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ETC Obsession II User Manual (410 pages)

Brand: ETC | Category: Control Systems | Size: 5 MB

Table of Contents
3
Chapter 1 Introduction

17
- Using this Manual
  17
- New Features
  17
- Help
  17
- When Commands Compete
  18
  - HTP/LTP Precedence Tables
    18
  - Keypad Command First
    19
  - Keypad Command Second
    19
  - Submaster Command First
    19
  - Submaster Command Second
    19
  - Cue Command First
    20
  - Cue Command Second
    20
- Starting in Redundant Tracking
  21
- System Shutdown
  22
- Diagnostics
  22
- Electronic Backup Maintenance
  22
- Help from ETC Technical Services
  23
Chapter 2 Take Control

25
- Take Control on Boot up
  26
- Dimmer Taken Advisory
  27
Chapter 3 Monitor Displays

29
- [Expand]
  29
- [Swap]
  29
- Command Display Common Features
  29
  - Cue Only or Tracking
    29
  - User
    29
  - Flexichannel
    29
  - Cue Line
    30
  - Command Line
    31
  - Softkeys
    31
  - More Softkeys
    31
  - Colors
    32
- Conventional Displays
  33
  - Live
    33
  - Blind
    34
  - Group
    35
  - Submaster
    36
  - Park
    37
  - Effect
    38
  - Patch
    39
  - Memo
    42
- ML Displays
  43
  - ML Live, ML Blind and ML Group
    43
  - Moving between Conventional and ML Displays
    43
- Preview/View
  45
- Flexichannel
  48
- Playback Displays
  52
  - Cue List
    52
  - Submaster List
    55
  - Group List
    56
  - SMPTE Events List
    57
Chapter 4 System Settings

59
- Show Name
  59
- Show Comments
  59
- Setting Channel and Dimmer Counts
  60
- Selecting Cue Only or Tracking Mode
  61
- Selecting Screen Format
  61
- Enabling/Disabling Level Wheel
  62
- Setting Default Level
  62
- Setting Default Fade Times
  63
- Setting Default Back and Go to Cue Times
  63
- Setting Default Sneak Time
  64
- Setting Default Cue Profile
  64
- Enabling/Disabling Blackout and Grandmaster
  65
- Enabling/Disabling Clear Channels in Cue Only
  65
- Setting the Date
  66
- Setting the Time
  66
Chapter 5 Patching Conventional Lights

67
- Creating a Custom Patch
  67
  - Patching by Dimmer
    67
  - Patching by Channel
    68
  - Patching by Dimmer Label
    68
- Unpatching Individual Dimmers
  69
- Proportional Patching
  70
- Assigning a Profile to a Dimmer
  70
- Labeling Dimmers
  71
- Dimmer Check
  72
- Flash Dimmer
  72
- About Dimmer
  73
  - Basic Display
    73
  - Shared Dimmer Display
    74
  - Dimmers and Etclink
    75
  - Finding Unused Dimmers
    75
- Setting Dimmers to Dimmer Doubling
  76
- Independent Channels
  77
- Setting Live Channel Levels in Patch
  77
Chapter 6 Setting Channel Levels

79
- Selecting Channels
  79
  - Selecting Channels with Flexichannel Active
    79
- Setting Channel Levels
  80
- Special Keys
  81
  - Blackout
    81
  - Flash Channel
    81
  - Undo
    81
  - Sneak Channels
    82
- Channel Check
  82
- Using Groups to Set Channel Levels
  83
  - Setting Levels with the Group Command
    83
  - Setting Levels with the Focus Group Command
    83
- Using Grouped Channels to Set Channel Levels
  84
- Setting Levels for Color Scrollers
  85
  - Scroller Channels Alone
    85
  - Both Channels Together
    86
- About Channel
  87
  - Any Channel
    88
  - Special about Channel Inquiries
    88
- Channel Usage Display
  89
Chapter 7 Patching Moving Lights

91
- Moving Light Terms
  91
- Getting Started with Personalities
  92
- Patching ML Fixtures
  94
Chapter 8 Moving Light Setup

101
- Moving Lights Controls
  101
  - Encoders
    101
  - Trackpad
    102
  - Touchscreen
    102
- Encoders and Trackpad Setup
  103
  - Attribute Assignments
    103
  - Accelerations
    104
  - Auto Setup
    104
- Touchscreen Setup
  105
- Attribute Display Setup
  107
  - Attribute Auto Setup
    108
  - Changing an Attribute's Category
    108
  - Labeling an Attribute
    109
  - Moving Attributes
    110
- Lists
  111
  - Library List
    111
  - Attribute List
    112
  - Fixture List
    112
- ML Frame Tables
  113
  - Frame Editor Display
    113
  - Editing a Frame Table
    115
  - Editing a Frame
    116
  - Inserting or Deleting Frames
    116
  - Copying a Table
    117
  - Labeling a Table
    117
- Personality Editor
  118
  - Attribute Options
    118
  - Creating a Personality
    119
  - Editing a Personality
    121
  - Deleting a Personality
    123
  - Re-Naming a Personality
    124
Chapter 9 Setting ML Attribute Levels

125
- Working in ML Displays
  125
- Using Category Keys
  125
- Using the Keypad to Set Attribute Levels
  126
- Using Encoders to Set Attribute Levels
  126
- Using Groups to Set Attribute Levels
  127
  - Setting Levels with the Group Command
    127
  - Setting Levels with the Focus Group Command
    128
- Using Grouped Channels to Set Attribute Levels
  129
- Sneak Attributes
  130
- Copying between ML Fixtures
  131
- Working with Libraries
  132
  - Library Selection Display
    132
  - Recording a Library
    132
  - Updating a Library
    133
  - Using a Library
    133
  - Labeling a Library
    134
  - Clearing from or Deleting a Library
    134
Chapter 10 Patching Color Scrollers

135
- Overview of Scroller Patching and Use
  135
  - Scroller Setup Displays
    135
- Scroller Patch
  136
- Creating a Scroller Channel
  137
- Editing in Scroller Patch
  140
  - Assign Scroller Channel a Level
    140
  - Toggling the Independent Status
    141
  - Modifying Dimmer Output
    141
- Frame Editor Display
  143
- Color String Setup
  144
  - Creating or Selecting a Color String
    144
  - Deleting Color Strings
    144
  - Copying a Color String
    145
  - Labeling or Unlabeling a Color String
    145
- Color Frame Setup
  146
  - Toggling the Data Format
    146
  - Creating a Range of Color Frames
    146
  - Assigning Individual Start Values
    146
  - Creating Color Frames with Uniform Start Values
    147
  - Inserting Color Frames
    148
  - Deleting Color Frames
    148
  - Labeling or Unlabeling Color Frames
    149
Chapter 11 Cues

151
- Channels and Attributes in Cues
  151
- Working with Cues in Live Mode
  151
- Recording Cues
  152
  - Recording with Default Fade Times
    152
  - Recording a Cue with a Single Fade Time
    152
  - Recording a Cue with Split Fade Times
    153
  - Recording a Cue Without Submasters
    153
  - Recording a Manual Cue
    154
  - Recording with Wait Times
    154
  - Recording with Link and Follow
    155
  - Using Link to Link a Macro to a Cue
    157
  - Recording with a Modified Fade Rate
    157
  - Recording with Non-Default Output Profiles
    158
  - Recording a Block Cue
    158
  - Selectively Recording Scroller Channels
    159
- Modifying a Recorded Cue Live
  160
- Working with Cues in Blind Mode
  164
  - Recording or Modifying Single Cues
    164
  - Copying Cues
    165
  - Cue Spreadsheet
    165
  - Moving Cues
    167
  - Moving and Copying Ranges
    167
  - Blind Cue List
    168
  - Renumbering a Cue
    169
  - Creating a Selective Block Cue
    169
- Recording an Effect into a Cue
  170
  - Effect Cue Commands
    170
  - Effect Cue Timing
    170
  - Recording the Start Command
    171
  - Pause, Resume and Stop Commands
    172
  - Fade Command
    173
- Editing an Effect Cue
  173
  - Change Effect Cue Timing
    173
  - Deleting the Effect
    173
- Labeling Cues
  174
- About Cue
  174
Chapter 12 Tracking/Cue Only

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- Tracking
  177
- Tracking with ML Fixtures
  177
- Cue Only
  178
- Cue Only/Track Key
  178
  - Live/Tracking Mode
    178
  - Live/Cue Only Mode
    179
  - Blind/Tracking Mode
    179
  - Blind/Cue Only Mode
    180
  - Using Cue Only/Track Key with Scroller Channels
    181
Chapter 13 Multipart Cues

183
Chapter 14 Playing Back Cues

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- Faders
  191
  - Physical Faders
    191
  - Virtual Faders
    191
- Load and Play Cues
  192
  - Load Cue
    192
  - Stop/Back
    192
  - Go to Cue
    193
  - Cue Check
    193
- Playing Effect Cues
  193
- Controlling Fades Manually
  194
  - Rate Override
    194
  - Manual Override
    195
  - All man (All Manual)
    195
- Playback in Multiuser Mode
  195
Chapter 15 Groups and Focus Groups

197
- Channels and Attributes in Groups
  197
- Determining What Is Recorded into a Group
  197
- Understanding the Focus Group Link
  198
- Creating Groups in Live
  199
- Creating a Group in Group Mode
  202
- Viewing a Group on Stage
  202
- Modifying Groups
  203
  - Special Rules for Focus Groups
    203
  - In Group Mode
    203
  - Updating Groups in Live
    204
  - Replacing Focus Group Links
    204
  - Clearing Focus Group Links
    205
  - Selectively Updating Scroller Channels
    205
- Labeling Groups
  206
- Deleting Groups
  206
- Copying Groups
  207
- Using Cues or Submasters as Groups
  207
- Using Groups to Modify Cues, Groups or Submasters
  208
- Group Spreadsheet
  209
  - Range Editing in the Group Spreadsheet
    209
  - Copy Ranges
    210
- Group List
  211
  - Range Editing in the Group List
    211
Chapter 16 Submasters

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- Submaster Types
  213
  - Additive Submasters
    213
  - Inhibitive Submasters
    213
  - Change Type
    213
- Submaster Pages
  214
- Submaster Leds
  214
- Submaster Bump Buttons
  215
- Channels and Attributes in Submasters
  215
- Recording Submasters
  216
- Controlling Submaster Fades Manually
  220
- Modifying Submasters in Sub Display
  220
- Modifying Submasters in Live
  221
- Updating Submasters
  221
  - Removing All Focus Group Links
    223
  - Removing Focus Group Links Selectively
    223
- Creating Inhibitive Submasters
  224
- Loading into Submasters
  224
  - Loading Cues
    224
  - Loading Groups
    225
  - Loading Effects
    225
- Copying Submasters
  226
- Clearing Submasters
  226
- Submaster Spreadsheet
  227
  - Range Editing in Submaster Spreadsheet
    228
  - Copying Ranges
    228
- Submaster List
  229
  - Range Editing in Submaster List
    229
Chapter 17 Effects

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- Steps
  231
- Creating Effects and Steps
  232
  - One-To-One Channel Assignment
    233
- Assigning Effect Characteristics
  234
  - Attributes
    234
  - Precedence
    236
  - Timing
    236
- Modify Effects
  239
  - Insert Steps
    239
  - Delete Steps
    239
  - Edit Step Characteristics
    240
- Test Effects and Steps
  241
- Label Effects
  242
- Delete Effects
  242
- Copy Effects
  243
- The Effect List
  243
Chapter 18 Macros

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- Create Macros
  245
  - Use Learn
    246
  - Macro Editing Display
    247
  - Next Macro
    247
  - Macro Wait
    247
  - Hold for Input
    248
  - Link Macros
    249
  - Use Submasters in Macros
    250
- Play Macros
  250
  - Cancel a Macro
    251
- Copy Macros
  251
- Modify Macros
  251
- Clear Macros
  252
- Sample Macros
  252
Chapter 19 Profiles

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- List of Profiles
  255
- Profile Display
  256
- Creating a New Profile
  256
- Profile Edit Controls
  257
- Editing a Profile
  257
- Clear to End
  258
- Clear All
  258
- Fill between
  259
- Resetting a Profile
  260
- Copying a Profile
  260
- Labeling a Profile
  260
Chapter 20 Park

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- Parking Dimmers or Channels
  261
- Unparking Dimmers or Channels
  262
  - Unparking Individual Dimmers or Channels
    262
- Parking Attributes
  262
- Unparking Attributes
  263
- Parking Groups, Cues or Submasters
  263
Chapter 21 Diskette Functions

267
Chapter 22 Hard Drive Functions

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- Hard Drive Operations During a Show
  273
- Viewing the Hard Drive Directory
  273
- Storing a Show and System Settings
  274
- Reading from Showfiles
  275
  - Reading All
    275
  - Reading Only a Show
    275
  - Reading Parts of a Show
    276
- Erasing a Show
  277
- Replacing a Show
  277
- I/O Hard Drive Configuration Operations
  277
Chapter 23 Print Functions

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- Printing Operations Available
  279
- Printing Show Functions
  280
- Printing with Flexichannel Active
  281
- Printing Setup Functions
  281
- Printing ML Functions
  282
Chapter 24 Clear Functions

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- Clear Functions Menu
  283
- Options Available
  284
- Example: Reset Patch 1-To-1
  285
- Reset System
  285
Chapter 25 Multiple Operators

287
- Resolving Channel Conflicts
  288
- Multiuser Display Notes
  288
- Enabling/Disabling Multiuser
  289
- Multiuser Configuration Display
  289
- Assigning Devices to Users
  290
- Sorting the Configuration List
  291
- Labeling Network Devices
  291
- Using Video Expand
  291
- Phantom Mode
  292
- Slider Controls
  292
  - Slider Allocation Display
    293
  - Assigning Sliders
    293
- Deleting Devices
  294
- Storing Multiuser Configuration
  294
- Mirror
  294
- Enable/Disable Multiuser Devices
  295
- Multicue
  296
- Enabling/Disabling Multicue
  296
- Channel Allocations
  297
  - Adding Channels
    298
  - Adding Grouped Channels
    298
  - Adding Fixtures
    299
  - Removing Channels
    299
- Learning a Macro
  300
- Security Log-In
  300
  - Enable/Disable Security
    300
  - Security Setup Display
    301
  - Using Security Log-In
    305
Chapter 26 Dimmer Monitoring

307
- Configuring Etclink
  308
- Enabling Dimmer Monitoring
  308
- Storing Etclink Configuration
  308
- Working with Dimmer Loads
  309
  - Record Loads
    309
  - Check Loads
    310
  - Clear Loads
    311
  - Printing Load Errors
    312
- Dimmer Status
  313
- Dimmer Rack Status
  314
- System Status
  315
- Working with Backup Looks
  316
  - Recording a Backup Look
    316
  - Playing and Clearing a Backup Look
    316
- Error Messages
  317
  - Disabling or Enabling Secondary Messages
    317
Chapter 27 MIDI Show Control

319
- Configuring MIDI Show Control (MSC)
  319
- MSC Commands Received
  320
- MSC Commands Transmitted
  320
Chapter 28 SMPTE

321
- Enabling the External SMPTE Clock
  321
- Enabling the Internal SMPTE Clock
  322
- Setting SMPTE Frame Rate
  322
- Creating SMPTE Programs
  323
  - In the SMPTE Events Display
    324
  - In Learn Mode
    325
  - SMPTE Loop Times
    326
  - Editing SMPTE Programs
    327
  - Editing Events
    329
- Playing Back the SMPTE Program
  329
  - Run Mode
    329
  - Pause Mode
    330
  - External SMPTE Source
    330
  - Internal SMPTE Clock
    331
Chapter 29 Accessories

333
- Alphanumeric Keyboard
  333
  - Selecting Keyboard Mode
    333
  - Alphanumeric Mode
    334
  - Facepanel Mode
    334
  - Remote Display Mode
    336
- Remote Focus Unit (RFU)
  337
  - Multidrop RFU Operation
    338
- Obsession Off-Line
  339
- Show Translator
  339
Appendix A Installation and Setup

341
- Console Installation
  341
  - Single Processor System
    341
  - Dual Processor System
    342
- Remote Console Setup
  343
- Redundant Tracking
  347
  - Processor Features
    348
  - DMX Switcher
    349
  - Console
    350
- Hardware Setup
  351
- Installing Monitors
  353
- Obsession II Designer's Remote Console
  354
  - Installing the Obsession II DRC
    354
- Connecting DMX512 Devices
  355
- Setting DMX512 Configuration
  356
  - DMX512 Port Starting Numbers
    357
  - DMX512 Port Operating Mode
    358
  - Setting DMX512 Transmission Speed
    359
- Installing the Alphanumeric Keyboard
  359
- Installing a Printer
  360
- Setting up a Remote Focus Unit
  361
  - Configuring an RFU
    361
- Setting Jumpers and DIP Switches
  362
  - Jumpers
    362
  - DIP Switches
    362
- Remote Network Devices
  363
  - Remote Interface Unit Installation
    363
  - DIP Switch Settings - RI Board
    364
- Remote Video Interface (RVI)
  365
  - Installing the RVI
    365
  - Configuring the RVI for Etcnet1
    365
  - Installing RVI Monitors
    366
  - RVI Board
    367
- Installing MIDI
  368
- Installing SMPTE
  368
Appendix B References

369
- Installing an Obsession Remote Console
  369
  - Main DIP Switch Settings - Node Board
    370
- Original Designer's Remote Console (DRC)
  371
  - Installing an Original-Model DRC
    371
  - DRC Main DIP Switch Settings - Node Board
    372
- Node Board Configuration
  373
  - Node Board - Revision 0
    373
  - Node Board - Revision a
    374
Appendix C Error Messages

375
- Programming Errors
  375
- Etclink Errors
  378
  - Critical Errors
    378
  - Secondary Errors
    378
Appendix D Shortcuts and Softkeys

381
Appendix E Specifications

391
- Electrical
  391
- Built-In Interfaces
  391
- System Capacity
  391
- Keypad Controls
  392
- Encoder Controls
  392
- Playback Controls
  392
- Command Monitor Displays
  392
- Playback Monitor Displays
  393
- Channel Features
  393
- Dimmer Controls
  393
- Moving Light Features
  393
- Cue Features
  394
- Submaster Features
  394
- Group Features
  394
- Focus Group Features
  395
- Effects Features
  395
- Multiple Operator Features
  395
- Macro Features
  395
- Hard Drive Features
  396
- Diskette Features
  396
- Options
  396
- Size and Weight
  396
- Limited Warranty
  397
- Index
  399

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Take Control

Chapter 3 Monitor Displays

Chapter 4 System Settings

Chapter 5 Patching Conventional Lights

Chapter 6 Setting Channel Levels

Chapter 7 Patching Moving Lights

Chapter 8 Moving Light Setup

Chapter 9 Setting ML Attribute Levels

Chapter 10 Patching Color Scrollers

Chapter 11 Cues

Chapter 12 Tracking/Cue Only

Chapter 13 Multipart Cues

Chapter 14 Playing Back Cues

Chapter 15 Groups and Focus Groups

Chapter 16 Submasters

Chapter 17 Effects

Chapter 18 Macros

Chapter 19 Profiles

Chapter 20 Park

Chapter 21 Diskette Functions

Chapter 22 Hard Drive Functions

Chapter 23 Print Functions

Chapter 24 Clear Functions

Chapter 25 Multiple Operators

Chapter 26 Dimmer Monitoring

Chapter 27 MIDI Show Control

Chapter 28 SMPTE

Chapter 29 Accessories

Appendix A Installation and Setup

Appendix B References

Appendix C Error Messages

Appendix D Shortcuts and Softkeys

Appendix E Specifications

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