.
Keypad corner
This window indicates how the console will interpret the next number
entered from the keypad. For example, if you press [Channel], the corner
displays Chan, indicating th at the console will read the next number as a
channel number.
Channel display line
This line displays the current channel number being tracked. In Flexichannel mode, used channels are marked with an asterisk (*).
Cue display
The cue display lists the cues the channel tracks through and the level
recorded in each.
Prompt area
The operator prompt displays messages to guide you through Tracksheet
functions.
Softkeys
Tracksheet functions for [S1] through [S8].
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Patch
The Patch display allows you to create and modify your patch.
Profile
menu
Patch window
Prompt
area
Softkeys
Display mode
Keypad corner
Display mode
Current display mode and time.
This window indicates how the console will interpret the next number
entered from the keypad. For example, if you press [Channel], the corner
displays Chan, indicating that the console will read the next number as a
channel number. If you enter a range, only the last number in the range
will appear.
Keypad corner
Profile menu
Displays the profiles available to assign to dimmers.
Patch window
Lists channels, dimmers patched to channels, and levels and/or profiles
assigned to the dimmers. In Flexichannel mode, channels that are used
are marked with an asterisk (*).
Prompt area
The operator prompt displays messages to guide you through Patch functions.
Softkeys
Patch functions for [S1] through [S8].
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Park
The Park display lists parked dimmers on the top half of the screen, and
parked channels on the lower half, along with their parked levels.
Parked
Dimmer
window
Parked
Channel
window
Prompt
area
Softkeys
Display mode
Keypad corner
Display mode
Current display mode and time.
Keypad corner
This window indicates how the console will interpret the next number
entered from the keypad. For example, if you press [Channel], the corner
displays Chan, indicating that the console will read the next number as a
channel number. If you enter a range, only the last number in the range
will appear.
Parked Dimmer window
Lists up to 36 parked dimmers and their levels.
Parked Channel window
Lists up to 36 parked channels and their levels.
Operator prompt line
The operator prompt displays messages to guide you through Park
functions.
Softkeys
Park functions for [S1] through [S8].
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Playback
The Playback display shows you a Cue List, a Submaster List and the current status of the faders.
Cue List
Fader
status
Grandmaster
Show name
Grandmaster
Current Grandmaster setting and Blackout alert.
Show name
Name of the show currently loaded in the console.
Submaster List
Playback Submaster List
Submaster page, mode and Submaster List. List includes submasters,
labels, and current submaster slider settings. The color of submaster
numbers identifies the type of submaster. Grey is unprogrammed, green
is pile-on, red is inhibitive and white is effect. If a submaster’s rate is controlled by the rate wheel, its number turns blue. A blue R appears at the
top of the list, next to the submaster’s current rate.
Playback Cue List
Lists all cues along with their attributes. The pending cue is highlighted
in yellow. This can be changed from Stage mode, but not from Blind.
Fader status
Indicates current status of both fader pairs. Shows cue running in fader,
fade times, percentage of completion, and follow times.
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chapter 3
system settings
System settings allow you to customize Insight 2x for the number of dimmers and channels in your system, set system modes and screen formats, and choose default settings for a variety of console functions. The
following illustration shows default settings.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Setting number of dimmers
• Setting number of channels
• Setting default fade times
• Setting default Level
• Setting default fader clear times
• Setting default Sneak time
• Selecting Designer’s Worksheet option
• Blackout key
• Selecting Flexichannel mode
• Master Type
• Set Channels/Submasters 1-to-1
• Selecting time format
• Record Lockout
• Bump keys
• Setting clock
• Naming show
Setting number of dimmers
One of the first steps in configuring Insight 2x is to enter the number
of dimmers in your system. Insight 2x defaults to 1,536 dimmers, the
maximum number of dimmers the console can address.
Follow these steps to select up to 1,536 dimmers:
Keystrokes:
1. Press [Setup].
2. Select [1], System Set-
tings, and press [Enter].
3. Select [1], Number of
Dimmers, and press
[Enter].
4. Press [8][0][0] to enter the
desired number of dimmers.
5. Press [Enter].
Note: If you increase the number of dimmers, the additional dimmers are
initially patched to channel zero. From there, you can assign them to the
channel of your choice.
Action:
Selects Setup display
Selects System Settings menu
Prompt reads:
Select number of dimmers,
then press ENTER
Corner reads:
Dim 800
Number of dimmers is set to
800
Setting number of channels
Insight 2x allows you to control your dimmers with control channels.
Insight 2x defaults to 324 channels, the maximum number of channels the
console can address.
Follow these steps to select the number of channels:
Keystrokes:
1. Press [Setup].
2. Select [1], System Set-
tings, and press [Enter].
3. Select [2], Number of
Channels, and press
[Enter].
4. Press [4][5] to enter the
desired number of channels.
5. Press [Enter].
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Action:
Selects Setup display
Selects System Settings menu
Prompt reads:
Select number of channels,
then press ENTER
Corner reads:
Chan 45
Number of channels is set to 45
Setting default fade times
Insight 2x allows you to assign default upfade and downfade times to
cues or to control fade times manually. Default fade times are five seconds.
Fade times may be expressed in minutes and seconds, or as fractions of
seconds (in decimal format). Fade times can be programmed from .1
second to 99:59 minutes. Acceptable time values include: .2 (.2 seconds),
00:12 (12 seconds), 5.5 (5.5 seconds), or 5:30 (five minutes, 30 seconds).
Follow these steps to assign your desired fade times:
Keystrokes:
1. Press [Setup].
2. Select [1], System Settings,
and press [Enter].
3. Select [3], Default Fade
Time, and press [Enter].
4. Press [6] to enter a six second
upfade time.
5. Press [Enter].
6. Press [3] to enter a three
second downfade time.
7. Press [Enter].
Action:
Selects Setup display
Selects System Settings menu
Prompt reads:
Enter default up fadetime
Corner reads:
UpTime 6
Prompt reads:
Enter default down fadetime
Corner reads:
DnTime 3
Fade times are reset
Note: If the upfade and downfade times are the same, both will change
when you change the upfade time.
chapter 3 system settings 17
Setting default Level
Insight 2x allows you to assign a value to the [Level] key. The default value
is 100 percent. You may assign [Level] any value between zero and 100.
Follow these steps to assign a value to [Level]:
Keystrokes:
1. Press [Setup].
2. Select [1], System Set-
tings, and press [Enter].
3. Select [4], Default Level,
and press [Enter].
4. Use the keypad to enter
the two-digit value (00-99)
you wish to assign to
[Level], or press [Full].
Note: To enter a level between one and nine percent, you must press zero
then the number. For example, to set the default level to five percent,
press [0][5] in step 4.
Action:
Selects Setup display
Selects System Settings menu
Prompt reads:
Enter default level
(Press FULL button for 100%)
New default for [Level] is set
Setting default fader clear time
Pressing the [Clear] key above one of the fader pairs clears the cue from
the fader, fading all channels in that fader to zero. The default fader clear
time determines the fade time for both [Clear] keys. Channels black out
immediately when clear time is zero.
Fade times may be expressed in minutes and seconds, or as fractions of
seconds (in decimal format). Fade times can be programmed from .1
second to 99:59 minutes. Acceptable time values include: .2 (.2 seconds),
00:12 (12 seconds), 5.5 (5.5 seconds), or 5:30 (five minutes, 30 seconds).
Follow these steps to set a new default fade time:
Keystrokes:
1. Press [Setup].
2. Select [1], System Set-
tings, and press [Enter].
3. Select [5], Default Fader
Clear Time, and press
[Enter].
4. Press [9] to enter the time
value you wish to assign.
5. Press [Enter].
Action:
Selects Setup display
Selects System Settings menu
Prompt reads:
Enter default fader clear time
Corner reads:
Time 9
New default time is set to nine
seconds
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