Import Text File - Excel - ETC Cobalt Series User Manual

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Position
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Instrument
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Type
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Color
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Type & Wattage
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Color & Template.
A suggestion for columns to import (besides Channels) into the Channel Database would be
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Text A= Purpose
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Text B= Position
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Text C= Color & Template
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Text D= Type & Wattage
Uncheck Parentheses
Lightwright seems to by default use parentheses (#) on channel numbers. So channel 1 in Lightwright
is (1).
When you export the data from LightWright, in Export options, check the option "Strip channel
parentheses ()". If you do not check this option, the channel will be exported with the parentheses and
Cobalt will not understand that it is a channel number.
There is also a setting in Edit > Preferences, "Use parentheses () around channel numbers". By
checking that box, it's also possible to get rid of the parentheses in the lists.
Export Devices as Channels
Check the option "For lights with attributes, export only the first row" in Export options. Otherwise it
will export all of the attribute channels as separate channels for moving lights.
LIMITATIONS
If there are multiple items/units with the same channel number, only the item/unit data for the last
item/unit will be imported. This is because the multiple units use the same channel number and one
channel cannot contain different data's. In this case each unit has its own row in the exported file, so
several rows have the same channel number.
If the Lightwright show includes several units patched to one channel, only the last Unit# will be
imported.

Import Text File - Excel

It is easy to import Channel Database texts from an Excel file. Here are some good things to know.
If you have a nicely formatted list (check example below) and want to import this to the Channel
Database, you need to make sure the table only has headers at the top, since these are recognized by
the import tool. Save as a Tab delimited .txt file.
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