ETC Insight 2x User Manual

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Lighting control system

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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

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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

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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

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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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

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

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

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

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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

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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

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].

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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

Patch window

Prompt

area

Softkeys

Display mode

Keypad corner

Display mode

Current display mode and time.

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

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.

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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.

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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Setting default Sneak time

Sneak allows you to fade or restore channel levels on stage in a

specified time.

The console allows you to assign a default Sneak time. For more information about the Sneak function, see page 51. Default time is five seconds for a Sneak.

Follow these steps to set a new Sneak time:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Setup].

2. Select [1], System Set- tings, and press [Enter].

3. Select [6], Default Sneak Time, and press [Enter].

4. Enter the time you wish to assign as the Sneak time and press [Enter].

Action:

Selects Setup display Selects System Settings menu

Prompt reads:

Enter default sneak time

Sets the new default Sneak time

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Setting Designer’s Worksheet options

The Designer’s Worksheet options display allows you to choose the template you wish to use and enable the sliders on either the console or the digitizer.

Note: The Grandmaster, fader and submaster sliders may only be enabled on the console or the digitizer, not both.

For more information about the Designer’s Worksheet, see page 207.

Follow these steps to set Designer’s Worksheet options:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup]. Selects Setup display

2. Select [1], System Set-

tings, and press [Enter].

3. Select [7], Designer’s

Worksheet Setup, and press [Enter].

Selects System Settings menu

Prompt reads:

Select Designer’s Worksheet setup, then press ENTER

The following display appears:

4. Press [2] to select a 12x12

template without submasters.

5. Press [S1], Sheet Sliders,

to disable the slider controls on the console, or [S1], Console Sliders, to disable the slider controls on the digitizer (if any).

6. Press [Enter]. Designer’s Worksheet option is set

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Corner reads: Menu 2

Display indicates which option is selected; softkey indicates which option is not

selected

Enable/disable Blackout key

Insight 2x’s [Blackout] key may be enabled or disabled. Insight 2x defaults to enabled.

Follow these steps to enable or disable [Blackout]:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup]. Selects Setup display

2. Select [1], System Set-

tings, and press [Enter].

3. Select [8], Blackout Key,

and press [Enter].

4. Press [1] or [0]. Corner reads:

5. Press [Enter]. [Blackout] is enabled or disabled

Selects System Settings menu

Prompt reads:

Enable/disable blackout key (1 = Enable, 0 = Disable)

Black 1

Or...

Black 0

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Enable/disable Flexichannel

Insight 2x’s Command display can be set to operate in full display mode or in Flexichannel mode. In full display mode, channel displays show all channels and their current status. In Flexichannel mode, only channels with a recorded level or that are on the Link List appear. Insight 2x defaults to full channel display.

Follow these steps to enable or disable Flexichannel:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup]. Selects Setup display

2. Select [1], System Set-

tings, and press [Enter].

3. Select [9], Flexichannel,

and press [Enter].

4. Press [1] or [0]. Corner reads:

5. Press [Enter]. Flexichannel mode is enabled or dis-

Updating Flexichannel

Selects System Settings menu

Prompt reads:

Enable/disable flexichannel (1 = Enable, 0 = Disable)

Flexi 1

Or...

Flexi 0

abled

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Set Master type

You may set the Master slider (labeled Grandmaster on older Expression 2 line consoles) to one of three control options.

• Disabled

Master slider does nothing.

• Grandmaster

Master slider controls all levels on stage except parked channels and independent channels.

• Sub Grandmaster

Master slider controls all levels on stage set by submasters.

To configure your Master slider, follow these steps:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup].

2. Press [1], System Settings, [Enter].

3. Press [1][0], Master Type, [Enter].

4. Press [1] [Enter].

Displays Setup menu Displays System Settings menu

Prompt reads:

Select master type and press ENTER (0 = Disabled, 1 = Grandmaster, 2 = Sub Grandmaster)

Master is set as Grandmaster

Set Channels/Submasters 1-to-1

Set Channels/Submasters 1-to-1 sets your console’s channels to a one-toone match with your submasters. Thus, channel 1 is patched to submaster 1, channel 2 to submaster 2, and so on. Channel levels are set to Full and up/dwell/down times are set to 1/Manual/1.

To reset your channels and submasters, follow these steps:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup].

2. Press [1], System Settings, [Enter].

3. Press [1][1], Set Channels/ Submasters 1-to-1, [Enter].

4. Press [Enter].

Displays Setup menu Displays System Settings menu

Prompt reads:

Select page to default, then press ENTER (1 = Page 1, 2 = Page 2, 0 = All pages)

Channels are assigned to submasters. The display returns to Setup menu

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Setting time format

Insight 2x consoles allow you to display time in either 12 or 24 hour format.

Follow these steps to choose your preference:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Setup]. Selects Setup display

2. Select [1], System Set- tings, and press [Enter].

3. Select [1][2], 12/24 hour clock, and press [Enter].

4. Enter [0] or [1] and press [Enter].

Record Lockout

You may set the console to disable the Record function. This protects a finished show from inadvertent changes.

To disable the Record function in your system, follow these steps:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Setup].

2. Select [1], System Set-

tings, and press [Enter].

3. Select [1][3], Record Lock-

out.

4. Press [1] [Enter] to lock out

the record function.

Action:

Selects System Settings menu

Prompt reads:

Enter 12 or 24 hour clock (0 = 12 hour, 1 = 24 hour)

Sets the clock mode

Action:

Selects Setup display Selects System Settings menu. Menu

indicates current status of Record Lockout

Prompt reads:

Enable/Disable record lockout (1 = Enable, 0 = Disable)

Record is locked out. If you attempt to record anything, the prompt reads:

Record is locked out (Press CLEAR to continue)

Note: As always, the best way to safeguard your show is to make backups. See Chapter 17, Diskette functions, for instructions on backing up a show to diskette.

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Enable/disable Bump keys

Insight 2x’s submaster bump buttons may be enabled or disabled. Insight 2x defaults to enabled.

Follow these steps to enable or disable all submaster bump buttons:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Setup].

2. Select [1], System Set-

tings, and press [Enter].

3. Select [1][4], Bump keys,

and press [Enter].

4. Press [1] or [0].

5. Press [Enter].

Action:

Selects Setup display Selects System Settings menu

Prompt reads:

Enable/disable bump keys (1 = Enable, 0 = Disable)

Corner reads:

BpStat 1

Or...

BpStat 0

Submaster bump buttons are enabled or disabled

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Setting clock

To set the current time and date in your system, follow these steps:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Setup].

2. Press [S2], Set Clock.

3. Enter the current time in hours and minutes. Time entry format corresponds to your clock mode setting in System Settings. (In 24hour format, 930 = 9:30 AM, 1625 = 4:25 PM) (In 12-hour format, use [+] to select AM or PM.

4. Press [Enter].

5. Enter the day of the month

(1-31) and press [Enter].

6. Enter the month (1-12) and

press [Enter]

7. Enter the year (00-99) and

press [Enter]

8. Enter the day of the week

(1-7) and press [Enter]

9. Press [Record] to reset

Real Time Clock with the new settings.

Action:

Selects Setup display The following screen appears:

New time appears on screen

Time is set; Date is highlighted New date is set; Month is highlighted

New month is set; Year is highlighted

New year is set; Day is highlighted

New day is set; Time is highlighted

Returns to Setup display

Note: You may use [+] and [–] to scroll through the options in any of the fields on this screen.

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Naming show

You can use an alphanumeric keyboard to name the show currently loaded in the console. The names you give shows can consist of letters, numbers or the symbols: #, %, &, *, (, ), +, ‘, –, [, ], / as well as the comma and period. You may enter the name using overwrite or insert mode. In overwrite, you type over any previously entered characters; in insert mode, each new character pushes the previously entered characters one space to the right. Press [Insert] on the keyboard to switch between insert and overwrite mode. See page 296 for information about installing an alphanumeric keyboard.

To name the show in your system, follow these steps:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Setup].

2. Press [S1], Show Name.

3. Enter the name you want to give the show on the alphanumeric keyboard. The show name can have up to 20 characters.

4. Press [Enter] on the alpha-

numeric keyboard to record the name, or press [Esc] to quit and return to Setup display.

Action:

Selects Setup display Prompt reads:

Type show label (F6 = clear to end)

New name appears in corner of screen

Show is named

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chapter 4 patch

Before you begin creating cues for a show you should first create your patch. The patch assigns individual dimmers to control channel numbers. The Insight 2x Patch display allows you to assign up to 1,536 DMX512 dimmers to up to the maximum number of control channels your console can address.

You can use Insight 2x's default one-to-one patch, or you may create a custom patch. In addition, Insight 2x's proportional patching capability allows you to set dimmer output levels and assign one of ten output profiles to dimmers.

If you are patching dimmers in a Strand CD80 dimmer rack, see page 41 for special instructions.

Before patching, be certain that the system settings reflect the total number of available dimmers and channels. See

system settings,

mers and channels.

on page 16 for information on setting the number of dim-

Chapter 3, Entering

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Selecting one-to-one patch

• Creating custom patch

• Proportional patching

• Labeling dimmers

• Assigning a profile to a dimmer

• Capturing channels in Patch

• Dimmer check

• About Dimmer

• Multiplexed dimmers

• Patching to a Strand CD80 dimmer rack

Selecting one-to-one patch

The one-to-one patch assigns dimmer 1 to channel 1, dimmer 2 to channel 2 and so on. If there are more dimmers than channels, the one-to-one patch assigns the first extra dimmer to channel 1, the second extra dimmer to channel 2, and so on.

Follow these steps to select Insight 2x's default one-to-one patch:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Setup] to display

the Setup menu.

2. Press [4], Clear Functions

[Enter].

3. Press [9], Reset Patch

1 to 1 [Enter].

4. Press [Enter] to confirm your selection of one-toone default patch, or press [Clear] to cancel the operation.

Creating custom patch

Insight 2x's custom patching capability allows you to create virtually any dimmer to channel configuration you like. (Groups of dimmers may be assigned to single channels, but only one channel may be patched to a dimmer.)

Hint: If you use the same patch for several shows, create the patch, and record it on a disk before you record any cues. Label the disk Standard

patch. When you start your next show, read the Standard patch show into

the console, then begin writing cues to avoid reentering the patch.

Action:

Selects Setup display

Prompt reads:

Select function number, then press ENTER

Prompt reads:

To reset patch, press ENTER To cancel, press CLEAR

Sets patch to default one-to-one patch

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Patching dimmers to channels

Follow these steps to patch a dimmer(s) to a control channel:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Patch].

2. Press [Dim]. (If the LED in

the [Dim] key is lit, you may omit this step.)

3. Use the keypad to enter

the numbers of the dimmers you want to patch. Use [And] and [Thru] if you want to select more than one dimmer.

4. Press [Enter].

5. Enter the channel number

to which you want to patch the selected dimmers and press [Enter].

6. Repeat steps 2 through 4

to patch additional dimmers.

Action:

Selects Patch display

Prompt reads:

Select dimmer numbers, then press ENTER to assign to a channel, or press AT to assign a level, or press PROFILE to assign a profile

Prompt reads:

To assign dimmers, select channel number, then press ENTER To delete dimmers, press UNPATCH

Dimmer(s) are patched to the channel

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Proportional patching

Insight 2x allows you to proportionally inhibit the output of individual dimmer levels from the Patch display. Dimmers output at 100 percent unless you patch them at a lower level.

Dimmer intensity levels set in Patch function at full level on all other screens. For example, if you enter a level of 60 for a dimmer on the patch screen, when you set that channel to full in a cue or submaster, the dimmer will output at 60 percent.

Follow these steps to assign a proportional dimmer output level:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Patch].

2. If the [Dim] LED is unlit,

press [Dim] to indicate that the next number entered will be a dimmer.

3. Use the keypad to enter

the desired dimmer number(s). Use [And] and [Thru] if you want to select more than one dimmer.

4. Press [At]

5. Use the keypad to enter

the desired maximum output level for the dimmer(s). Full is displayed until a new level is entered. Enter a zero before singledigit levels (i.e., 08).

Action:

Selects Patch display Prompt reads:

Select dimmer numbers, then press ENTER to assign to a channel, or press AT to assign a level, or press PROFILE to assign a profile

Prompt reads:

Select dimmer numbers, then press ENTER to assign to a channel, or press AT to assign a level, or press PROFILE to assign a profile

Prompt reads:

Select dimmer level

Dimmer’s proportional level is set

Note: If the dimmer’s level is highlighted, white on red, you may use [+] and [–] to adjust the level. Press [Enter] to record the edited level.

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Unpatching individual dimmers

Channel zero is not an actual control channel. It functions as a holding area in which you may store dimmers not included in your patch. Before you begin creating a custom patch, you may find it helpful to assign all dimmers to channel zero. Then, when you begin patching, you can select dimmers from channel zero and patch them to channels as you like.

Dimmers assigned to channel zero are listed at the end of channel list under “- -.” These dimmers are not assigned to any channel, but remain on the patch screen.

Follow these steps to assign dimmers to channel zero in By Dimmer mode:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Patch].

2. If the [Dim] LED is unlit,

press [Dim] to indicate that the next number entered will be a dimmer.

3. Use the keypad to enter

the desired dimmer number(s) Use [And] and [Thru] if you want to select more than one dimmer.

4. Press [S6], Unpatch.

Action:

Selects Patch display Prompt reads:

Select dimmer numbers, then press ENTER to assign to a channel, or press AT to assign a level, or press PROFILE to assign a profile

Prompt reads:

Select dimmer numbers, then press ENTER to assign to a channel, or press AT to assign a level, or press PROFILE to assign a profile

Selected dimmers are unpatched and assigned to channel zero (- -)

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Labeling dimmers

Insight 2x allows you to assign alphanumeric labels to your dimmers. Dimmer labels may be up to five characters long and may consist of any combination of characters, including letters, numbers and symbols.

In the Patch display, Insight 2x allows you to view labels you have assigned to dimmers. Press [S8], Show/Hide Labels, to reveal or hide the labels. Hiding labels provides space to show additional dimmers.

This example demonstrates how to assign a label to a dimmer:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Patch].

2. Press [5] [Label].

3. Use the alphanumeric key-

board to type “House.”

4. Press [Enter] on the Insight

2x keypad.

Action:

Selects Patch display Selects dimmer 5 to label

Prompt reads:

Type dimmer label (F6 = clear to end, F7 = last dimmer label, F8 = next dimmer label)

Corner reads: Label House

Dimmer 5 is labeled “House”

Note: In step 4, if you wish to label another dimmer, press [F7] or [F8] instead of [Enter]. Insight 2x records the current dimmer’s label, and brings up the previous or next dimmer to be labeled.

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Assigning a profile to a dimmer

Dimmer profiles allow you to select one of ten output curves (profiles) and assign it to a dimmer. These profiles allow you to compensate for nonlinear light outputs from certain types of fixtures or incorporate a preferred response in a fade. The ten curves are listed below.

If you do not select a profile, all dimmers use profile zero; a linear fade.

Follow these instructions to assign a profile to a dimmer:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Patch].

2. If the [Dim] LED is unlit,

press [Dim] to indicate that the next number entered will be a dimmer.

3. Use the keypad to enter

the desired dimmer number(s) Use [And] and [Thru] if you want to select more than one dimmer.

4. Press [S7], Profile, then

use the keypad to enter the number of the desired profile. Profile numbers are listed on menu at the top of the Patch screen

Note: To reset profile to a linear fade, assign profile zero to the dimmer.

Dimmer profiles

0 - Linear 1 - IES square 2 - Slow bottom 3 - Fast bottom 4 - Slow top 5 - Fast top 6 - Full at 1%* 7 - Preheat 5% 8 - Preheat 10% 9 - Hot patch

†¶

‡¶

Action:

Selects Patch display Prompt reads:

Select dimmer numbers, then press ENTER to assign to a channel, or press AT to assign a level, or press PROFILE to assign a profile

Prompt reads:

Select dimmer numbers, then press ENTER to assign to a channel, or press AT to assign a level, or press PROFILE to assign a profile

Prompt reads:

Select dimmer profile number

* Dimmer intensity jumps from 0% to 100% at 1% output. † Dimmer at 5% or 10% whenever console power is on. Dimmer inten-

sity increases when output exceeds 5% or 10%. ‡ Dimmer at full whenever console power is on. ¶ Affected by [Blackout] but not by Grandmaster.

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Capturing channels in Patch

Insight 2x lets you select and capture channels without returning to Stage mode. This allows you to bring channels up on stage to view the proportional settings of dimmers assigned to a channel while you set them

To select channels from the patch screen, follow these steps:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Patch].

2. Press [Channel].

3. Use the keypad to enter

the desired channel num-

ber(s) Use [And] and [Thru]

if you want to select more

than one channel.

4. Press [Full] to set channel

level at 100 percent,

[Level] to set channel at

the default level, or press

[At] and enter a level set-

ting.

5. Press [Rel] to release

channel(s).

Action:

Selects Patch display Prompt reads:

Select channel numbers

Prompt reads:

Select channel numbers

Selected channels are set at the indicated level

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Dimmer check

A dimmer check allows you to raise your dimmers to a specified level on stage, one at a time. Insight 2x allows you to select the starting dimmer and set it at a level. Once you select the dimmer, use [+] to check each consecutive dimmer.

Follow these steps to run a dimmer check:

Keystrokes: Actions:

1. Press [Dim].

2. Press [1] to start dimmer

check with dimmer 1.

3. Press [At].

4. Press [7][5] to set the dim-

mer’s level at 75 percent. You may also press [Full] or [Level] to set the dimmer at 100 percent or at the [Level] setting.

5. Press [Enter].

6. Press [+] to select dimmer

2. Repeat as necessary. Press [Clear] to end dimmer check.

Prompt reads:

Enter dimmer number(s), then press AT to select level

Keypad corner reads:

Dim 1

Prompt reads:

Select dimmer level (Press FULL button for 100%)

Prompt reads:

To unpatch dimmer for dimmer check, press ENTER To park or unpark dimmer(s), press PARK

Dimmer 1 is set at 75 percent Dimmer Check window appears Prompt reads:

Press [+] or [–] to step through dimmers. Press [Clear] to cancel dimmer check.

Dimmer 1 returns to zero, dimmer 2 is set at 75 percent

Note: If a dimmer is parked, the Dimmer Check window displays the level at which it is parked. The Dimmer Check does not change its level on stage.

Note: To check a multiplexed B dimmer, enter the number, selecting the A dimmer, then press [+] to select the B dimmer.

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About

[About] provides you with information about dimmers. The following pages describe the use of About Dimmer and the information available in the About Dimmer window.

Note: See page 53 for information on using About Channel.

About Dimmer

About Dimmer provides attribute and status information for a selected dimmer. To display the About Dimmer window, follow these steps:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [About] [Dimmer]. Prompt reads:

2. Press [6]. Keypad corner reads:

3. Press [Enter]. About Dimmer window is displayed

About: Select dimmer number, then press ENTER

Dim 6

• Label: The dimmer’s label.

• Channel: The channel to which the dimmer is assigned.

• Proportion: The dimmer’s assigned proportional level.

• Profile: The dimmer’s assigned profile.

• Console dimmer level: The dimmer output level the Insight 2x

sole is sending to the dimmer.

• Parked: Whether or not the dimmer is parked.

Note: Press [Clear] to remove the About window.

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About Dimmer with ETCLink

If your console uses ETCLink to monitor dimmers in an ETC Sensor dimming system, the About Dimmer window displays additional dimmer monitoring information. The following expanded About Dimmer window appears if dimmer monitoring is enabled.

• Label: The dimmer’s label.

• Channel: The channel to which the dimmer is assigned.

• Proportion: The dimmer’s assigned proportional level.

• Profile: The dimmer’s assigned profile.

• Console dimmer level: The dimmer output level the Insight 2x

sole is sending to the dimmer.

• Parked: Whether or not the dimmer is parked.

• Rack/Slot number: The rack and slot in which this dimmer is located.

• Rack dimmer level: The actual output level at which the dimmer is

set.

• Dimmer level source: The source of the control signal which set the

dimmer’s level. Possible sources include:

DMX A DMX B Rack #

con-

The following information is available on Sensor Advanced Features dimming systems.

• Recorded lamp load: The load at which the selected dimmer was re-

corded.

• Load at full: The estimated load on the dimmer when the level is at

Full.

• Actual load: The actual load currently on the dimmer.

• Boost: The dimmer’s boost level, if any.

• Dimmer error: Current dimmer errors, if any.

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Multiplexed dimmers

ETC’s Multiplex dimming technology can increase the capacity of your dimming system. The ETC Multiplexer converts the output of a single ETC Sensor or L86 dimmer into two separate signals. Both signals then provide discrete levels for two ETC Source Four lighting fixtures.

Warning: The DMX512 port that serves the dimmer must be in multiplex mode. Setting the port to multiplex mode erases your current patch. Set the port mode BEFORE you create your patch. To set the port’s mode, see Setting Multiplex mode on page 294.

Before you create your patch, you must identify any dimmers whose signals are multiplexed. Insight 2x indicates the split by adding an A or B to the dimmer number.

Follow these steps to multiplex a dimmer:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Patch].

2. If the [Dim] LED is unlit,

press [Dim] to indicate that

the next number entered

will be a dimmer.

3. Use the keypad to enter

the desired dimmer num-

ber(s) Use [And] and [Thru]

if you want to select more

than one dimmer.

4. Press [S1], Multiplex.

Action:

Selects Patch display Prompt reads:

Select dimmer numbers, then press ENTER to assign to a channel, or press AT to assign a level, or press PROFILE to assign a profile

Prompt reads:

Select dimmer numbers, then press ENTER to assign to a channel, or press AT to assign a level, or press PROFILE to assign a profile

Selected dimmers are identified as Multiplexed

Note: Use [S2], A, and [S3], B, along with the numeric keypad, to enter dimmer numbers as you create your patch. If you select a multiplexed dimmer without specifying A or B, the system defaults to A.

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Patching to a Strand CD80 dimmer rack

Strand CD80 dimmer racks have 48 dimmer slots. Each dimmer slot holds either two 2.4kW dimmers or one 6kW or 12kW dimmer. The console requires that you include all 96 possible dimmer numbers per rack in the patch

Refer to the charts below to determine dimmer numbers for each slot on each rack. When patching 6kW or 12kW dimmers, enter the slot’s odd dimmer number under the desired channel number. Enter the slot’s even dimmer number under channel zero

For example, to patch a 6kW dimmer into the last dimmer slot on the first rack, enter dimmer 95 in the desired channel number and dimmer 96 in channel zero.

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chapter 5 setting channel levels

Setting channel levels is the first step in recording cues, submasters and groups. Setting channel levels in Stage mode brings light levels up on stage. Setting channel levels in Blind mode does not affect stage lights.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Channel modes

• Channel attributes

• Selecting channels

• Setting channel levels

• Channel check

• About Channel

Channel modes

Channels may be in any of the following modes. Each responds differently to commands.

Captured channels

Captured channels are channels that you have selected and are live on stage. They remain live until you press [Rel] to release them. Captured channels override all other channel settings. For example, if a channel is in a fader at 100 percent and you capture it and set it to 50 percent, Insight 2x sets the captured channel at 50 percent. Press [Rel] twice to release captured channels.

Selected channels

Selected channels are channels over which you have immediate keypad

control fader wheel. Selected channels are displayed in yellow, and their levels are red on white. You can select channels in all display modes

You can modify selected channels with [Full], [At], [+], [–], or the

Selected, captured

keypad control. Channels can be modes. You can select channels in Blind, but they won’t be captured since Blind mode is not live. Press [Rel] once to release selected channels.

channels are

Recorded channels

Recorded channels are channel levels that have been recorded in a cue, group or submaster. In Stage mode, recorded levels are displayed in green or magenta. Recorded channels may be either moving or tracked in Blind mode (see below). Channel levels controlled by effects are displayed in white. Channel levels controlled by submasters other than effect submasters are displayed in yellow.

Moving channels

Moving channels are channel levels that change from one cue to the next In Stage mode, all moving channels are displayed in green. In Blind and Tracksheet, moving channels are displayed in green if they are moving down or blue if they are moving up.

Tracked channels

A tracked channel is a channel whose level is unchanged from the preceding cue. Tracked channels are displayed in magenta.

live

channels that are under immediate

selected and captured

only in Stage

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Channel Attributes display

The Channel Attributes display allows you to assign attributes to specific channels, including:

• Independent

Allows a channel to be unaffected by Grandmaster, Flash, Release,

Solo, and Blackout. (Release requires an extra keypress.)

• Flip

Allows a channel’s output to be reversed. A flipped channel outputs

at full when set to zero and at zero when set to full.

• Label

Allows you to assign labels to channels.

To go to the Channel Attributes display, follow these steps:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup]. Selects Setup menu

2. Press [1][1] [Enter]. Selects Channel Attribute display

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Independent channels

An independent channel is not affected by the Grandmaster, Blackout, Solo, or Flash. Otherwise, independent channels function normally. Use [S1], Independent, to make a channel independent. Press [Rel] three times to release all independent channels.

Channels that control movement of moving lights or color scrollers will often be set as Independent. This assures that in the case of a blackout or change in the Grandmaster setting, the position of the moving light or color scroller will not change.

To mark a channel as independent, follow these steps:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Setup]. Selects Setup menu

2. Press [1][1] [Enter]. Selects Channel Attributes display

Prompt reads:

Select channel number(s)

3. Enter channel number(s)

to be independent and

press [S1], Independent.

Use [Thru], [And] and

[Except] to select multiple

channels.

4. Press [1], then press

[Enter].

Selects channel Prompt reads:

Enable/disable independent channel(s) (1 = Enable, 0 = Disable)

Channel is independent

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Flipped channels

The Flip command inverts the output of the channel to which it is applied. A flipped channel outputs at full when set to zero and at zero when set to full.

Use [S2], Flip, to mark a channel flipped. The flipped channels will have their outputs inverted. The levels will not appear inverted on the Stage display, but the level sent to the channel is inverted. This is particularly useful for some moving light functions.

For example, flip the output of the channel controlling the pan of one of two moving lights. If you then record both lights’ pan control channels to a submaster, the two lights’ movements mirror each other.

To mark a channel as flipped, follow these steps:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Setup].

2. Press [1][1] [Enter].

3. Enter channel number(s)

to flip and press [S2], Flip.

Use [Thru], [And] and

[Except] to select multiple

channels.

4. Press [1], then press

[Enter].

Action:

Selects Setup menu Selects Channel Attributes display

Prompt reads:

Select channel number(s)

Selects channel Prompt reads:

Enable/disable flipped channel(s) (1 = Enable, 0 = Disable)

Channel is flipped

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Labeling a channel

The Channel Attributes display’s Label function allows you to assign an alphanumeric label of up to 16 characters to a channel.

To label a channel, follow these steps:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Setup].

2. Press [1][1] [Enter].

3. Enter channel number(s)

to label and press [Label].

Use [Thru], [And] and

[Except] to select multiple

channels.

4. Use an alphanumeric key-

board to enter the chan-

nel’s label, then press

[Enter].

Action:

Selects Setup menu Selects Channel Attributes display

Prompt reads:

Select channel number(s)

Selects channel to label Prompt reads:

Type channel label (F6 = clear to end, F7 = last channel label, F8 = next channel label)

Channel is labeled

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Selecting channels

Using the keypad to set channel levels involves two steps: selecting the channels whose levels you want to modify, then entering output levels.

• To select a single channel, enter the channel number.

For example, [Channel] [1] selects channel 1.

Note: When selecting channels, you only need to press [Channel] if the [Channel] LED is not lit.

• To select two channels that are not consecutively numbered, enter

the number of the first channel, then press [And] and enter the

number of the second channel.

For example, [Channel] [1] [And] [7] selects channels 1 and 7.

• To select a group of consecutively numbered channels, enter the

number of the first channel, then press [Thru] and enter the last num-

ber.

For example, Channel] [1] [Thru] [9] selects channels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

8, and 9.

• To exclude channels from a selected group of consecutively num-

bered channels, enter the first channel, press [Thru], enter the last

channel, then press [Except] and enter the channels to leave out.

For example, [Channel] [1] [Thru] [1][5] [Except] [5] [Thru] [1][3] selects

channels 1, 2, 3, 4, 14, and 15.

• Use [And], [Except] and [Thru] to select multiple, non-consecutive

groups of channels.

For example, [Channel] [1] [Thru] [5] [And] [8] [Thru] [1][2] [Except] [9]

selects channels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, and 12.

Hint: If no channels are selected, press [Enter] to select all channels currently at a level above zero.

Once you have entered your channel selections, you are ready to set channel levels.

Selecting channels in Flexichannel mode

In Flexichannel mode, only channels that are used in the show appear on the Stage, Blind and Fader displays. When Flexichannel mode is enabled, the [Thru] key functions slightly differently. For example, in normal mode, pressing [1] [Thru] [5] selects all channels from 1 to 5. In Flexichannel mode, pressing [1] [Thru] [5] selects all visible channels from 1 to 5.

To select all channels from 1 to 5, including channels that haven’t been used in the show so far, press [1] [Thru] [Thru] [5]. Pressing [Thru] a second time alerts the system to ignore Flexichannel for that channel selection.

Note: 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.

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Setting channel levels

You assign output levels to channels using the basic format [Channel] [#] [At] [#] where the first number is the channel and the second is the level. For example, [Channel] [4] [At] [7][5] sets channel 4 at 75 percent. If you enter a single digit for the level, Insight 2x multiplies it by ten and you must follow it with [Enter]. In other words, [Channel] [4] [At] [1] [Enter] sets channel 4 to 10 percent. To set channel 4 to 1 percent, enter [Channel] [4] [At] [0][1]. You can also use the level wheel, [Full], [Level], or [S8],

Flash, to set channel levels.

Level wheel

To set channel levels with the level wheel, select the channels whose levels you want to modify, then use the wheel (labeled Level Y) to set the desired output level. You can also use the wheel to adjust output levels for all active channels.

To set selected channel levels, enter [Channel] [1] [Thru] [5] then move the level wheel to set levels.

To modify all channels currently at a level above zero, press [Enter] then move the level wheel to set levels.

Full

[Full] sets selected channel levels to 100 percent. For example, press [Channel] [1] [Thru] [5] [Full] to set channels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 to 100 percent.

Level

Flash

[Level] sets selected channel levels to the output level assigned to the [Level] key. The default value for [Level] is 100 percent. (See

Entering system settings

settings.) For example, if [Level] is set at 75 percent, press [1] [Thru] [5] [Level] to set channels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 to 75 percent.

Flash sets the selected channel’s level to 100 percent if the channel is currently at a level at or below 50 percent. If the channel’s level is above 50 percent, Flash sets it to zero. Levels set by Flash are only maintained while the key is pressed. For example, press [Channel] [5], then press and hold [S8], Flash, to set channel 5 to either 100 or zero.

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Sneak

Sneak is a softkey that you can use to fade channels on stage to a level you choose, in a specific time or to restore channels to the last level at which they were set with a fader or submaster. For example, if you bring up a cue, then change the look, you can use sneak to go back to the look created by the original cue. If you do not indicate a time, the sneak occurs in the default sneak time, set in System Settings.

Follow these steps to use Sneak to set a channel level:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Stage].

2. Press [S1], Sneak.

3. Select the channel(s) you

4. Press [Time] and enter the

5. Press [Enter].

want to sneak and the level to which you want it to fade. For example, press [5] [At] [5].

time for the sneak. For example, press [Time] [1][0].

Selects Stage display mode Selects Sneak mode

Prompt reads: Sneak mode - Select

channels, then press ENTER to sneak, or AT to select sneak level, or TIME to select sneak time

Selects channel 5. Sets level at 50 percent Prompt reads:

Sneak mode - Select level

Selects Sneak time of ten seconds Prompt reads:

Sneak mode - Select time

Fades channel 5 to 50 percent over ten seconds

Follow these steps to restore a channel to its last fader or submaster level:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Sneak] and select

the channel(s) you want to restore. For example, press [5].

2. Press [Enter].

Selects channel 5 to sneak Prompt reads: Sneak mode - Select

channels, then press ENTER to sneak, or AT to select sneak level, or TIME to select sneak time

Fades channel 5 back to its most recent cue or sub level

Note: Press [Sneak] [Enter] to restore all channels to their current fader or submaster levels.

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Channel check

Use a Channel Check to check which channel controls which light. Insight 2x allows you to check channels by selecting a single channel and setting it at a level. Once you have selected a channel you can then advance sequentially through the channels, checking one at a time.

Follow these steps to run a channel check:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Stage].

2. Press [Channel] [1].

3. Press and hold [S8], Flash.

4. While holding [S8], press

[+] or [–] to select the next

or previous channel.

5. Once you have checked all

the channels, release [S8],

Flash.

Actions:

Selects Stage display Prompt reads:

Select channel numbers

Corner reads: Chan 1 Sets channel 1’s level to 100 percent if

its current level is at or below 50 percent or... Sets channel 1’s level to zero if its current level is above 50 percent

Flashes each channel in turn

Note: You may start a channel check with any channel. Substitute the desired channel in step 2.

Note: If a channel is Independent, it will not Flash.

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About

[About] provides you with information about channels. The following pages describe the use of [About] and the information available in the About channel window.

Note: See page 38 for information on using About Dimmer.

About Channel

About Channel provides attribute and status information for a selected channel. To display the About Channel window, follow these steps:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [About] [Channel]. Prompt reads:

2. Press [6]. Keypad corner reads:

3. Press [Enter]. About Channel window is displayed.

About: Select channel number, then press ENTER

Chan 6

Press [Clear] to remove the window

• Label: The channel’s label.

• Link: The channel’s link number on the Link List.

• Attributes: Whether or not the channel is flipped or independent.

• Wheel: The wheel on which the channel is linked.

• First used: The first cue in which this channel appears.

• Last used: The highest numbered cue in which this channel appears.

• Number of cues: The total number of cues in which this channel

appears.

• Number of moves: The total number of cues in which this channel

moves.

• Level: The channel’s current level.

• Source: The control device that is providing the channel’s level.

Possible sources include: Captured, Fader #, Sub #, DMX In

• Parked: Whether or not the channel is parked.

• Inhibited: The inhibitive submaster, if any, which is controlling the

level of the channel.

• Dimmers: The dimmers assigned to the channel, as space permits.

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chapter 6 cues

This chapter includes instructions on recording, modifying and deleting cues.

After you select channels and set their intensity levels, you can store the resulting look as a cue. You can play cues back in a timed fader. Insight 2x allows you to record up to 600 cues per show.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Cue types

• Record functions

• Creating cues

• Viewing cues

• Working with cues in Stage mode

• Recording a cue in Stage

• Working with cues in Blind mode

• Recording a cue 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

• Recording a cue using Solo

• Labeling cues

• Modifying a recorded cue live

• Modifying cue attributes

• Using Update to modify a cue

• Deleting cues

• Copying cues

• Inserting cues

• Cue List

Cue types

[Type] displays the fade type options described below. The menu that appears in Stage omits the effect and subroutine options. Effects and subroutines are explained in their own chapters.

To select a cue fade type in Stage, Blind or Fader modes, press [Type], and enter an option number. If you change a cue’s fade type, you must rerecord the cue. For example, [Cue] [2] [Type] [2] [Record] [Enter] records cue 2 with an allfade.

If you do not enter a fade type, cues default to crossfade.

Crossfade

In a crossfade cue, channel levels that increase fade to their new level in the assigned upfade time. Channel levels that decrease fade to their new level in the assigned downfade time. The cue starts when you press [Go]. You may use a wait time to delay the start of the upfade or downfade.

Allfade

An allfade cue forces all unused channels to zero intensity when you press [Go] and clears the other fader. Allfade is useful for forcing an end cue when tracking channels. For more information on using allfade cues for tracking, see

Chapter 7 Track

Subroutine

A subroutine is a cue that controls the playback of a series of recorded cues. Subroutines are similar to linked cues, except that you have more playback options. For more information on using subroutines, see

13, Working with subroutines

Effects

An effect cue contains an effect. Effects allow you to assign channels to a series of steps. When you play back the effect, the steps run in assigned chase patterns, or in random order. For more information on using effects, see

Chapter 12, Working with effects

Chapter

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Record functions

Insight 2x has two record functions; Record and Track. Record saves all channels as they appear on the screen (what you see is what you get) in the cue, group or submaster you specify. When you use Record to record a cue, levels are recorded in only one cue.

Track is a record function that works only with cues. It allows you to build a new cue from the previous cue’s channel settings. Tracked channels are channels whose levels do not change from one cue to the next. A often runs through several cues for the length of a scene or an act.

Track also allows you to add tracked channels through existing cues. For example, if you have created all cues for a scene, and then decide to add a few new channels to all cues, or adjust the level of a channel throughout the cues, Track lets you do so with one short record command same thing with Record would require you to add the new channels to each cue individually.

Note: When a channel level that tracks through a series of cues reaches an Allfade cue, the track ends.

We use the standard Record function for all cues in this chapter. Instructions for using the Track function are included in

To do the

Chapter 7, Track.

track

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Creating cues

Insight 2x allows you to save up to 600 cues per show. A cue is a look you have created and recorded, and can replay in a timed fader pair. If your show requires more than 600 cues, you can read a second show from diskette during a break, or between cues. See

tions,

for more information about recording shows on diskette

This chapter includes instructions and examples for creating and modifying cues using several different methods. If you follow the examples, you will have several cues recorded. You will also know how to modify, copy and delete cues.

If you have several cues already stored, you may want to use the look from one cue and modify it to create another may want to enter all channel levels manually.

There are several ways you can go about creating any one look. The following instructions give examples of how you

Note: Before you clear cues, as described below, make sure that the show currently in the console memory is saved on diskette.

The examples in this chapter assume there are no cues stored in the console. To erase any cues, press [Setup] [4] [Enter] [2] [Enter] [Enter].

Chapter 17, Diskette func-

In other circumstances, you

could

generate each cue.

Viewing cues

You can view stored cues in two ways, live in Stage mode, or just on the screen in Blind mode.

To view cues live, you must select the cue and play it back in a fader. See

Chapter 9, Playing back cues,

To view a cue only on the screen, select Blind mode and enter the desired cue number. To view a different cue, press [Cue] and the new cue number that you want to see

In Blind mode you can also use [+] and [–] to move through recorded cues, and cue parts, one at a time. Press [Cue]; then press [+] to display the next cue or part; press [–] to display the previous cue or part.

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Working with cues in Stage mode

Stage mode display appears on the Command display monitor. A sample Stage mode display is shown below.

The examples in this chapter demonstrate how to create a variety of cues in Stage display mode. Cues consist of channel levels and cue attributes. Each example in the text illustrates a different cue attribute. However, multiple attributes can be applied to one cue.

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Recording a cue in Stage

In this cue, you will only set channel levels. Default settings will determine all other attributes of the cue. You can change most default settings from the System Settings menu. See information about setting and changing defaults.

Follow these steps to record cue 1:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Stage]. Selects Stage display mode

2. Press [1] [Thru] [1][0]. Selects channels 1 through 10

3. Press [At]. Prompt reads: Enter intensity

4. Press [5][0]. Sets a level of 50 percent for channels

5. Press [Record]. Prompt reads:

6. Press [1]. Selects cue 1

Chapter 3, Entering system settings

Prompt reads:

Select channel numbers

1 through 10

To record cue, select number and press ENTER To cancel, press CLEAR

, for

Note: The keypad defaults to cue mode when you press [Record].

7. Press [Enter]. Records cue 1 containing channels 1

through 10 at 50 percent

8. Press [Rel]. Releases captured channels

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Working with cues in Blind mode

Blind mode allows you to create, preview or modify cues without affecting the current look on stage. If you prefer to work with live looks, you should work in Stage mode.

When you press [Blind], Insight 2x displays the following screen on the Command display:

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Recording a cue in Blind

This example creates a cue in Blind mode. Blind allows you to work on cues without affecting the look on stage. Insight 2x automatically enters 00 for channels used in cue 1 to indicate that they will downfade in cue 2.

Follow these steps to record cue 2 in Blind mode:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Blind].

2. Press [2].

3. Press [Channel] [1][3].

4. Press [And] [1][5].

5. Press [Full].

Action:

Selects Blind display mode Prompt reads:

Select cue number To select cue type, press TYPE

Selects cue 2 Selects channel 13

Prompt reads:

Select channel numbers

Adds channel 15 to your selected channels. Selected channels are displayed in yellow

Sets channels at full intensity level

Note: When using [Full], you do not have to press [At] first.

6. Press [Record].

7. Press [Enter].

When you record the cue, channel levels set by a fader change from red (indicating a channel level set on the keypad) to colors based on the channels’ level movements from cue to cue. See page 6 for more information on what channel level colors mean.

Prompt reads:

To record cue, select number and press ENTER To cancel, press CLEAR

Records cue 2 with channels 13 and 15 at Full

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Recording a cue with a single fade time

Unless you tell it otherwise, Insight 2x assigns default fade times to any cue you record. If you prefer, you may record cues with custom fade times instead.

Fade times can be zero seconds to 99:59 minutes long. They may be expressed in minutes and seconds, or as fractions of seconds (in decimal format). 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 record a cue with a custom fade time:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Stage] or [Blind]. Selects display mode

2. Press [Cue] Prompt reads:

Select cue number To select cue type, press TYPE

3. Press [3] Selects cue 3

4. Press [Time]. Prompt reads:

Enter upfade time

5. Press [8]. Enters a fade time of 8 seconds.

Corner reads: UpTime 8

6. Press [Enter] [Enter]. Enters matching downfade time

7. Press [Record]. Prompt reads:

To record cue, select number and press ENTER To cancel, press CLEAR

8. Press [Enter] Records cue 3 with fade time of eight

seconds

Note: If the cue already exists, you may omit steps 7 and 8.

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Recording a cue with split fade times

Insight 2x allows you to record cues with different upfade and downfade times. These cues are said to have play, the time to the left of the / refers to the upfade time; the number to the right refers to the downfade time.

Follow these steps to record a cue with split upfade and downfade times:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Stage] or [Blind]. Selects display mode

2. Press [Cue] Prompt reads:

3. Press [4] Selects cue 4

4. Press [Time]. Prompt reads:

5. Press [1][0]. Enters an upfade time of ten

6. Press [Enter]. Prompt reads:

split

fade times. On the Insight 2x dis-

Select cue number To select cue type, press TYPE

Corner reads: Cue 4

Enter upfade time

seconds Corner reads: UpTime 10

Enter downfade time

7. Press [1][5]. Enters a downfade time of 15 seconds

Corner reads: DnTime 15

8. Press [Record]. Prompt reads:

To record cue, select number and press ENTER To cancel, press CLEAR

9. Press [Enter]. Records cue 4 with upfade time of ten

seconds and downfade time of 15 seconds

Note: If the cue already exists, you may omit steps 8 and 9.

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Recording a cue with a wait time

Wait time is the time that elapses between when you press [Go] and when the actual fade begins. You can record Insight 2x cues with a wait time of up to 99:59 minutes. Insight 2x allows you to program a wait time for either the upfade or the downfade; not both. If you do not enter a wait time, Insight 2x assigns the cue a wait time of zero.

Follow these steps to record a cue with a downfade wait time:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Stage] or [Blind]. Selects display mode

2. Press [Cue] Prompt reads:

Select cue number To select cue type, press TYPE

3. Press [5] Selects cue 5

4. Press [Wait] once

or...

Press [Wait] twice.

5. Press [6]. Enters a wait time of six seconds

6. Press [Enter]. Records cue 5 with wait time of six

Prompt reads:

Enter upfade wait time

or... Enter downfade wait time.

Corner reads:

UpWait 6

or...

DnWait 6

seconds

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Recording cues with Link and Follow

When you record a cue, it automatically becomes part of the Cue List. The Cue List is a list of all cues, organized in numeric sequence. Normally, when you press [Go] to execute cues, Insight 2x plays them back in the sequence in which they appear in the Cue List. [Link] allows you to modify the sequence in which cues play back. [Follow] allows you to play back multiple cues automatically.

Link

Normally, pressing [Go] plays back cues in the sequence indicated on the Cue List. [Link] allows you to play back cues out of sequence by linking them together. For example if you link cue 6 to cue 2, then play cue 6, pressing [Go] plays cue 2.

Follow these steps to record a linked cue.

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Stage] or [Blind]. Selects display mode

2. [Cue] [6]. Selects cue 6

3. Press [Link]. Prompt reads:

To link to cue, select cue number To link to macro, press ENTER MACRO

4. Press [2] [Enter]. Links cue 6 to cue 2. After you play

Note: You can also link cues to macros. For more information on linking cues to macros, see page 170 in Chapter 15, Working with macros.

[Follow] allows you to play a series of cues automatically. The [Follow] time indicates how long the console waits after the cue starts before the next cue runs. [Follow] plays back the next cue on the Cue List unless you use [Link] to specify a different sequence.

Follow times may be expressed in minutes and seconds, or as fractions of seconds, up to 99:59 minutes.

Follow these steps to record a cue with [Follow].

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Stage] or [Blind]. Selects display mode

2. Press [Cue] [7]. Selects cue 7

3. Press [Follow]. Prompt reads:

back cue 6, press [Go] to play back cue 2

Enter follow time (or press ENTER to confirm default time)

4. Press [5] [Enter]. Records cue 7 with a Follow time of

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five seconds. After you start cue 7, the next cue in the Cue List plays automatically five seconds later

Combining Link and Follow to create playback loops

Insight 2x allows you to use Link and Follow to create cue playback sequences in which a group of cues plays back automatically and repeats.

Follow these steps to create a five-cue sequence:

Keystrokes:

1. Create five cues numbered

1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

2. Press [Cue], then press [1],

the number of the first cue

you want to include in the

playback loop.

3. Press [Follow] [5] [Enter].

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for

cues 2 through 5.

5. Press [Cue], then press [5],

the number of the last cue

in the playback loop.

6. Press [Link], then press [1],

the number of the first cue

in the playback loop. Press

[Enter].

Note: You may also use effects to create loops. See Chapter 12, Effects, for more information.

Action:

Cue list displays cues 1 through 5

Selects the first cue

Assigns a follow time of five seconds to the first cue

Assigns a follow time of five seconds to the remaining cues

Selects the last cue in the playback loop

Creates a loop by linking the last cue to the first cue

Using Link to link a macro to a cue

[Link] allows you to automatically run a macro when a cue runs. If you want the macro to delay before running, start the macro with a Macro Wait of the desired length. See creating macros.

Chapter 14, Macros

, for information about

Follow these steps to link a macro to a cue:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Stage] or [Blind].

2. [Cue] [6].

3. Press [Link].

4. Press [Enter Macro]

5. Press [7] [Enter].

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Action:

Selects display mode Selects cue 6 Prompt reads:

To link to cue, select cue number To link to macro, press ENTER MACRO

Prompt reads:

To link to macro, select macro number To link to cue, press CUE

Records cue 6 linked to macro 7. When you press [Go] to play cue 6, macro 7 will run at the same time

Recording a cue using Solo

[Solo] lets you record a cue that contains some of the channels that make up the current look, but not others. Often you will create cues by adding to, subtracting from and modifying previously recorded cues.

Follow these steps to create a cue using Solo:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Stage] or [Blind].

2. Press [Channel].

3. Press [2][0].

4. Press [Thru].

5. Press [3][0]

6. Press [Solo]

7. Move fader wheel; press

[Full], [Level], [+], or [–]; or use

[At] and numeric keypad to

set levels for selected chan-

nels.

8. Press [Record].

9. Press [7].

10. Press [Enter].

11. Press [Solo].

Action:

Selects display mode Prompt reads:

Select channel numbers

Enters channel number to mark the start of the selected range

Indicates you are selecting a range of channels

Selects channels 20 through 30

ets all channels other than 20 through 30 to zero Prompt reads:

(To restore levels, press SOLO) Select channel numbers

Sets channels 60 through 70 to a new level

Prompt reads:

To record cue, select number and press ENTER To cancel, press CLEAR

Corner reads: Cue 7 Records cue 7 with channels 60

through 70 Restores channels other than 60

through 70 to previous levels

Warning: If you press [Solo] in Stage mode, unselected channels controlling lights on stage will go to zero.

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Labeling cues

Insight 2x allows you to use an alphanumeric keyboard to assign labels to cues. Labels can consist of any combination of letters, numbers and symbols and may be up to 16 characters long. See page 296 for information on installing an alphanumeric keyboard.

Follow these steps to label a cue:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Stage] or [Blind]. Selects display mode

2. Press [Cue] [1][2] [Label]. Selects Cue 12 Prompt reads:

Type cue label (F6 = clear to end, F7 = last cue label, F8 = next cue label)

3. Use the alphanumeric key-

board to type the desired label. For example, call cue 12 “Toad exits.”

4. Press [Enter]. Records Cue 12 with label “Toad exits”

Enters cue label Corner reads: Label Toad exits

Note: If the cue did not previously exist, press [Record] [Enter] in step 4. This will create the cue and label it as indicated, all in one step.

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Modifying a recorded cue live

All the preceding examples have involved creating a new cue. In Stage, if you want to add, remove or modify channel levels, you must play back the cue, make your changes, then re-record the cue. If you are changing cue attributes, you do not need to play back the cue.

Modifying channels in a cue

If you are not familiar with procedures for playing back cues, see

9 Playing back cues

. Follow these steps to modify cues in Stage mode:

Chapter

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Stage].

2. Press [Cue], enter cue

number and press [Go].

3. Select channels and set

channel levels to make the desired changes to the cue.

4. Press [Record] [Enter].

or... Press [Record] [8] [Enter].

Note: If you re-record as the same cue, modifications affect the look on stage. If you record the cue with a new number, modifications are not reflected in the fader; you may want to run the cue through a fader before you release channels if you don’t want to lose the look from stage.

Modifying cue attributes

Follow these steps to modify cue attributes:

Keystrokes: Action:

1. Press [Stage] or [Blind]. Selects display mode

Action:

Selects Stage display mode Plays back selected cue

Modifies cue channel levels

Re-records cue with desired modifications or... Records the modified cue as cue 8

2. Press [Cue] then enter the

number of the desired cue.

3. Press the key that corre-

sponds to the attribute you want to modify. Options include: Type*, Time, Wait, Link,Follow, and Label.

4. Enter the new setting for

the attribute.

5. Press [Enter]. Re-records cue with modifications

Note: if you change the cue’s type, press [Record] [Enter] in step 5. Type

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Selects the desired cue

Modifies cue attribute

Using Update to modify channels in a cue

The Update feature allows you to easily record changed levels on Stage into a selected cue. You may record all levels on Stage into the cue, or you may record only changes to channels that were previously recorded in the cue. This allows you to modify the channel levels in the active cue, then re-record the cue without recording the entire stage look.

Note: Levels provided by submasters aren’t updated. Only channel levels set on the keypad are recorded.

Follow these steps to use Update to modify a cue in Stage mode:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Stage].

2. Press [Cue], enter cue

number and press [Go].

3. Modify channel levels as

desired.

4. Press [S2], Update.

(If you wish to update the levels in a cue other than the active cue, enter the desired cue number.)

5. To record changes only to

channels that are already in the cue, press [Only].

6. Press [Enter]

or... Press [Track] [Enter].

Action:

Selects Stage display mode Plays back selected cue, bringing up

its current levels

Prompt reads:

To update cue, select number and press ENTER (TRACK + ENTER for tracking) (Press ONLY + ENTER to update only those channels already in cue)

Limits update to channels in cue

Updates and re-records the active cue

Note: Press [Track] after you press [S2], Update, if you wish changes to track into subsequent cues.

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Using Update to add channels to a cue

Normally when you re-record a cue, you record all the channel levels currently on stage. Insight 2x’s Update feature allows you to record only those channels that you specify.

This allows you to add specific channels to the active cue, then re-record the cue without recording the entire stage look.

Follow these steps to use Update to modify a cue in Stage mode:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Stage].

2. Press [Cue], enter cue

number and press [Go].

3. Modify or add channel

levels as desired.

4. Press [S2], Update.

(If you wish to update the levels in a cue other than the active cue, enter the desired cue number.)

5. Press [Channel].

6. Enter the channel num-

ber(s) you wish to add to, or update in, the cue.

7. Press [Enter]

or... Press [Track] [Enter].

Action:

Selects Stage display mode Plays back selected cue, bringing up

its current levels

Prompt reads:

To update cue, select number and press ENTER (TRACK + ENTER for tracking) To cancel, press clear

Prompt reads:

To update channel(s), select number(s) and press ENTER To cancel, press clear

Updates and re-records the active cue

Note: Press [Track] instead of [Enter] in step 7 if you wish changes to track into subsequent cues.

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Using Update to modify fade rate

You may also use the Update function to record manually modified fade rates into cues.

Follow these steps to update a rate for a cue running in a fader:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Rate] key for the

fader in which the cue is running.

2. Move rate wheel to adjust

fade rate.

3. Press [S2], Update.

4. Press [Enter].

Action:

Activates rate control

Fades are placed under control of the rate wheel. The Fader Status window shows the current rate

Prompt reads:

To update cue, select number and press ENTER (TRACK + ENTER for tracking) (Press ONLY + ENTER to update only those channels already in cue)

New rate is recorded into cue

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Deleting cues

Follow these steps to delete a cue in Stage or Blind mode.

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Stage] or [Blind]. If

you press [Stage], press [S7], More Softkeys.

2. Press [S6], Delete in

Stage, Delete Cue in Blind).

3. Enter number of cue to

delete. This is optional if you wish to delete the currently selected cue.

4. To delete just the current

cue, press [Enter].

To delete the current cue and any channels that track from that cue, press [Track] [Enter]

5. Press [Enter]

For more information on tracking, see

Action:

Selects display mode

Prompt reads:

To Delete cue, press ENTER - Delete cue and tracking, press TRACK + ENTER To cancel, press CLEAR

Selects cue to delete

Prompt reads:

To confirm, press ENTER To cancel, press CLEAR

Deletes cue

Chapter 7, Track

, page 79.

Copying cues

In some cases, you may want to copy a cue’s channel levels and use them as the foundation for a new cue. To copy cue, follow these steps:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Stage] or [Blind].

2. Press [Cue] [1].

3. If you are in Stage display,

press [Go].

4. Press [Record].

5. Press [Cue] [2].

6. Press [Enter].

Note: You may also copy a look from a cue to a submaster or a group. To do so, press [Sub] or [Group] in place of [Cue] in step 5.

Actions:

Selects display mode Prompt reads:

Select cue number To select cue type, press TYPE

Prompt reads:

To record cue, select number and press ENTER To cancel, press CLEAR

Corner reads: Cue 2 Cue copy is complete. Channel levels

have been copied from cue 1 to cue 2. You can now modify the new cue

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Inserting cues

You may want to insert a cue between recorded cues. For example, you may want to modify cue 1 slightly and insert it between cues 1 and 2. You can number cues with a one-digit decimal. Therefore, you can insert up to nine cues between 1 and 2 (1.1, 1.2, etc.).

Follow these steps to insert a cue between existing cues:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Blind] or [Stage].

2. Press [Cue] and enter the

number of the cue to modify, then press [Enter].

3. If you are working in Stage

mode, press [Go].

4. Add or modify channels

and cue attributes.

5. Press [Record].

6. Enter cue number with

a decimal to insert it between cues (e.g., [1][.][5]). If you do not enter a new cue number, you will overwrite the existing cue.

7. Press [Enter].

Action:

Selects display mode Selects the desired cue

Brings up cue on stage and on the display

Cue is modified

Prompt reads:

To record cue, select number and press ENTER To cancel, press CLEAR

Corner reads: Cue 1.5

New cue 1.5 is recorded between cues 1 and 2

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Cue List

The Blind Cue List displays a list of the cues in your show. Up to 18 cues are displayed on screen at any time. The Cue List includes the cue number and type, its upfade, downfade and wait times, its link and follow settings, its rate, and its label.

Press [S2], Cue List, in Blind mode to display the Cue List. A sample Cue List display is shown below:

Follow this example to modify a cue in Cue List display:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Blind].

2. Press [S2], Cue List.

3. Use the keypad to enter

the cue(s) to modify. Use [And], [Except] and [Thru] to select multiple cues.

4. Press [→] until the cursor

reaches the attribute you wish to edit.

5. Enter the new setting for

the attribute and press [Enter].

Action:

Selects Blind display mode Displays Cue List Selects desired cue(s)

Prompt reads:

Select cue number(s)

The prompt indicates your options or prompts you to enter a new setting

Setting change is reflected on cue list

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Editing cue attributes in Cue List

The Cue List allows you to edit attributes across a range of cues simultaneously.

For example, if you wanted cues 1 through 5 to have upfade wait times of ten seconds, you could set them all in one command. Follow these steps to do so:

Keystrokes:

1. Press [Blind] [S2], Cue

List.

2. Press [1] [Thru] [5].

3. Press [Wait].

4. Press [1][0] [Enter].

Actions:

Displays Cue List Prompt reads:

Select cue number(s)

Selects cues 1 through 5 Prompt reads:

Enter upfade wait time

Sets upfade wait time for cues 1 through 5 to 10

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chapter 7 track

Track record function

Track record allows you to record cues and modify recorded cues. Additionally, it allows you to designate whether or not the levels in the displayed cue should track into subsequent cues until a new level instruction is encountered.

It also allows you to modify groups of cues quickly and add channels to cues. You can also use it to create a new cue from the previous one, by pulling all levels forward into the Blind display of the new cue.

Tracksheet mode

Tracksheet displays one channel’s level settings for all cues in which it appears. From it, you can follow the track of that channel quickly. You can then select a cue or a group of cues from the Tracksheet and modify that channel’s level throughout channels through allfade cues.

Tracksheet provides one means for tracking

Track record

When you record a series of cues, you typically record the first cue, then build the second cue from the first. Some of the channels change, but many remain the same. The third cue is built from the second and so on. This procedure results in many channels being set to a level in one cue and staying at that level for several cues.

A channel whose level does not change through a series of consecutive cues is said to “track” from cue to cue. That same sequence of unchanged levels is also referred to as a “track.” The [Track] key creates tracks by pulling channel levels from the previous cue (in Blind mode), or by adding tracks to existing cues (in either Blind, Stage or Tracksheet).

Rising channel levels are displayed in blue in the Blind display channel levels are displayed in green. Channel levels displayed in magenta indicate that the channel is tracking, i.e., that its level is the same as in the previous cue.

The following examples demonstrate how Track works. They include five cues, each with five channels. In these examples, when a channel changes level from one cue to the next it is printed in bold; tracked channels are printed normally. This corresponds to how Blind displays levels – channels that rise or fall are displayed in blue or green; tracked channels are displayed in magenta.

Falling

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Using record to create tracks

In Stage mode, the following keystrokes create the five cues illustrated below. Each cue adds channels to the previous cue. The example uses [Record] to record the cues

Cue 1 [Chan] [1] [Full] [Record] [1] [Enter] Cue 2 [Chan] [2] [Full] [Record] [2] [Enter] Cue 3 [Chan] [3] [Full] [Record] [3] [Enter] Cue 4 [Chan] [1] [At] [2][5] [Chan] [4] [Full] [Record] [4] [Enter] Cue 5 [Chan] [1] [Thru] [4] [At] [0][0] [Record] [5] [Enter]

These keystrokes produce the results illustrated in Figure 1.

Chan 1 Chan 2 Chan 3 Chan 4 Chan 5

Cue 1 FF

Cue 2 FF FF

Cue 3 FF FF FF

Cue 4 25 FF FF FF

Cue 5 00 00 00 00

Figure 1

Notice the vertical tracks that develop when a channel remains at the same level through a number of cues. For example, channel 1 tracks from cue 1 to cue 3. When a channel is not set at any level (such as channel 5 above) it is considered tracked at clear.

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Recording modified cues

The difference between Record and Track is apparent when you modify a cue or insert a new cue between two existing cues. Record and Track produce different results.

The following keys were pressed to release captured channels and play back cue 1

[Stage] [Rel] [Rel] Release captured channels. [Cue] [1] [Go] Play back cue 1. [Chan] [1] [At] [5][0] Modify channel 1 to 50 percent.

With cue 1 in a fader, channel 1 is modified to 50 percent channel level that affects only the cue you modify, use [Record]. Modify the cue; press [Record]; enter the cue number, and press [Enter]. Only the current cue is modified. The track that encompasses the channel is interrupted but continues in the following cues at the originally tracked level.

The results of modifying cue 1 and using [Record] are illustrated in Figure

Cue 1 50

Chan 1 Chan 2 Chan 3 Chan 4 Chan 5

To change a

Cue 2 FF FF

Cue 3 FF FF FF

Cue 4 25 FF FF FF

Cue 5 00 00 00 00

Figure 2

Note that channel 1 is not affected in cues 2 and 3. Also note that when you record a modified cue that is in a playback fader, the changes are reflected in the fader. That is, when you release the channels you have modified, they remain on stage.

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If you change the level in the beginning or middle of a track, you may want the change to continue through the remainder of the original track. To track the level modification we just recorded in the example above, use [Track] instead of [Record] to modify channel 1. Press [Track], enter cue number, and press [Enter]. If you use [Track] rather than [Record] to record the changes made to the cue illustrated in Figure 1, the results will be as illustrated in Figure 3 (versus the results from using [Record] illustrated in Figure 2).

Chan 1 Chan 2 Chan 3 Chan 4 Chan 5

Cue 1 50

Cue 2 50 FF

Cue 3 50 FF FF

Cue 4 25 FF FF FF

Cue 5 00 00 00 00

Figure 3

The modified level is recorded in the current cue and carries through the entire track (cues 1 through 3).

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Inserting cues

If you insert a cue in this sequence, Record and Track produce different results. Record saves changes only in the cue you insert; Track saves the changes you make and tracks them through the following cues

The following keys were pressed to release captured channels and play back cue 1. With cue 1 in a fader, channel 4 is added at 50 percent. The new look is inserted as cue 1.1.

[Stage] [Rel] [Rel] Release captured channels. [Cue] [1] [Go] Play back cue 1. [Chan] [4] [At] [5][0] Add channel 4 at 50 percent. [Record] [1][.][1] [Enter] Inserts new look as cue 1.1.

Figure 4 displays the result inserting the cue using [Record] new channel is not added to the cues that follow it.

Chan 1 Chan 2 Chan 3 Chan 4 Chan 5

Cue 1 50

Cue 1.1 50 50

Cue 2 50 FF 00

Notice the

Cue 3 50 FF FF

Cue 4 25 FF FF FF

Cue 5 00 00 00 00

Figure 4

Note that Insight 2x enters a level of 00 percent for channel 4 in cue 2 This fades channel 4 out when cue 2 is played.

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When you insert a cue with [Track], new channels track through the cues after it until Insight 2x encounters a cue with a level previously recorded for that channel.

Pressing [Track] (rather than [Record] as in the previous example) then [1][.][1] [Enter] to insert and record the same cue 1.1 as above produces the results illustrated in Figure 5. Compare it to the results illustrated in Figure 4, in which the same cue was inserted using [Record] rather than [Track].

Chan 1 Chan 2 Chan 3 Chan 4 Chan 5

Cue 1 50

Cue 1.1 50 50

Cue 2 50 FF 50

Cue 3 50 FF FF 50

Cue 4 25 FF FF FF

Cue 5 00 00 00 00

Figure 5

Channel 4 creates a track from the cue after 1.1 until a pre-recorded level interrupts it.

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Blackout cues and tracking

Sometimes you may add a channel to a sequence of cues that has not used that channel yet. For example, you may want to add a channel to all cues in a scene. To do this, add the channel to the first cue in the sequence, and use Track to track the change through the remaining cues

However, the last cue in sequence may be a blackout cue. When you track the channel, the new channel tracks until it runs into a different recorded level. To ensure that channels are not tracked through a blackout cue, make the blackout cue an allfade cue. An allfade cue assigns a level of zero to any unused channels. This blocks any potential tracks. An allfade cue also clears the opposite fader.

Figure 6 displays what happens when we track channel 5 through the sequence when cue 5 is a regular crossfade cue.

Chan 1 Chan 2 Chan 3 Chan 4 Chan 5

Cue 1 50 FF

Cue 1.1 50 50 FF

Cue 2 50 FF 00 FF

Cue 3 50 FF FF FF

Cue 4 25 FF FF FF FF

Cue 5 00 00 00 00 FF

Figure 6

Channel 5 tracks through cue 5 and ruins the blackout cue.

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If cue 5 is an allfade, Insight 2x records all unused channels at 00 percent In the example below, an allfade enters 00 in channel 5, cue 5. When you track channel 5 through the sequence, it won’t track through the blackout cue.

To select the allfade type for cue 5, enter these keystrokes:

[Blind] [Cue] [5] [Type] [2] Selects allfade fade type. [Record] [5] [Enter] Re-records cue.

Now when we track channel 5 through the sequence, cue 5 blocks the

The result is illustrated in Figure 7.

track

Chan 1 Chan 2 Chan 3 Chan 4 Chan 5

Cue 1 50 FF

Cue 1.1 50 50 FF

Cue 2 50 FF 00 FF

Cue 3 50 FF FF FF

Cue 4 25 FF FF FF FF

Cue 5 00 00 00 00 00

Figure 7

For more information on cue fade types, see

Cue types

on page 56.

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Tracksheet

Tracked channels are channels whose levels do not change from one cue to the next. Tracksheet allows you to display one channel’s settings for all recorded cues. At a glance you can see which cues have tracking levels for that particular channel. You can also use Tracksheet to add or modify a tracked channel through recorded cues.

To display Tracksheet, press [Tracksheet]. Step-by-step instructions for using Tracksheet are on the following pages. If more cues are recorded than fit on one screen, press [S5], Next Page, to display the next screen of cues.

Channel

display line

Cue display

Prompt

area

Softkeys

Display mode

Keypad corner

Channel display line

This line displays the current channel number and the range of cues displayed.

Cue display

The cue display lists recorded cues and the level recorded in each.

Prompt area

The operator prompt displays messages to guide you through Tracksheet functions.

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