Introduction - ETC Express Quick Manual

Introduction

Express LPC QuickGuide, v.3.1
The ETC Express Lighting Playback Controller (LPC) is a playback system
that provides complete, hands-off control of area lighting. It is ideal for
environments where simplified control of lighting sequences and effects
is needed. If more control capability is needed, the power of the Express
LPC can be expanded by using it in a network or connecting it to external
devices. For example:
• MIDI Show Control (MSC) ~ Send and receive show control
information using the MIDI Show Control protocol.
• ETC MIDI ~ Control shows using this subset of MIDI.
• MIDI Time Code (MTC) ~ Synchronize your show with external
devices using the MIDI time code protocol.
• ETCNet ~ Connect the LPC to an ETC network so that you can control
or view remotely using remote interface devices.
• Remote Macros ~ Start, stop and control shows with up to four
external switches, for example on a door frame or operated by hand.
• Remote Trigger ~ Provide switched control to an external device
during LPC show operation.
The LPC uses the proven design of the Express lighting console, a full-
featured lighting controller used in thousands of educational and live
performance centers. Working for you is the same complex show
technology that made Express so popular, but in a simplified package. In
fact, a show created for any console in the Expression line of consoles will
run on the Express LPC. What you surrender in show creation, editing and
control capabilities, you gain in ease of operation and simplicity.
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