Expression 2 Line Playback Controller QuickGuidel v1.9.0 1995
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1. Note If both external time signal and the internal clock are avail able the external signal takes precedence Lighting Playback Control QuickGuide 11 Manual playback The Manuall Pause and Step buttons allow you to manually control playback of SMPTE events Follow these steps to run SMPTE events manually Keystrokes Actions 1 Use arrows to select SMPTE Playback display 2 Press Manual Interrupts SMPTE input and resets the LPC to the first recorded SMPTE event Or Or Press Pause Interrupts SMPTE input at current SMPTE event 3 Press Step Advances to the next recorded SMPTE event 4 Continue to press Step to advance sequentially through SMPTE events 5 Ifin Manual mode press Returns to normal operation Manual If in Pause and the flow of SMPTE code mode press Pause resumes For more information about SMPTE see Chapter 23 SMPTE in the console user manual 12 Expression 2 Editing shows The LPC is designed to be a show playback device Thus in most cases you will use an Expression 2 console to create and record a show then transfer it to the LPC on diskette However there may be times when you need to make changes to a show loaded into the LPC or even create a show The Edit display allows you to do so You will need to connect a VGA monitor to the LPC to edit shows Press the Edit button on the Additional Functions display to go to the Edit display Press the arrow in the2. lower right corner of the display to return to the Additional Functions display The buttons that appear on the Edit display function identically to the matching keys on the console See the console user manual for information and instructions on creating and editing shows Lighting Playback Control QuickGuide 13 Installation notes The LPC s back panel provides all the same input and output con nectors found on the back panel of a console Manufactured By X 88 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc DMX In 1 512 513 1024 1025 1536 A l Middleton Wl USA 1 Equ ets O no 0 ETCLink SMPTE RFU an Ss S e e E o Keyboard RS 232 Parallel Printer A ETCNet e 0 Ey O O E E Cae ES Jo 6 gS Jo DE E Digitizer Serial CRT1 CRT2 AC Input Remote 1 0 120 VAC 50 60 Hz E 63A SB Remote Macro 1 C Macro 2 Rem ote Go IRFU IRFU RFU ETCLink S15AFB 15068 era qa of Greene Remote Macro 3 Remote Macro 4 Eo E EE o 2 Connectors O0 NO OEO N a DMX In 5 pin male XLR DMX512 outputs 5 pin female XLR 2 or 3 ETCLink 6 pin female XLR SMPTE 4 pin female XLR RFU 6 pin female XLR MIDI In Out 5 pin female DIN 2 Alphanumeric keyboard 5 pin female DIN Digitizer Serial 9 pin male RS 232 Parallel printer 25 pin fema
3. to create and edit shows submaster playback macro Note When necessary the LPC will switch to the Additional Functions display to provide advisory messages Once you have read the message press either of the arrow buttons to return to the display you were using previously Lighting Playback Control QuickGuide 5 Playing back cues The Cue Playback display allows you to select and play back cues cue playback The cue list 0 appears at the top of the screen and can display two cues The first is the cue that is currently running or has just run The second is the pending cue Information about the cue is also provided on the cue list On the display shown above the first cue has a fade time of one second and a two second wait time The pending cue is an effect cue with up and down fade times of five seconds e To play the next cue on the Cue List press the Go button for the fader in which you want the cue to play The pending cue plays in the AB fader or the CD fader respectively e To select a cue other than the next one on the list press Cue enter the cue number and press Enter e lf acue is playing in a fader press the fader s Hold button to pause playback of the cue Press Hold a second time to clear the cue from the fade or press Go to resume the fade e To replay the cue most recently played on a fader press that fader s Back button Press Back again to play the cue before it on the Cue L
4. 500 groups and 3 000 SMPTE time code events For LPC channel dimmer and submaster specifications see page 11 The LPC may be used either as a component in an ETCNet net worked system or as the secondary electronics in an Expression 2 Full Tracking Backup system It may also be used for dimmer monitoring and control in conjunction with a Sensor dimming sys tem on an ETCLink network Other LPC features include the following e Fully automated playback of prerecorded shows e Minimal size for compact system configuration e User interface is provided through a variety of input devices Expression 2 Using this guide The ETC Lighting Playback Controller LPC consists of Expression 2 line software loaded into a rack mounted control unit The instructions for working with the LPC come in two parts a con sole user manual and a QuickGuide describing how to run an LPC The user manual explains how to run the software using a con sole s input controls keypad sliders and wheels The Quick Guide explains how to use the same software using the LPC s touchscreen Most of the information in the console user manual other than the actual keystroke sequences also applies to the LPC Unless otherwise specified references to Expression 2 refer to any of the five Expression 2 line consoles For information please contact your local dealer or ETC at 800 688 4116 Lighting Playback Control QuickGuide 3 The LPC front panel The fro
5. eXpression 2 line Lighting Playback Controller Version 1 9 Contents A A 1 USING this GUIDE its 2 The LPG Iront panela 3 Using the touChScreen ei ra ar ap n e E ET E 4 Playing back CUES ii 5 Writing and reading SNOWS i a ara a ia errer ra Eai 6 MacOS ida eta 7 SUDMAasStE Scar dd 8 Playing back a SMPTE Program eenean e ERRE 9 EqItinG SMOWS 6 A Ae oe Aa oA ee 12 Installation NOTES cee ceeeeeeeeee cee ce eee ee cee eeee eee ceeeeeeeeeeeeeceeneeeeeeeeteeeeeneeeeaes 13 ENGNG TE eee Ne he O Merged ote a 14 A E seeker 15 QuickGuide Copyright 1995 Electronic Theatre Controls Inc 4031M1007 Revised July 1995 Lighting Playback Control QuickGuide 1 Introduction The ETC Expression 2 Lighting Playback Controller LPC is a light ing playback device that provides complete automated control of entertainment lighting systems Because it supports both SMPTE and MIDI the LPC is ideal for use in museums theme parks stores or other applications that require automatically controlled sequences of programmed lighting effects The LPC consists of Expression 2 line electronics with basic man ual playback control provided by an LCD touchscreen You may download a show recorded on an ETC Expression 2 line console to the LPC via a 3 5 inch diskette Like an Expression 2 line control console the LPC supports up to 1 536 DMX512 outputs on a maximum of 1 200 control channels Its capabilities also include support for up to 600 cues
6. ist and so forth moving backward through the Cue List e Toremove a cue from a fader press that fader s Clear button For more information about the fader controls see Chapter 9 Playing back cues in the console user manual Expression 2 Writing and reading shows In most cases the shows you play back on the LPC will be cre ated on an Expression 2 line console The Additional Functions display allows you to read and write shows from and to Expres sion 2 consoles Shows are transferred on 3 5 inch diskettes additional functians To disk in progress Expression 2 Yersion 1 9 e To read a show from a diskette insert the diskette into the LPC s diskette drive and press Read Disk e To save a show inserta diskette formatted on an Expression 2 console or IBM PC compatible computer into the diskette drive Press Write Disk e When necessary the LPC will switch to the Additional Func tions display to provide advisory messages Once you have read the message press either of the arrow buttons to return to the display you were using previously e The Additional Functions display also lets you know what ver sion of the console software you have in this case version 1 9 For more information about working with diskettes see Chapter 16 Diskette functions in the console user manual For more information about the Edit button see page 12 Lighting Playback Control QuickGuide 7 Macros A macro al
7. le D VGA display outputs 15 pin female mini D 1 or 2 ETCNet connectors 1 or 3 AC power input fused Remote macro inputs 25 pin female D 4 IRFU 5 pin female DIN If you mount the LPC in a rack be certain to leave six inches clearance behind the unit s fan for proper ventilation The LPC provides four Remote Macro connectors for a total of 32 remote macros These connectors are each equivalent to the single connector labeled Remote Macro or Remote Go on the back panel of a console The remote macros are associated with macros 1 901 through 1 932 No convenience AC outlets are provided on the LPC For more information about installation see Appendix A Installa tion in the console user manual Expression 2 ETCNet The LPC supports ETCNet a specially designed network that allows you to connect a wide variety of ETC interface devices to the system at remote locations Through these devices you can attach monitors RFUs alphanumeric keyboards DMX512 devices and Designer s Worksheets to the network ETCNet connectors for three types of ETCNet wiring are located on the back panel of the console and all ETCNet interface devices The connector you use will depend on what kind of wiring your location has installed To attach the LPC to the ETCNet network insert the connector on the network drop cable into the appropriate connector on the LPC BNC telephone style or 15 pin Attach other devices to the app
8. lows you to record a series of keystrokes and later replay it with one or two keystrokes This can simplify complex tasks that you perform often You can program up to 2 000 mac ros in a show depending on how large they are The Macro Playback display allows you to play any macros recorded in your show macro playback e To play macros 1 through 24 press buttons M1 through M24 respectively e To play any other macro press M enter the macro number and press Enter For further information about working with macros see Chapter 15 Macros in the console user manual Expression 2 Submasters A submaster is a group of channels recorded at proportional levels and controlled by a slider and a bump button The Submaster Play back display allows you to control individual submaster levels and rates submaster playback The Submaster List appears on the left side of the display as shown above and provides the current level of the submaster and its rate The top submaster on the list is the selected submaster To select a submaster press Sub and enter the submaster number Use the arrow buttons to raise and lower the selected submaster s level If you hold down the button the level will rise or fall more quickly than if you press it repeat edly To change the rate of the selected submaster press Rate and enter a rate from 1 to 2 000 percent Normal rate is 100 percent To reset the rate to 100 perce
9. nt press Rate Clear The simulated LED on the Bump button shown above appears if the selected submaster is recorded and flashes if the submaster Is running To change the submaster page press Page 1 Enter or Page 2 Enter The Sub Mode and Sub Solo buttons appear on Insight 2 or Insight 2x LPCs and function as they do on the consoles They do not appear on Expression 2x Impression 2 or Concept 2x LPCs See Submaster bump buttons in the console user manual for details For more information about working with submasters see Chap ter 11 Submasters in the console user manual Lighting Playback Control QuickGuide 9 Playing back a SMPTE program The LPC allows you to play recorded SMPTE events in several ways You may use any external source of SMPTE data to run the program you may run the program using the console s built in SMPTE clock or you may play individual events manually Before you can play back a SMPTE show on the LPC you must record the SMPTE events that make up the show The console user manual describes how to do this in Chapter 23 SMPTE Also before you record the show to diskette and transfer it to the LPC make sure SMPTE input is enabled from the Options Settings menu Note If you have a monitor connected to your LPC you can record SMPTE events on the LPC SMPTE playback SMPTE 00 00 12 24 Pause Event Time 1 00 01 30 00 The first line of the SMPTE Playback displa
10. nt panel of the LPC contains a power switch a 3 5 inch dis kette drive and an LCD touchscreen expression 2 lighting playback controller on w gt o power O off To turn on the LPC set the power switch to the On position The system displays the title screen for a few moments as it starts up Once the startup procedure is complete the Cue Playback display appears on the LPC s LCD screen The Cue Playback display allows you to select and play back cues and is described on page 5 The LCD screen provides you with access to the LPC s dis plays 4 Expression 2 Using the touchscreen The LPC touchscreen allows you to enter commands by pressing buttons that appear on the screen When you press a button its image turns black until you release it There are six LPC displays They are Cue Playback SMPTE Play back Macro Playback Additional Functions and Edit In the upper right corner of all the displays except for the Edit display there are two arrows one pointing right and one pointing left Press these arrows to move from screen to screen The following illustration shows you a map of the screens additional functions Press the Edit button on the Additional Functions display to go to the Edit display The Edit display provides buttons that corre spond to most of the keys on an Expression 2 console allowing you
11. orts single VGA display screen Insight 2 108 channels 1 024 dimmers Two pages of 108 submasters Supports single VGA display screen 16 Expression 2
12. ropriate connectors on the interface device Remote Interface or Remote Video Interface For further information see Appendix A Installation in the console user manual and the ETCNet Plan ning and Installation Guide Note Insight 2 and Impression 2 LPCs provide only a telephone style twisted pair connector Full Tracking Backup You may also use ETCNet to create a Full Tracking Backup system by attaching both a console and an LPC to the network This allows you to use the console to run the show and provides the LPC as a backup in the event that the console should malfunction For more information about setting up and using a Full Tracking Backup system including the necessary DIP switch settings see Chapter 20 Accessories Appendix A Installation and Appendix B DIP Switch and Jumper Settings in the user manual Note The manual describes a system consisting of two consoles In this case substitute the LPC and a Designer s Worksheet or alphanumeric keyboard for the backup console Lighting Playback Control QuickGuide 15 Specifications Concept 2x 1 200 channels 1 536 dimmers Two pages of 24 submasters Supports two VGA display screens Expression 2X 600 channels 1 536 dimmers Two pages of 24 submasters Supports two VGA display screens Insight 2X 324 channels 1 536 dimmers Two pages of 108 submasters Supports two VGA display screens Impression 2 300 channels 1 024 dimmers Two pages of 24 submasters Supp
13. y shows the current SMPTE time The second line shows current SMPTE status The SMPTE List shows the current and pending SMPTE events Each SMPTE event consists of a playback time and any combina tion of two cues loaded in faders one cue per fader a submaster bump button and a macro These are shown to the right of the time In the above example SMPTE event 1 happens at one minute 30 seconds At that time cue 1 runs in the AB fader cue 2 runs in the CD fader and submaster 5 is activated 10 Expression 2 External SMPTE Once you have recorded a series of cues in a SMPTE program the LPC automatically runs the program in response to SMPTE time code To run the SMPTE program start the flow of external SMPTE data When the console detects SMPTE data it will auto matically run the SMPTE program If external data is not detected and the internal clock is disabled the message Waiting for input appears above the SMPTE list Internal SMPTE If no external SMPTE time signal is available you may run the show using the LPC s internal SMPTE clock To run a SMPTE pro gram using the internal clock follow these steps Keystrokes Actions 1 Use arrows to select SMPTE Playback display 2 Press Internal Clock if Enables internal clock the Waiting for input message appears 3 Press Clock On Off Starts internal clock each SMPTE event will run at its recorded time Press Reset Clock to set the clock back to zero
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