Select Keys - ETC Ion Xe Operating Manual

The playback status display will show a red counter for sneak time. If multiple sneak times are being
used, the most recently fired sneak time will be displayed. For an example of the sneak counter, see
Indicators in the Playback Status Display (on
The sneak command can also be used to send a channel parameter to a specific destination, either
with or without timing. The following examples illustrate the various methods of using the sneak
command:
[channel list] [Sneak] [Enter] - releases manual control, setting parameters to their background
state. If there are current values for those parameters from a playback, those are the values
that will be restored. If there are no values from a playback, the parameters are set to home (or
default) position.
[channel list] [Color] [Sneak] [Enter] - sneaks color of the selected channels to the default or
background state.
[5] [At] [5]<0> [Sneak] [8] [Enter] - sneaks channel 5 to 50% in 8 seconds.
[Sneak] [Enter] - when no channels are selected, restores all channels with manual values to
their background state.
[Sneak] [Sneak]- puts {AllNPs} [Sneak] on the command line, which sneaks out all non-intensity
parameters. [Sneak] [Sneak] is a self-terminating command.
[Sneak] <Time> [3] [Enter] - restores all channels with manual values to their background state
in 3 seconds.
[Select Active] [Sneak] [Enter] - selects all channels with intensity above zero and restores
them to their background state, using default sneak times.
[Group] [5] <Color Palette> [9] [Sneak] [Enter] - selects group 5 and sneaks it to color palette 9
using default sneak time.
[Group] [3] [At] <Color Palette> [1] [Sneak] <Time> [7] [Enter] - selects group 3 and sneaks it
to color palette 1 in 7 seconds.
[Sub] [4] [At] [5] [0] [Sneak] [2] [Enter] - selects submaster 4 and sneaks it to 50% in 2 seconds.
Note:
the sneak command has to be entered before the reference.
[Chan][1] [Sneak] {Preset 1}- selects channel 1 and sneaks it to preset 1 using default sneak
time.
[Chan][2][Sneak]<Time>[2]{Intensity Palette 3}- selects channel 2 and sneaks it to intensity
palette 3 in 2 seconds.
[Shift] & [Sneak] - makes any manual data unmanual. The values will remain but they will no
longer be available for [Update] or [Record Only] operations. When used with an empty com-
mand line, this will affect any and all manual data. When used with a channel selection, only
those channels will be affected.

Select Keys

The following select functions are available:
Select Last
Select Active
Select All
Select Manual
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When recalling a reference from the direct selects to use with the sneak command,
page 72).
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