ETC Express 24/48 User manual

Lighting Control Console
Quick Guide
Version 3.1
Copyright © Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
All Rights reserved.
Product information and specifications subject to change.
Part Number:
4110M1300-3.1 Rev A
Released: November 2002

ETC
®
, Emphasis™, Expression
®
, Insight™, Imagine™, Focus™, Express™, Unison
®
,
Obsession
®
II, ETCNet2™, EDMX™, Sensor
®
, and WYSILink™ are either registered trademarks
or trademarks of Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Express v3.1 Quick Guide i
Table of Contents
Console Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Keypad Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Introduction to Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Patching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Working with Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Two-scene Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Disk Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Working with Moving Light (ML) Fixtures . . . . . . . 18

ii Table of Contents

Console Panels 1
Console Panels
Back panel
Face Panel (Express 125/250)
Pr
oduct:
Electronic Theatre Controls
,
Inc
.
Lamps 12V
1. Desk Light Dimmer
2. RFU fuse (T2.5A)
3. RFU
4. DMX512 Out (2 universes)
5. ETCLink
6. Disk Drive (side)
7. Power switch
8. Power input connector
9. Command Display output
10. Parallel Printer
11. Remote Macros
12. MIDI In/Out/Thru
13. ETCNet (newer facepanels do
not have Thin-net connector)
1
0
9
8
0
4
3
2
1
PUS
H
1. Desk Light connectors
2. Disk Drive (side)
3. Submaster faders
4. Blackout key
5. Grandmaster
6. AB Fader pair
7. CD Fader pair
8. Keypad
9. Trackpad