Working With Shows; To Create Or Load A Show; Creating A New Show - Philips Strand Lighting Operation Manual

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2. Working with Shows

Show files contain all of your show related settings like fixture schedule and patching, input settings, groups, presets,
cues, master assignments, etc. Multiple shows may reside on the console and the amount of shows is only limited by
hard disk memory. However it is advised to regularly backup old shows to a USB key and delete them off the
consoles memory.

3. To Create or Load a Show

When the Welcome screen appears, you are given two options:
• Create a New Show or,
• Load an Existing Show (via a saved showfile*)
Note: *Showfiles contain all of your show related settings like fixture schedule and patching, input settings, groups,
presets, cues, master assignments, etc.

Creating a New Show

On the console's 8-inch TFT touchscreen display, hit the Create New Show button on the Welcome Screen (refer
to
Figure
51).
Alternatively you may open the Setup Dialog by hitting the SETUP key on the console's faceplate. Once the dialog is
shown, click the System Setup tab and hit New Show as illustrated in
Either of these two steps will open up a virtual keyboard
created.
Press to create a new show
Dropdown menu to load an existing show
Figure 51: Create New Show Option
Figure 52: Setup Menu Screen - System Settings Tab
Figure
52.
(Figure 53 on page
38) to enter the name of the show to be
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Working with Shows

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