Expression Off-Line QuickGuide, v.3.1
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1. 8 East Tokyo Japan 9 East Toronto Ontario Canada 5 West Vancouver B C Canada 8 West Vienna Austria 1 East we Warsaw Poland S R onina Wellington New Zealand 12 East i disces Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 Latitude Longitude 13 Appendix B Expression Off Line keyboard shortcuts Following are the keys you would type in Off Line to simulate console commands To display or print these keyboard shortcuts click a sorted list under Keyboard Shortcuts in Off Line Help EE E16 EE H n EE Re B aeos etes odes emt ete but tuas te thiourea da be LEANN cotes tem eter A 0 9 Se drgn denn 0 9 Left attOW i cedet ete c AB Bak ense oe ee Ctrl D levels en V AAA TT Ctrl A Level wheel down Page Down AB fader slider down ssssssss Level wheel up sse Page Up AB fader slider up Links seele K AB OL iio Ctrl G Load Sub t en EE GG ae Ctrl F NEEE O AA a b a M ABiR te anreisen Ctrl S Macro Enter re ette Ctrl E ele EE F3 Macro Waiteti aia CW AO tu e N Master GOWN ais tte ed TOME fees bil sols de eebe A Master up Blackout cmt nie Ctri K Ohlyus aditu iet pt em n AT O Bling brote Shift F2 Pager am el a J CD B cker een Ctrl C ak E einen Shift F6 ER EE Ctrl Z Part sere tt tee cee ete ET P CD fader slider down EEN EE Shift F5 CD fader slider puce eec as Rate wheel down sss End CD GO nin2. Cue1 0 Up 5 Down 5 Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 Chan 1 Hff 2 Hff 3 Hff 4 Hff 5 Hff Followon 5 Link 3 0 Cue 3 0 Up 5 Down 5 Chan 6 H80 7 H80 8 H80 9 H80 10 H80 Group 1 Chan 12 Hff 13 Hbf 14 Hff 15 Hbf 16 Hbf 17 Hff 18 Hbf 19 Hff Sub 1 1 Up 0 Down 0 Chan 26 Hff 27 Hff 28 Hff 29 Hff 30 Hff Enddata Note that this showfile contains a Clear All command near the beginning If the Clear All command is removed and the file read into Off Line with the Read ASCII command the information in the ASCII program will combine with a showfile that is already in memory Any duplicate items will be overwritten by the incoming file For example an ASCII file that overwrites the patch of an existing show is shown below Ident 3 0 Manufacturer ETC Console EXP3 Clear Patch Set Channels 1200 Set Dimmers 1536 Patch 1 1 lt 1 Hff 2 lt 2 Hff 3 lt 3 Hff 4 lt 4 Hff 5 lt 5 Hff 6 lt 6 Hff 7 lt 7 Hff 8 lt 8 Hff This is a comment Most of the patch has been removed for clarity Patch 1 333 lt 1534 Hff 1535 1535 Hff 1536 lt 15360Hff Enddata The Ident Manufacturer and Console commands you see at the beginning of this ASCII showfile must be left there when preparing the file for a merge operation Also the Enddata command must remain at the end of the file The Clear Patch command was added to this ASCII patch to direct Off Line to remove the current patch in memory before reading the n
3. Expression Off Line you may wish to install a shortcut on your desktop as a convenient way to start the program Refer to your Windows User Manual or Help system for information about creating a desktop shortcut If however you had Expression Off Line installed on your computer already and used a desktop shortcut to run it that shortcut will continue to run the earlier version not version 3 1 that you just installed You can either start version 3 1 or any version from the Windows Start menu or you can install a desktop shortcut for the new program To use the Start menu click the Start button on the taskbar then point to Programs then folder ETC or wherever you installed Off Line and click Expression Off Line 3 1 Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 Running Off Line Off Line starts in the console type that was previously selected for the program which is Expression 3 1200 if started for the first time If you want Off Line to emulate a different console type follow the procedure below under Changing console type Off Line windows Off Line starts with several windows in your computer display One window is the Off Line window and contains several menus The other windows contain controls and displays which may vary depending upon which console type is active in the session When you click Window in the Off Line window you can control all the other windows in the display including turning them off or on as needed If you c
4. can be configured so that the show it produces is matched to the capabilities of the console in which the show will be run All Off Line menus operator prompts and help screens are identical to those of the console Even the displays look the same Virtually nothing is different when you use Off Line to patch set channel attributes record program elements such as cues and groups in short everything you might do in the console itself You can even print lists of show features with your computer s printer thereby making it less important to attach a printer to your playback system When the show is ready to go simply transfer it via diskette to the console Use Off Line s Export show command to ensure that it s console ready You can also maintain a showfile library on your computer s hard drive and edit them in Off Line as you wish then export the edited show to a diskette when you re ready to use it In this way you can use Off Line to upgrade a show from an old file that has most of what you want If you have a show in USITT ASCII format the Read ASCII command allows you to read a show into Off Line either on its own or merged with a showfile already in memory Any showfile in Off Line can be written to USITT ASCII format with delimiter level and case settings that suit your needs Off Line may be ordered in a kit or downloaded from ETC s website www etcconnect com When delivered in a kit Off Line is supplied with the following e I
5. delete any personalities prs files from the Shows folder that you don t need e f possible always load personalities before patching If any of the personalities you are loading has the same name as one of the personalities already in the show a warning window will appear The warning occurs because if you are replacing a personality with one that assigns more channels the automatic repatching will cause erroneous overlapping Such overlapping can cause unexpected or inconsistent behavior in groups and cues or other recorded elements of the show You may need to repatch fixtures Follow the instructions in the warning window to continue Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 Saving a show There are four ways to save a show with Expression Off Line All but the ASCII procedure copies both the system configuration components and the show components to the showfile For listings of the show and system configuration components of a showfile see the Showfile appendix in your console user manual Using diskette functions on the Setup menu This option works the same way in Off Line as it does in the console with one exception you can also write files to your computer s hard drive The first time you do a read or write operation with these Diskette Functions a dialog window appears asking you to specify the filename and file location Once you make that selection every other read or write you perform with the Diskette Functions uses the s
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7. Expression Expression Off Line Version 3 Expression Expression Off Line QuickGuide Version 3 1 Contents A Mota Misi pdt OE Mae dno dado b Pana bed rfe boa OU Puebla aont dob blat nob fae 3 System TEC UING ments een 3 Installing Expression On LING stein aiaia 4 Installation a nse lt e ale 4 Starting Re Me A E een TSN 5 E Bee e 5 Changing console VDE adidas 5 Confg nng OT LNE een 6 HEIBSYSIEN EE 6 Leaving Sn Wun 6 DOCUMENT EE 6 cigar EEUU TUTTI 6 SIUE INTO I SO DENEN ee ne MONS 6 Es T 7 Losdina tixrre personalites EN 8 0 Po 9 Tricks RH mer 10 labeling Jor EXDIESS ro een ee een 10 Merging RIES EN 10 Appendix A Time and local 12 Blat e 12 Cities outside the United States tetitas 13 Appendix B Expression Off Line keyboard Shortcuts 14 Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 Introduction Expression Off Line is a console emulating program that runs on an IBM PC or PC compatible personal computer It can create and edit shows for version 3 0 or later system software which is available for all of the following consoles e Models 2 and 2x Expression 2x Insight 2 and 2x Concept 2x and Impression 2 e Model 3 Expression 3 and Insight 3 e Express Express 125 250 24 48 48 96 and 72 144 e Arri Imagine 3 600 Imagine 3 1200 Finesse 300 and Focus 108 The same show may not run the same way in each of these consoles because of console limitations such as channel and dimmer counts Off Line however
8. ame filename and location If you want to change filename or location use one of the other read or write procedures Converting to ASCII format Before writing out the show it is converted to USITT ASCII format using settings controlled in the USITT ASCII Options dialog To change those settings click Convert in the Off Line window then click ASCII Options The following dialog box appears USITT ASCII Options x m Delimiters Standard Chan 5 50 Cancel C Comma Chan 5 50 Case Level Presentation C UPPER CASE C Percent C lower case Hex Mixed Case Click the options in the Delimiters Level Presentation and Case sections to make your selections These settings are effective when you click OK to leave the USITT ASCII dialog Write the show using the following procedure 1 Click Convert in the Off Line window then click Write ASCII 2 Navigate in the Save In list to the drive and folder where you want to save the file Type a name in File name or click an existing filename if you want to overwrite it The Save as Type field should read USITT ASCII Files asc 4 Click Save Exporting a show for use in the console If you plan to transfer the showfile you have in Expression Off Line to the console it must be named exp2 shw A convenient way to do that is to use the Off Line Export Show command Exporting not only gives the file the correct name but also sa
9. ams and their supporting documents into folder eol31 with path c etc eol eol31 It also inserts startup icons for both application programs and both QuickGuides into program folder etc eol3 1 During the installation procedure you are prompted to accept these default locations If you accept the defaults you will not overwrite any existing files This QuickGuide assumes the files will be installed at these default locations If you put them somewhere else please interpret the instructions accordingly Installation procedure Before beginning the installation close all Windows programs to avoid conflicts Follow one of the procedures below depending upon whether you re installing from a diskette or your hard drive On diskette 1 Insert diskette 1 of the 2 diskette installation set 2 Click the Start button on your Windows taskbar Click Run and type a setup exe If using a different drive substitite the letter for that drive in place of a in this command Click OK 5 Follow the on screen prompts You will be told when to insert the second diskette and asked whether you want to change the installation defaults 6 Close the program folder window when finished On your hard drive 1 Using Windows Explorer navigate to setupeol exe on your hard drive and double click it 2 Follow the on screen prompts 3 Close the program folder left on the desktop by the installation Starting Off Line If this is your first installation of
10. e click on the copy of the file stored on your hard drive This will extract the pdf copy of the file to the same folder POND 6 Open the file from Acrobat Reader QuickGuides Off Line installs with the Expression Off Line QuickGuide and the Expression Personality Editor QuickGuide both in pdf format Run them in Acrobat Reader by using the Windows Start menu and clicking the name in the etc eol3 1 folder Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 Loading a show There are five possibilities for reading from a showfile into Expression Off Line If the showfile is formatted for version 3 03 or later system software you can read the show components using any of first four procedures detailed below If you want the system configuration components too you must read those from the showfile using the procedure given under Reading the showfile system configuration For listings of the show and system configuration components of a showfile see the Showfile appendix in your console user manual If however the showfile is formatted in system software older than version 3 03 you will read both show and system configuration components together Therefore the procedure under Reading the showfile system configuration is inapplicable for those showfiles Using diskette functions from the console Setup menu This option works the same way in Off Line as it does in the console with one important exception you can read files not only from a diske
11. ew one A detailed description of the USITT ASCII show format can be found in a document titled ASCII Text Representation for Lighting Console Data Version 3 0 published by USITT Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 11 Appendix A Time and location When making astronomical settings for the real time clock use data from these lists for the city nearest you Clock settings are part of a showfile s system configuration information United States cities City State Time Zone Standard Albuquerque NM 7WeSt sss Anchorage AK 10 West Atlanta GA oo eee 5 West oiii Baltimore MD bWest oiii Augusta ME 5West Billings MI 7WeSt coo Boise R N 7West oo eee Boston MA b West aiiin Buffalo NY 5 West oiii Burlington VT 5 West cocino Charleston SC 5 West niii Cheyenne Win 6West ee Chicago H os a Dest Columbus OH 5WeSt oo Dallas IN 6West 0 0 Denver CO chan ne 7West oo Des Moines IA 6West Detroit MI a eed 5 West oiii Fargo ND s eet 6West Harttord Clean 5 West iiic Honolulu Hl 10 West Kansas City MO 6 West aiaiai Las Vegas NV naicen 7 West Lincoln NE 2 2t 6West aoii Little Rock AR 6West 00 Los Ange
12. kGuide Personalities that are loaded with Off Line but are not included in the default personality library are stored in two folders located in the eol31 folder One of these folders is called Verified because it contains personalities that ETC has tested and verified in performance The other folder is called Unverified because it contains personalities that ETC believes will work as intended but has not yet carried out sufficient testing to verify their performance Personality filenames all ending in prs indicate the fixtures for which they are intended When you want to make new personalities available to Off Line you need to copy those personalities to the Shows folder located in the eol31 folder Use standard Windows file handling techniques to accomplish this operation If you have any questions about copying files in Windows see your Windows User Manual or Help system Once you have the personality files you need in the Shows folder load them into Expression Off Line with the following procedure Start Off Line In Off Line press Setup on the keypad to go to the setup menu In the setup menu select option 15 Moving Light Functions In the Moving Light Functions menu select 1 Personality Setup In the Personality Setup menu press softkey S1 From Disk Press Enter to load all personalities in the Shows folder Oak WN NOTES e Personalities load slowly from the Shows folder into Off Line To speed that operation
13. les CA 8West coco Indianapolis IN 5West Madison Wl 6West oaii Nashville Ne 6West iiic Miami Pluna dare 5West Minneapolis MN 6West coccion Montgomery AL 6 West aiiis New Orleans LA 6West aiiin New York NY seen 5 West Oklahoma City OK 6 West Philadelphia PA 5 West Phoenix AZ 7West oo Portland OR 8West sssess Raleigh NC Dest Salt Lake City UT 7 West ets San Francisco CA 8West eese Seattle WA Heer Sioux Falls SD 6West 00 Washington D C 5West sss Latitude Longitude sss32s2252225225252252225225225222522522525255 Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 Cities outside the United States City State Time Zone Standard Abuja Nigeria s I S na Me Algiers Algeria 1 East Amsterdam Netherlands A T Ankara Turkey sessen 2 East I nat Athens Greece 2 EaSt icit Bangkok Thailand 7 East Berlin Germany 1 East eee Berna Switzerland CEASE ua Bombay India SE Brussels Belgium
14. lick Cascade the windows are reorganized in a particular order and each is visible Move the windows around your desktop as you wish Click the Windows icon at the top of each Off Line window to control its size select a font size After moving or re sizing the Off Line windows click Save Window Position to save that arrangement for future sessions Changing console type Determine or change the console type using the Options menu in the Off Line window Change console type if you want your next session to emulate a different console from the currently active console The change is effective after you leave Expression Off Line and then start it again 1 Click Options in the Off Line window then click Console Type If only determining the active console type click OK to quit this dialog 2 To change the active console type click your choice The Console Type column in the table below identifies the Off Line console type associated with each console 3 Click O K Console Concept 2x Express 125 Express 250 Express 24 48 Express 48 96 Express 72 144 Expression 2x Channels 1200 125 25 96 192 Dimmers 1536 024 024 1024 1024 1024 1536 Console Type Expression 3 1200 Express 125 Express 250 Express 24 48 Express 48 96 Express 72 144 Expression 3 800 Manual Expn31 pdf Exps31 pdf Exps31 pdf Exps2S31 pdf Exps2S31 pdf Exps2S31 pdf 1 pdf w Expn Expression 3 400 Expression 3 800 Expressi
15. lso if you download manuals and need the Adobe Acrobat Reader a hotlink to the Adobe website is in the Help system Leaving Off Line Off Line does not save when you attempt to quit the program you must do that for yourself But Off Line warms you when you attempt to quit that any changes you made while in the program are lost if you don t save before quitting You have the chance to save at that point To quit Off Loading a show Document files User manuals When you obtain Expression Off Line in a kit you also receive additional diskettes containing console user manual files All these document files are in portable document format paf format and can be read with the readily available application program called Adobe Acrobat Header If you don t already have a copy on your computer you can link to Adobe from the ETC website at www etcconnect com and download the Reader without charge The documents with Off Line are stored in a compressed self extracting format If you need a User Manual for your console type first identify which one you need from the Resource Table on the previous page and extract it with the following procedure Find the diskette that contains the manual you need and insert it in the computer s disk drive On the taskbar click the Start button Click Windows Explorer on the Programs menu Using standard Windows techniques copy from the diskette to a suitable folder on your hard drive 5 Doubl
16. mmand as well as every console function is represented by keystrokes you can make on the computer keyboard A list of these keyboard equivalents is given in an appendix to this document Note in Appendix C that the keyboard equivalent for the label key is B When you type B at times during programming when labeling is allowed you can enter a label on the computer keyboard and that label is stored in the showfile Labels stored in the showfile stay with the showfile when it is transferred to the console even for Express consoles Merging files Off Line provides a unique opportunity to merge showfiles Normally when a show is read from disk into either Off Line or the console the current show in memory is erased This prevents you from merging two shows together or reading portions of one show into another one This barrier can be overcome by reading USITT ASCII showfiles into Off Line ASCII showfiles consist of a series of commands and arguments stored as ordinary text and editable with a standard text editor such as Windows Notepad An ASCII showfile looks like the lines listed below where two cues a group and submaster are defined Ident 3 0 Manufacturer ETC Console EXP3 Clear All Set Channels 1200 Set Dimmers 1536 Patch 1 1 lt 1 Hff 2 lt 2 Hff 3 lt 3 Hff 4 lt 4 Hff 5 lt 5 Hff 6 lt 6 Hff 7 lt 7 Hff 8 lt 8 Hff This is a comment IMost of the patch has been removed for clarity Patch 1 333 lt 1534 Hff 1535 lt 1535 Hff 1536 lt 15360Hff
17. n command instead 1 Insert the showfile diskette into your computer s disk drive 2 Click File in the Off Line window then click Import Show 3 Click either a or b according to where you inserted the diskette Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 7 Reading the showfile system configuration The Read System Configuration function reads only the configuration components This command will not function for showfiles formatted in system software prior to version 3 03 Click File in the Off Line window Click Read System Configuration Navigate to the file you want to read Click to highlight it Click Open RON Loading fixture personalities Fixtures are patched in the Expression family consoles by means of personalities each of which is designed to match a particular type of fixture Personalities for some common commercial fixtures are contained as defaults in the Off Line software You may find however that none of Off Line s default personalities match the fixture s you are using and that you need to load one or more additional personalities into the show There are two ways to obtain additional personalities 1 you can load others that are installed with Off Line but are not included in the default personality library and 2 you can develop different personalities with the Expression Off Line Personality Editor Information about operating the Personality Editor is contained in the Expression Personality Editor Quic
18. nstallation software containing both the Expression Off Line and Expression Personality Editor programs they are installed together but operated independently e Computerreadable User Manuals written for Expression Insight and Express consoles The Expression manual is intended for Concept and Impression users too If you have problems installing or using Expression Off Line please call your dealer or ETC Technical Service at one of the offices listed on the back page of this document System requirements Following are the hardware and software requirements for Expression Off Line e 386 processor 486 or higher recommended e Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows NT e 8MB RAM 16 MB recommended e 10 MB available hard drive space e Color monitor 1 024 x 768 x 256 or higher recommended e 3 b inch floppy drive e Mouse or equivalent Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 3 Installing Expression Off Line Off Line is provided in a self extracting file called setupeol exe When you install Expression Off Line you also install a copy of the QuickGuide you are now reading the Expression Personality Editor and the QuickGuide for the Expression Personality Editor Information about the Personality Editor a separately operated application program for creating and editing personalities for Expression family consoles is contained in that application s QuickGuide document The installation program is designed to install both application progr
19. on 3 1200 1536 1536 1536 Expression 3 400 Expression 3 800 Expression 3 1200 C2 Expn31 pdf Expn31 pdf 1 pdf i Expn gt Finesse Focus magine 3 600 magine 3 1200 1024 536 1536 1536 Impression 2 Insight 2 Expression 3 800 Expression 3 1200 C G Expn o o Inst w EA gt e o Expn w Expn31 mpression 2 nsight 2 nsight 2x 1024 1024 1536 Impression 2 Insight 2 Insight 3 Expn31 Inst31 pdf Inst31 pdf Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 nsight 3 1536 Insight 3 Inst31 pdf Configuring Off Line If your venue or space does not contain as many channels or dimmers as your console will allow you may wish to reduce the channel or dimmer counts in Expression Off Line See the System Settings section of your user manual for information about making these changes Any changes you make to channel or dimmer count are saved with the show and will remain the same the next time you read that showfile back into Expression Off Line Help system Off Line comes with a built in on line Help system Use on line Help for handy reminders about how to use Expression Off Line s windows and the controls Use your console s user manual however for information about programming a show Note that you can link to ETC s website directly from on line Help to obtain additional information and to download manuals A
20. site pte dts Ctri B Rate wheel up Home GB Hold Aare Ctrl V RECOM o se OC R CURIE m tdt us ett s ees Ctrl X Release tacita de s L dn EE C Right a tow ccce mes ce ea t gie gt Clear sosta ideal Backspace e da tmu Shift F7 Ee Delete Softkey 18 Ctrl F1 F8 PUBL Er D NUS UA Ee Q Solo Bump Insight only U A eH eed D STAGE iris mtt dote etwa Shift F1 E arrow sissicieeiiserrsrrrerenrern Sub Mode Insight oni E Enter nenn Enter SUDM StEn a etes S EXCGDE A enee A ET x A A tabe e F2 EXPAN A WE i Shift F8 Ra VE T Fadet teuren Shift F3 Tile cocotte et ees l FOCUS POINT mr ern Hir q E Fellens rer Y Tack Sheet Shift F4 Euler F Ke j GOUD EE G UP arrow ana T Help rare Malt sc eto ee adnan A W Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 15 Americas Middleton Wisconsin e USA e Tel 1 608 831 4116 e Fax 1 608 836 1736 1 800 775 4382 e service etcconnect com Europe London e England e Tel 44 0 20 8896 1000 e Fax 44 0 20 8896 2000 service etceurope com Asia Hong Kong e Tel 852 2799 1220 e Fax 4852 2799 9325 e mail etcasia com International 3030 Laura Lane e Middleton Wisconsin 53562 e Tel 1 608 831 4116 e Fax 1 608 836 1736 www etcconnect com 5 4131M1010 e Rev A e Released 10 00 no Copyright 2000 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc All Rights Reserved Product information and specifications subject to change
21. tte but also from your computer s hard drive The first time you do a read or write operation with these Diskette Functions a file dialog window appears asking you to specify the filename and file location Once you make that selection every other read or write you perform with the Diskette Functions uses the same filename and location If you want to change filename or location use an Open or Save command from the File menu in the Off Line window Reading a file in ASCII format This option is for shows stored in USITT ASCII format A conversion to version 3 1 format takes place during the loading procedure ASCII shows may be read from hard drive or diskette 1 Click Convert in the Off Line window then click Read ASCII 2 Navigate in the Look In list to the drive and folder where the file is stored 3 Click to highlight the filename 4 Click Open Opening afile Use this option when reading a showfile from hard drive or diskette As a convenience use the Import Show command if the show is named exp2 shw and stored on diskette 1 Click File in the Off Line window then click Open 2 Navigate in the Look In list to the drive and folder where the file is stored 3 Click to highlight the filename 4 Click OK Importing a console ready show Use this option as a convenient way to read a file that is stored on diskette and named exp2 shw If you need to specify the filename or the file is stored on your hard drive use the Ope
22. ves to a diskette If a file already exists on the diskette with that name the file will be overwritten 1 Insert a diskette into your computer s disk drive 2 Click File in the Off Line window then click Export Show 3 Click either a or b according to where you inserted the diskette Expression Off Line QuickGuide v 3 1 Storing a file Use this option to write a showfile to storage either on your hard drive or to diskette When storing as opposed to saving for use in the console you may name it anything you wish Use the Export Show command as a convenient way to save the showfile for use in the console Click File in the Off Line window then click Save As Navigate in the Save In list to the drive and folder where you want to save the file Type a name in File name or click an existing filename if you want to overwrite it Click Save Tricks with Off Line This section reviews things you can do in Expression Off Line that you cannot do with a console K MM Labeling for Express Most consoles have a Label key that you can use to label various recordings such as cues groups and real time programs If the console has the label key it is also available in Expression Off Line when that console type is active Express consoles lack the label key both on the console and on the keypad available in Off Line for those consoles You can label for Express consoles however by using a keyboard equivalent Every programming co
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