Obsession (I & II) v3_1 Moving Light Supplement
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1. E B1 IAEA q e s1suwouuso p T B noo e 0 CD LT LT e Ji WD AD u i LII CDI SSS 10 85 EJ COs pa Larra Tt 1 JJ VU P 0 TR m un 110 I LICJIESESEESEREUJ is 9 OSUOD UOISSISYO2. Enter to select the Fixture Patch display Enter the fixture number and press S7 Attribute Patch Enter the attribute number s to edit Press S4 Independent Press Enter The attribute is set to be independent Obsession Moving Light Supplement Working with moving lights The ML software interface Selecting ML displays The ML displays include the ML Live display and the ML Blind display To show the ML Live display press Live twice once If you are already in Live or ML Blind To show the ML Blind display press Blind twice once if you are already in Blind or ML Live The Expand key functions in ML displays as It does in conventional displays allowing you to see five additional fixtures on the Playback display It is toggled on by the Expand button in the same manner that the Live Expand Display is for Channels Navigating in ML Live and ML Blind Once you select a fixture and an attribute press T or J to select the attribute above or below the current one If an attribute does not exist in the selected fixture then it is skipped and the next one is selected The display centers on the selected attribute if possible If a fixture is selected press lt or gt to select the fixture before or after the current one selecting the same attribute If the new fixture doesn t have the currently selected attribute then it skips it The display centers on the selected fixture to keep it on the
3. Press Enter in response to Please Confirm if your previous entries are correct e For all except Channel Usage you may restrict the printout to a partial list with the Thru or keys 56 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Print setup functions From the Print Functions menu select option 2 and press Enter to go to the Print Setup Functions submenu Print Setup Functions Print Setup Functions Following is a brief explanation of the printouts that can be ordered from the Print Show Functions submenu and how some printouts may be customized System Settings The current contents of the System Settings menu 1 0 Contig The current contents of the Input Output Configuration menu The current dimmer to channel patch in the format of the current Patch display mode By Dimmer or By Channel Profiles Current profile assignments SMPTE events Full information about all SMPTE events in the show includ ing event number event time the element cue submaster or macro recorded in the event and rates and labels A list of macros in the current show including complete information about the macro and Its keystrokes Mem The current contents of the Memo display NOTES e n Print Patch if you want to restrict the range of channels or dimmers printed press Dim if in By Dimmer mode in the patch display or press S6 Channel if in By Channel mode in the patch display e For Profiles and Macros
4. Setup displays Touchscreen Setup NOTES e For Personalities Fixture Patch Fixture List Librar les and Library List you may restrict the printout to a partial list with the Thru or keys Printing with flexichannel active The Flexichannel mode currently active in Live deter mines how cues grups and submasters are formatted in orinter output Only channels that are currently visible on the displays print Obsession Moving Light Supplement 59 Glossary 8 Bit This is the default attribute data type It uses one channel stores a value of 0 255 displays a percent value and it accepts input as a percent 16 Bit This Is an attribute data type It uses two channels stores and displays a value of 0 to 65535 and it accepts input as a percent The first channel is labeled with the name of the attribute and the second channel is labeled Fine in the Attribute Patch and Attribute Setup screens Attribute A name for a channel in a moving light fixture The name usually describes the channel s function and helps you find what you want to change You can also use attributes to select channels when setting levels and recording cues Attribute Order Defines the order in which the ML screens display attributes Automated Fixture A default moving light fixture Can have as many attributes as are needed Category A set of related attributes There are five categories Beam Color Image Position an
5. eri end dedos etae dr 12 Copying TOS OV e aad gestat TS STORES Lors 4 ote sechs 32 34 BEE e IN 37 Deleting from show 13 o E E E E E do 924 95 Fixture number ced d d 15 Frame table v oo suene aid 16 ID EEOQUIGU ODE Leod abus aca le 8 E AAA 15 37 WI UNES RPM RE cidad md a 58 Remote aime sucus esa 15 Stake Chanel m acera eaa 15 Start DMX512 s neruis ad ost 15 oWab TOUS dedicara e dd 2 15 Print E A EE I 53 Cancel printer tdci etre 53 FHexicnanne l i et 58 OPUS sd PERS 53 PU E E E E 53 Fause DITET sc and aha darn aed 93 SEW 3 1i d dca ec Ae A 56 Print ML ADUTE stet he ueber des 58 PITOS eoe dodo e de 58 Mi 58 Personalities scrisse pl ss 58 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Print Setup VO CON aia dele oe ao iced 56 MN 56 MERA PEE EE 56 A RNC NE QC ORE D oes 56 PROMOS s E 56 A AS 095 56 System Settings sts 56 Print Show Channel usage 55 1 E T eit ee ee 55 a A a on Be 55 GODS io 55 SubmasterS det aru d diera 55 Profiles A RD E ERR RE 56 R FRE CON irme eet dada 25 Redundant Tracking 46 47 Remote dimmer 35 S Submaster O a oe et thee E 55 T Touchscreen AUTO SETUD ace ne os 50 51 Backlighting 11 Calibration 11 Changing attribute 50 51 Fe et hs an ey te RUE ah A 58 SUD RE 50 Trackpad Changing attribute 49 Hardware 00000 9 Obsession Moving Light Supplement 65 Electronic Theatre
6. these are moving lights but they could also be color scrol lers relays smoke machines video projectors or any other DMX512 devices Attributes Each type of fixture has a set of attributes that you use to control the device To illustrate this let s look at a stan dard ellipsoidal spotlight This light has only one thing you can control namely how bright it is You control the spot light s brightness or intensity by adjusting the level of a DMX512 channel that is assigned to the spotlight Its Intensity is Its only attribute A moving light by contrast has multiple attributes A very basic one might have only three intensity pan and tilt Pan and tilt control the fixture s vertical and horizontal movements Each attribute is controlled by a separate DMX512 channel This fixture would require three chan nels to control it Most attributes fall into one of four categories The cate gories are Beam Image Color and Position and you can change the attributes included in each Beam attributes include Intensity Zoom Focus Iris and Frost Image attributes include Gobo and F X Color attributes include Color Cyan Magenta and Yellow Position attributes include Pan and Tilt Obsession Moving Light Supplement Personalities The set of attributes that are used to control a given fixture can be saved as a personality Once a personality has been defined for a fixture you can use that personal ity to patch fixtures o
7. you may restrict the printout to a partial list with the Thru or keys Obsession Moving Light Supplement 57 Print ML functions From the Print Functions menu select option 3 and press Enter to go to the Print ML Functions submenu Print Moving Light Functions Print ML Functions 58 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Following is a brief explanation of the printouts that can be ordered from the Print ML Functions submenu and how some printouts may be customized Personalities A list of personalities in the current show including com plete information about each personality and each attribute in the personality The list also includes the frame table of any discrete attributes Personality List list of personalities in the current show including each personality s label Fixture A list of fixtures in the current show including complete information about each attribute s channel and dimmer Attribute Patch patch Fixture Patch A list of fixtures in the current show including the label and the start channel and start DMX of each fixture Libraries A list of libraries in the current show including the label and the levels of all attributes in the library Library List A list of libraries in the current show including each library s label Attribute Display All the attributes in the show including labels and catego ries Encoder and The current contents of the Encoder Setup and Touchscreen
8. 4 Press S6 Delete Pers and enter the number of the personality to delete 5 Press Enter The personality is deleted 14 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Setting up ML fixtures The Fixture Patch display lets you patch fixtures and set the frame table to use with each fixture To add new fix tures to your fixture list choose new fixture numbers and assign personalities to them This adds fixtures with per sonalities to the fixture list You must set Its start channel before you can use a fixture Fixture Patch Obsession Moving Light Supplement 15 Fix Num Any number from 1 up to the maximum Fixture number of fixtures the console supports An Number Obsession 600 or 750 supports 125 fixtures an Obsession 1500 supports 250 fixtures and an Obsession 3000 supports 500 fixtures Label The fixture s label May be up to ten characters long Personality The personality assigned to the fixture Fixtures can use any of the up to 20 personalities in the show Start Chan The start channel is the first channel that a fixture is patched to The first attribute in the fixture s personality is patched to this channel Subsequent attributes are patched to the channels following this one until all attributes have been patched Start DMX512 Use Start DMX512 to set the DMX512 control channels that control a fixture The console starts patching the fixture at the DMX512 channel specified placing attributes in the DMX5
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10. and attributes in a cue or submaster press Cue or Sub Enter the number of the group cue or submaster The channels and attributes are selected Continue with whatever operation you desire Obsession Moving Light Supplement 27 Libraries Libraries let you store commonly used attribute levels Libraries are particularly useful for creating color and gobo matches Unlike groups which store a different level for each and every fixture libraries set the same level on any fixture of the same personality Recalled levels may be applied to the whole fixture or only to selected attributes of a fixture Each personality has its own set of libraries that may not be used on other personalities but if you record similar looks on different types of fixtures and record them into the same library number you can then use that library number to set both types of fixtures Library zero is called the Home Library Use it to store the default values for each attribute that you want the fixture to go to when you select library zero or press Home on ML consoles Use Clear Library to clear the recorded value of a specific attribute in the library or to remove a library from the list When all attributes in a library are cleared from all personalities the library is removed from the Library list Select a fixture to indicate which person ality to clear If a range of fixtures are selected it clears the libraries of each personality within the
11. display lets you create and edit per sonalities and their attributes lt allows you to define what attributes are in the personality and their order in the moving light Personality Editor Attributes Personalities are made up of attributes You may assign up to 64 attributes to each personality Attribute data may be 8 bit 16 bit or discrete Each attribute also has other options you may select Data types Uses one DMX512 channel Displays a level of 0 100 percent Uses two DMX512 channels Displays levels between 0 and 65535 in the ML displays In conventional displays they appear as two consecutive channels displayed 0 100 percent 8 bit attributes that display labels describing the current level setting Typically used for things like gobo and color wheels Discrete attributes have a set number of values called frames and each frame has a value range that it shows up in The Frame Table stores this information Obsession Moving Light Supplement 33 Attribute options Channel Order The Channel Order sets the order of the attributes in the console s channels when you patch the fixture A 16 bit attribute uses two consecutive channel orders When you patch a fixture the first channel order s attribute uses the start channel followed by the other attributes Attributes are assigned from the list on the Attribute Display Setup screen If the attribute you want is not on the list go to the Attribute Displa
12. is assigned Clearing attributes from a library To clear recorded attribute levels from a library follow these steps 1 Goto ML Live or ML Blind 2 Enter the fixture number Press S1 Attribute and enter the desired attributes Press More Softkeys 54 Clear Library 5 Enter the library number 6 Press Enter The recorded levels are cleared from the attributes of the selected library Deleting a library To delete a library clear all the recorded attribute levels from it by following these steps Go to ML Live or ML Blind Enter the fixture number Press More Softkeys 54 Clear Library Enter the library number Da BR cs Press Enter The library is cleared Note Fixtures keep the attributes levels from the library until the fixture s levels are changed even after the library Is cleared Library Selection display The Obsession ML console s touchscreen Library Selec tion display shows a list of buttons for every Library recorded for the selected Fixtures and Attributes Each button shows the Library number and label for that but ton s library Select a Library to place the Library s values into the selected Attributes of the selected Fixtures The Next Page button in the bottom right corner lets you view more Library Buttons beyond the first 23 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Lists Lists appear on the Playback display Currently you can select Cue List Sub List Group List and SM
13. patch a fixture Personality Type Personality type defines whether the personality is an automated fixture or a color scroller Color scrollers are not supported in version 3 1 Automated fixtures are the default tyoe and can have any number of attributes in any order 62 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Remote Dimmer A fixture that has a personality with a remote dimmer uses a dimmer in a rack to control the fixture s intensity attribute When you patch the fixture assign a conven tional dimmer to the fixture and that dimmer is patched to the Intensity channel Sneak sneak returns modified channel or attribute levels to the levels provided by the faders or submasters The levels fade in the Default Sneak Time set in the System Settings menu unless a time Is entered in the sneak command Also use sneak to fade channels and attributes to a spec ified level Start Channel This is the first channel that a fixture s attributes are patched to The first attribute in the fixture s personality is patched to the start channel subsequent attributes are patched to the following channels You can patch several fixtures at once by selecting them all and entering the first fixture s start channel The additional fixtures are patched starting after the last channel used in the previous fixture Start DMX512 The first DMX512 address used when you patch a fixture The first attribute in the personality s DMX512 Order is patched w
14. s created add attributes to it in the Personality Editor Follow these steps to create a new personality J Press Setup 1 3 Enter 1 Enter to select the Personality Setup display Enter the next number after the highest numbered personality on the list Press Label and use the alphanumeric keyboard to enter a unique name for the personality Press Enter The new personality appears on the personality list Press S5 Pers Editor Press S7 Attribute List A list of all attributes appears on the Playback display Enter the number for a new channel order and press Enter Press More Softkeys S1 Attribute and enter the number of the attribute to add Press Enter The new attribute appears Note To copy the new personality to the hard drive enter the personality s number and press S7 Copy To S1 Hard Drive Enter Obsession Moving Light Supplement 35 Editing a personality Most of the attribute options are set to default values if you don t enter specific settings If you don t specify oth erwise the attribute defaults to 8 bit not independent the next available DMX512 Order and a Home Level of zero To change attribute settings for a personality in your show follow these steps 1 Press Setup 11 3 Enter 1 Enter to select the Personality Setup display 2 Enter the number of the personality to edit and press Enter 3 Press S5 Pers Editor Enter
15. selected all are high lighted but the screen scrolls to the first one The fixture number ts highlighted in yellow in the Fixture List play back display if visible Setting a fixture s intensity To set the intensity level for one or more fixtures follow these steps 1 Goto the ML Live display 2 Enter the fixture s to set the intensity for 3 Press At and enter the desired level 4 f you entered a level on the keypad press Enter Note Turn the intensity off in unselected fixtures by pressing Rem Dim before step 4 Setting an attribute level for a fixture To set an attribute level for one or more fixtures follow these steps Go to the ML Live display 2 Enter the fixture s you wish to modify If you don t specify a fixture your changes will affect all fixtures 3 Press S1 Attribute and enter the attribute num ber s If you don t specify an attribute the intensity attribute will be selected 4 Press At and enter the desired level or move the evel wheel 5 If you entered a level on the keypad press Enter Obsession Moving Light Supplement 23 Using groups to set levels You can use groups to set attribute levels This is particu larly useful for setting position attributes To set a fix ture s attributes to the levels recorded in a group follow these steps 1 Goto the ML Live display 2 Enter the fixture s you wish to modify If you don t specify a fixture your changes will af
16. site at http www etcconnect com html obsnml_personalities html gt Obsession Moving Light Supplement 13 Copying personalities to your show You may store personalities on diskettes or on your con sole s hard drive In order to use a personality you must copy it into your show You may have up to 20 personali ties in the show To copy personalities into a show follow these steps 1 Press Setup 11 3 Enter 1 Enter to select the Personality Setup display 2 Ifyou are copying personalities from a diskette insert the diskette into the console s diskette drive 3 Press S1 Hard Drive Enter or press 52 Dis kette Enter to display the available personalities 4 Identify the personalities that match the fixtures you ll be using in your show and enter their numbers up to 20 5 Press S7 Copy To S3 Show Enter to copy the personalities to your show Note You may not have more than one personality with the same name in the show on a diskette or on the hard arive Once it s loaded in the show you may use the personality as programmed or you may edit it as described in Editing a personality on page 35 Deleting a personality from your show You may not delete a personality from a show if it is used by a fixture To delete personalities follow these steps 1 Press Setup 1 3 Enter 1 Enter to select the Personality Setup display 2 Press S3 Show 3 Press Enter
17. to select the Personality Setup display Enter the number of the personality to edit and press Enter Press S5 Pers Editor More Softkeys Enter the number for the discrete attribute s channel order and press Enter Press S7 Frame Editor The Frame Editor display appears Enter the number for the frame and press Enter Press Label or the softkey that corresponds with the setting you wish to change Enter the new value Press Enter Obsession Moving Light Supplement 41 Editing the frame list You may insert new frames into the frame list and delete frames from the list To insert or delete a frame follow these steps 1 Press Setup 11 3 Enter 1 Enter to select the Personality Setup display 2 Enter the number of the personality to edit and press Enter 3 Press S5 Pers Editor More Softkeys Enter the number for the discrete attribute s channel order and press Enter 5 Press S7 Frame Editor The Frame Editor display appears 6 Press S5 Insert Frame and enter the frame number for the new frame or press S6 Delete Frame and enter the frame to delete 7 Press Enter A new frame is created with that number or the frame is deleted All existing frames from that number down are renumbered Editing a frame table You may assign a label to each of the four tables in the Frame Table You may also copy all labels from one table to another To copy a table f
18. use this as is or as a starting point for you to work from The auto setup places the attributes used in the show into the same order as in the Attribute Display Setup starting in the first row and filling all six columns To run an Auto Setup follow these steps 1 Press Setup 11 3 Enter b Enter to select the Touchscreen Setup display 2 Press S6 Auto Setup Enter Enter Changing a button s attribute You may assign any attribute to any button except the Next button The same attribute can appear on all three pages or even twice on the same page If an Attribute is not used in the show but it is placed in a button then it will be grayed out as will any Attribute that is not used in the currently selected Fixture 1 Press Setup 1 3 Enter b Enter to select the Touchscreen Setup display 2 Press 51 Page enter the page 1 3 to edit and press Enter 3 Use the arrow keys to select the button to edit Press S7 Attribute List to display all the attributes on the Playback display 5 Press S4 Attribute and enter the attribute number for the button 6 Press Enter The button Is labeled 52 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Printing Obsession supports parallel printers including some laser printers See nstalling a printer in Appendix A of the manual NOTE Printing with Obsession has been upgraded to cover features for moving lights contained in this supplement Plea
19. 12 channels as specified in the fixture s personality The DMX512 channel has two numbers the first is the DMX512 port 1 6 and the second is the channel 1 512 on that DMX512 port The first channel is the same as the number set on the moving light see the moving light s manual on how to set the address Remote If the fixture s personality has the has Dimmer Remote Dimmer flag set then the fixture will use a dimmer in the dimmer rack to control the Intensity The user will need to set the Remote Dimmer number here using a conventional dimmer number Swap Focus is used to swap the location of the pan and tilt attributes in a fixture from what they were set in its personality This is useful when two moving lights are hung 90 degrees off of each other and one s Pan is the other s Tilt Swapping one of them will make the Pan Attribute move both lights in the same direction 16 Frame Table Obsession Moving Light Supplement Frame Tables are used to assign a different set of labels to a fixture s Discrete Attributes without having to create multiple personalities for each variation The first table contains a set of default labels See Frame Tables on page 38 Most users have a common set of Color or Gobo frames and only a few that will be different When a Fixture Is patched the user will choose one of the four tables to be used for that Fixture This will use that Frame Table for all of the Discrete Attributes in the Pers
20. OS SFE SoslOif g 1 Moving Light Supplement for Obsession and Obsession Il consoles Version 3 1 With the release of Obsession ll and Obsession system software version 3 1 ETC adds moving light control to the power of your Obsession console This supplement to the Obsession User Manual describes how to use your console s new capabilities to control the following features of moving light fixtures and others simply and easily e Attributes e Personalities e Categories e Libraries e 16 bit Data Types E Ww Obsession Moving Light Supplement Obsession Moving Light Supplement Warning Several menus have been reorganized and new menu items have been added Macros that include menu item selections may need to be edited or redone If you are upgrading your software check all vour macros and determine which need to be updated It you have questions please contact ETC s Technical Services department at 800 775 4382 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Table of Contents CUS TOMEI Sel VIC B picota tomes 5 MOGUC dS RN EDT 6 Using Te Sup pe Menta oie 6 ME TUMCTIONS and TSIS rs stat te utes 7 OBSesSIiONIMarO Wario 9 GENIOS tarea nat 10 OBSESSION Il console Set vns lla 10 POrSONMGILGS aras 12 Copying personalities to your SHOW sin ele 13 Deleting a personality from your SNOW seseese 13 SAMA A 14 Setting ub Mew TITS masia a 17 AdaltionaltixtUre con Tagua tO Nil 18 EURO Me TUS tasado 18 Ed
21. PTE List Obsession 3 1 adds three new lists the Fixture List the Attribute List and the Library List Fixture List The Fixture List shows all fixtures patched in the show including the fixture number label personality the start ing channel starting DMX512 address remote dimmer number swap focus status scroller s intensity channel and the frame table it uses To display the Fixture List on the Playback display press Fixture List on an ML console or follow these steps 1 Gotothe ML Live display 2 Press More Softkeys twice 3 Press S3 Fixture List The Fixture List appears on the Playback display Obsession Moving Light Supplement 31 Attribute List This shows a list of all the attributes and all of the person alities loaded into the show To display the Attribute List on the Playback display follow these steps Go to the ML Live display Press More Softkeys twice Press S2 Attribute List The Attribute List appears on the Playback display eer der Es Library List This is a list of all recorded libraries for all fixtures To display the Library List on the Playback display press Library List on an ML console or follow these steps 1 Goto the ML Live display 2 Press More Softkeys twice 3 Press S1 Library List The Library List appears on the Playback display 32 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Advanced setup Personalities The Personality Editor
22. Softkeys Press S4 Insert Channel and enter the number where you wish to insert the new channel order or oress S6 Delete Channel and enter the channel to delete Press Enter A new channel is created with that number or the channel is deleted All existing chan nels from that number down are renumbered To move a channel order follow these steps 1 Press Setup 1 8 Enter 1 Enter to select the Personality Setup display Enter the number of the personality to edit and press Enter Press S5 Pers Editor More Softkeys Press 5 Move Channel and enter the channel number to move Press At and enter the channel number to move to Press Enter The channel moves to that number All existing channels from that number down are renum bered as necessary Note In these procedures you may use Thru to insert move or delete a range of channel orders Obsession Moving Light Supplement 37 Deleting a personality You may not delete a personality from a show if it is used by a fixture Otherwise personalities may be freely deleted from shows diskettes or the hard drive To delete personalities follow these steps 1 O Press Setup 1 3 Enter 1 Enter to select the Personality Setup display Press 1 Hard Drive 52 Diskette or 53 Show depending on where the personality you wish to delete is located Press Enter Press S6 Delete Pers and enter the nu
23. ck into any fixture that uses the same personality as the one stored in the library Attributes can be stored and retrieved individually This means you could store the color yellow and the star gobo into a library and recall either or both attributes If you want the library to apply to more than one personality record levels from a fixture of each personality ML Displays These include ML Live and ML Blind as well as any other screen that shows the attribute fixture spreadsheet dis play Moving Light Moving light is a generic term referring to any DMX512 controllable device that is not a dimmer in a dimmer rack Traditionally it refers to lights that have a Pan and Tilt function Park Park places an attribute at a level that doesn t interfere with recording cues groups and submasters You can also use park to force a cue to load into a specific fader or to stay parked in the first available fader A parked cue can t be bumped off its fader except by another parked cue Personality Each personality lists the attributes used to control a par ticular model of moving light It includes the order the attributes are in what data type they are whether they are independent how they are patched their default Home Library levels if the intensity dimmer is in the moving light or in the rack and if any attributes are dis crete their frame tables Personalities are stored with the show and any loaded personality can be used to
24. d None There is a default category for each attribute but the user can rede fine what attributes are in what category A category can be used when selecting attributes for setting levels or recording cues For example Color Cyan Magenta Yellow are all part of the Color category Channel Order This describes the order of channels in a personality When you patch a fixture each channel is patched to an attribute based on the personality s channel order The channel order defines the attribute listings in conventional displays In the ML displays the Attribute Order defines the order of attributes Conventional displays Includes Live Blind Group Sub Patch and their respec tive Spreadsheet displays Basically any screen that dis plays channels 60 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Copy Fixture Copy Fixture places the attribute levels from one fixture into one or more other fixtures that use the same person ality Data Type Data type defines how many channels an attribute uses and how its level appears There are three data types 8 bit 16 bit or Discrete Discrete This Is a data type for attributes Discrete attributes use one channel store a value 0 255 and displays alphanu meric labels from a frame table DMX512 Order This describes the order of DMX512 channels and how they correspond to channels in the fixture When you patch a fixture and assign an attribute to a channel a DMX512 number is patche
25. d to the channel based on the fixture personality s DMX512 Order for that attribute Fixture A fixture is any automated fixture patched in the show Fixtures are numbered and can be addressed by number Frame A frame is a set of alohanumeric labels displayed when a discrete attribute s level is in the range from the frame s start value to the next frame s start value or 255 for the last frame Frame Table A Frame Table is one of four sets of labels used with all the discrete attributes in a personality Use it to assign a different set of labels to a fixture without having to create a different personality for each variation Most users have a common set of color or gobo frames with only a few that are different When you patch a fixture choose one of the four tables to use for that fixture This applies that frame table to all discrete attributes in the personality Home Also known as library zero The Home key is a shortcut to library zero The Home Library contains a set of default attribute levels used when you press Home or use library zero Home Level This Is set in each personality and is used to create a default library zero when you patch the first fixture Obsession Moving Light Supplement 61 Independent Attributes set to Independent are not affected by the Grandmaster Go To Cue Zero or Blackout They go to zero when you enter Go To Cue Out Library Libraries store attributes at levels that you can play ba
26. e number If the target fixture number is currently assigned to a different fixture that fixture will be deleted from the list Press Enter Enter The fixture moves to that number To delete a fixture follow these steps 1 2 J 4 Press Setup 1 3 Enter 2 Enter to select the Fixture Patch display Press More Softkeys S6 Delete Fixture Enter the fixture number Press Enter Enter The fixture is deleted Note You may use Thru to move or delete a range of fix tures Obsession Moving Light Supplement 19 Editing fixture attributes The Attribute Patch display lets you set an attribute s independent status in a Fixture Attributes for the selected Fixture are displayed Softkeys 56 Fixture List and 57 Attribute List bring up their respective lists on the Playback Display The channel the attribute is patched to is shown in this screen for reference The DMX512 Addresses that are patched to each of the Attributes are displayed along with a Profile or Proportional Level if there are any Attribute Patch Note This release of ML software does not support the flip function Independent Independent attributes do not go to zero when you press Blackout or enter Go To Cue 0 They are also not affected by the Grandmaster If you enter Go To Cue Out independent attributes go to zero To change independent status follow these steps 1 Press Setup 1 8 Enter 2
27. ect all channels and attributes except channels and attributes at zero v l some fixtures are selected then Record and Update affect all attributes in the selected fixtures including those at zero v fsome attributes and fixtures are selected then only the selected attributes of the selected fixtures are affected Any unaffected channel or attribute is allowed to track in unless the Clear Channels in Cue Only option is on and the command is a Record of a new Cue at the levels in the previous cue Copying fixtures Copy Fixture lets you copy the attribute levels from one fixture into the attributes of one or more other existing fix tures that use the same personality Note You may only copy between fixtures of the same type To copy a fixture s attributes to another fixture follow these steps Go to ML Live or ML Blind Press S3 Copy Fixture Enter the fixture number from which to copy DS dw cs If you wish to copy only selected attributes enter the attributes to copy Press At 6 Enterthe fixture or fixtures to which you wish to copy the attributes 7 Press Enter e 26 Groups Obsession Moving Light Supplement Using groups to select attributes and channels To use a group to select all the channels and attributes in a group cue or submaster follow these steps 1 Go to the desired display Live ML Live Blind or ML Blind Press Group If you are selecting channels
28. f that type to appropriate DMX512 addresses automatically We have included a collection of personalities with Obsession 3 1 including personalities for most of the leading moving lights on the market If your fixture s per sonality is not on the list you can also program your own personalities or customize existing ones ETC will con tinue to develop new personalities tor ML fixtures and make them available to Obsession users Libraries A library lets you save a collection of attribute level set tings for one or more of the personalities you use in your show You can use the library to apply values for selected attributes to selected fixtures that use the same person ality Each library can contain levels for each personality in the show For example you could create a library that would set any of your moving lights regardless of what kind of light it was or what personality it uses to the same color setting or the same gobo setting You could use groups to do much the same thing but libraries are faster and use far less console memory since a group would save separate level settings for each attribute in each individual fixture where a library only saves settings for each personality Obsession Moving Light Supplement g Obsession Il hardware If you are using an Obsession ll console you can control moving lights with the ML controls The encoders touch screen and trackpad give you simple fingertip control over your a
29. fect all fixtures 3 Press S1 Attribute and enter the attribute number If you don t specify an attribute the intensity attribute changes Press At Group and enter the group number 5 Press Enter The fixture s attributes go to the levels recorded in the group Note These procedures also work in Live Blind and ML Blind In Live and Blind press More Softkeys S3 Fix ture to select a fixture Sneaking attributes Sneak returns modified channel or attribute levels to the levels set by the faders or submasters You can also use Sneak to fade channels and attributes to a new level To sneak channels and fixtures follow these steps 1 Goto the Live or ML Live display 2 f desired select the fixtures and attributes you wish to sneak If you don t select any all channels and attributes will sneak to the levels in the last cue run 3 If you want attributes to sneak to a new level press At and enter the level or the group cue submaster or library If you don t channels and fixtures will sneak to their original levels set by submasters or the active cue Press Sneak 5 Toset the sneak duration press Time and enter the time If you don t the sneak will use the Default sneak Time set in the System Settings menu 6 Press Enter The levels fade as directed 24 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Parking attributes Park places an attribute at a level that will not interfere with reco
30. he touchscreen properly calibrated so that a finger touch does not produce the expected results Or this calibration may change after initial setup such as when room temperature varies over a period of operation and need to be reset Calibrate the touchscreen in accordance with instructions provided both on the console display and the touchscreen itself When your calibration is finished save it by press ing S5 Store Settings Enter and it will remain that way when console power is switched off If you want to reset to the saved calibration such as If you recalibrate the touchscreen but decide not to save the new calibration press S6 Reset Settings Return to the Console Setup display by pressing S8 Return LCD hacklight setup The LCD displays tor each encoder and the touchscreen are all illuminated with backlighting The backlighting of the left wing of encoders the right wing of encoders and the touchscreen can be separately adjusted Rotate the lower encoder in each wing of encoders to adjust the backlighting for that entire wing Rotate the upper encoder of the left wing to adjust the backlighting for the touchscreen The console display confirms these adjustments as you make them and the backlighting changes can be seen immediately When you are satisfied with your backlighting adjust ments press 55 Store Settings to save them Once saved they will return to those levels when power is restored to the console If
31. ill not add new attributes to the library it will only update the levels for the attributes that are already in the library Goto the Live or ML Live display 2 Select the desired fixture s 3 To update only specific attributes select the attributes If you don t all attributes will be recorded 4 Press 54 Update S2 Library Enter the library number e 6 Press Enter For each personality in the selected fix ture s the selected attribute s are updated in the personality s entry in the library Note This only updates values for attributes already recorded in the library It does not add new attributes to the library Using the home library To set an attribute s level to the level recorded in library zero also known as the home library follow these steps Select the fixture 2 Press S1 Attribute and select the attribute s If you don t all attributes will be selected 3 Press Home 4 Press Enter The selected attributes are set to the recorded level in library zero for the selected fixtures Note If you do not have on Obsession ML console press S2 Library 0 in place of step 3 Obsession Moving Light Supplement 29 Labeling a library To change the label for a library follow these steps 1 Press S2 Library 2 Enter the library number 3 Press Label and enter the new label up to ten char acters using the alphanumeric keyboard 4 Press Enter The new label
32. ing attributes To move an attribute follow these steps 1 Press Setup 11 3 Enter 3 Enter to select the Attribute Display Setup display Press 5 Move Attribute and enter the attribute number to move Press At and enter the attribute number to move to Press Enter The attribute moves to that number All existing attributes from that number down are renumbered as necessary Obsession Moving Light Supplement Hardware setup With version 3 1 software some El CNet and redundant tracking functions are under software control You may determine from setup menus whether ETCNet is enabled whether your system operates with redundant tracking which processor in a redundant tracking system Is primary and whether the backup processor in a redun dant tracking system is capable of providing DMX512 output concurrently with the main processor Obsession I systems are factory set for all these func tions Earlier model Obsession systems will use the exist ing DIPswitch settings for these functions when version 3 1 software installs With either a new Obsession ll or an upgraded Obsession there is no need for you to change these hardware settings but you can easily do so later with these procedures if your system changes Go to the hardware setup menu Each hardware setup option below is available after first selecting Hardware Setup from the console setup menu Press Setup 1 4 Enter to go to the hardware setup
33. ith this number subsequent attributes are patched to the following DMX512 addresses The DMX512 address has two parts the DMX512 Port and the DMX512 channel The DMX512 Port is the number of the DMX512 port into which the fixture is plugged The number of ports in a console depends on the size of the console The DMX512 channel is a number between 1 and 512 that matches the number you set on the moving light Start Value This value starts the range for a frame The range extends to just before the next frame s start value The value is a number from zero to 255 not a percent Swap Focus This switches the pan and tilt attributes in a fixture from their personality settings Undo Press Undo to clear an unentered command line or toggle the level of the last channel or attribute changed by a command line command Obsession Moving Light Supplement Index Numerics A s s nct b PIE 59 SUD a e TT 59 A Attributes AUTO SE TUD isos eS x s dw 43 CHEGO esas s eee e ae 42 Channel ordan aoo ar dob x sete 33 Copy levels 25 Data DC eco WAGON ACRES 7 IDE Tell IS aar ico uar eii 3b DANA 59 DMX512 order 33 EI it Ss Sy ees 19 FM o paced eae ates ete alee 19 33 Frame table sace sie d ae d 33 38 Ej 26 FIOR Ie Vl escri e et ns 33 Independent 19 33 61 INTOCUCUON ares 7 Bel ols A ee ate en ree 44 ISS ee sk ads De ahaa aa es 31 RCC Rae ete eect te uate ler 42 59 A ator we atc 24 PA tet oy ket
34. itino Ire aLtOULES ta od 19 VVORKING WiN Moving MOS dadas 20 Teil Sou ale NUE ACE sie e 20 OUTING NEV 22 Recording cues groups and submasters sss 25 COO WING TRUES ue ls 25 A cecnnie ld Ee ae uepeeeasdone aie eee 26 ENEE EIE E EE OU 27 E T HM 30 AVANCES UA 32 FOSOnalIES ais od 32 mes WEISE EE T 38 ANDE DISPO cos 42 Ha VVC SE UD rana ia 46 USING INSIVIL MaTIWaTe eet Pm eer sse tot iar oE 48 Encoders ana trackpad saint 48 TOUCMS CROC EE Um T TT 50 wi UCM TI m T MTM 52 PRUO OD LOM armani re a a O 53 Fri snow Te HOLIS teta tion dci 53 PASC tu TLIC LOM S ean ins doses coi 56 ICI TUNIC HONS ars dota 57 Printing with flexichannel active copla 58 C ecc 59 q E RIORUM ROREM 63 Obsession Moving Light Supplement 5 Customer service If you have problems with your console please follow these steps 1 Refer to the manual or Obsession s Help function 2 Ifyou do not find the answer in the manual call your local dealer or ETC Technical Services Please have the following information available before you call v Console model and serial number on back panel Software version displayed on Setup menu Options installed Dimmer installation type 4 4 4 Dimmer manufacturer To reach Electronic Theatre Controls US technical ser vices department call 800 775 4382 Monday through Friday from 8 00 AM to 6 00 PM Central Standard Time If you call for emerge
35. king enabled as discussed above Examine and set this feature independently for each of the two processors while the other processor is switched off The ON status provides DMX output from both processors concurrently while OFF provides DMX output only from the main processor 1 Press 4 Enter to select DMX Out from backup 2 A prompt at the bottom of the screen will ask if you want to change status of DMX Out 3 Press Enter to change the status of DMX Out Obsession Moving Light Supplement Using the ML hardware Encoders and trackpad Setting up the encoders and the trackpad The Encoder Setup display lets you set up which attributes are assigned to the encoders for each encoder page The six encoder page keys on the ML facepanel each call up a different set of encoder and trackpad assignments Any attribute may be placed in any encoder location and they may even be used more than once The trackpad controls pan and tilt in each set Encoder Setup Encoder and trackpad acceleration The acceleration settings change the rate at which the encoders or the trackpad change levels when you used them Acceleration may be set anywhere from 1 to 999 percent with the normal setting being 100 percent A larger value causes the encoder or trackpad to move faster The device is more sensitive and the same finger movement results in a larger level change smaller value slows movement and allows more precise leve
36. l changes Encoder Acceleration sets the rate at which encoders change an attribute level Trackpad Acceleration affects the rate at which the track pad changes a level so that it can be made to be more or less sensitive to movement as the user desires Obsession Moving Light Supplement 49 Encoder and trackpad auto setup After you patch the fixtures you re using you may have the Obsession create a default encoder trackpad setup You can use this as is or as a starting point for you to work from The auto setup places all used attributes of the same category on the same page in the order beam color image and position Pan and tilt are always placed on the trackpad on every page but they are also placed with the position category Unused attributes and attributes without a category are not assigned To run an auto setup follow these steps 1 Press Setup 1 3 Enter 4 Enter to select the Encoder Setup display 2 Press S6 Auto Setup Enter Enter Changing an encoder or trackpad attribute You may assign any attribute to any encoder or trackpad location The same attribute can appear on multiple pages 1 Press Setup 11 3 Enter 4 Enter to select the Encoder Setup display 2 Press 51 Page and enter the page 1 4 to edit 3 Use the arrow keys to select the encoder or trackpad location to edit 4 Press S7 Attribute List to display all the attributes on the Playback display 5 Pre
37. mber of the personality to delete Press Enter The personality is deleted Changing a personality s label You may change a personality s label To do so follow these steps Press Setup 1 8 Enter 1 Enter to select the Personality Setup display Press 1 Hard Drive 52 Diskette or 53 Show depending on where the personality is and press Enter Enter the number of the personality to rename Press Labell and use the alphanumeric keyboard to enter the new label Press Enter Obsession Moving Light Supplement Frame Tables Frame tables let you assign labels to ranges of levels in attributes that have been set with a discrete data type For example say you have a color scroller with ten gels The output level of the scroller s color attribute deter mines which gel colors the light e g 0 10 Blue 11 21 Green etc Using a frame table you can set the display to show a label indicating the color instead of dis playing the level You could also assign a label to each gobo in a fixture based on the level that calls up that gobo Table 1 contains a set of default labels The Frame Editor display lets you edit a discrete attribute s frame tables Frame tables contain alphanumeric labels displayed when the attribute s output is at a certain level For example a Gobo attribute would display the label of the current gobo Use a frame table for any attribute with a finite number of set p
38. menu ETCNet If your system is an Obsession ll or an earlier model Obsession with redundant tracking two processors you must have ETCNet enabled The only time ETCNet should be disabled is for an earlier model Obsession running without peripheral network devices Examine whether ETCNet is enabled or disabled If the status Is incorrect for your system proceed as follows 1 Press 1 Enter to select ETCNet 2 Aprompt at the bottom of the screen will ask if you want to change the status 3 Press Enter to change the status Redundant tracking Examine whether redundant tracking is enabled or dis abled If the status is incorrect for your system proceed as follows Press 2 Enter to select Redundant Tracking 2 A prompt at the bottom of the screen will ask if you want to change the status 3 Press Enter to change the status Obsession Moving Light Supplement 47 Tracking Unit This feature Is applicable only for systems with redundant tracking redundant tracking enabled as discussed above Examine and set this feature independently for each of the two processors while the other processor is switched off 1 Press S Enter to select Tracking Unit 2 A prompt at the bottom of the screen will ask if you want to change the identity of the processor 3 Press Enter to change the processor DMX Out from backup This feature is applicable only for systems with redundant tracking redundant trac
39. ncy service after hours and week ends your call will be answered electronically and for warded to a service representative who will contact you as soon as possible Address all correspondence about Obsession to North America Electronic Theatre Controls Inc Customer Service Department 3030 Laura Lane Middleton WI 53562 Phone 1 608 831 4116 Europe Electronic Theatre Controls Ltd 5 Victoria Inductrial Estate Victoria Road London W3 6UU Phone 44 181 896 1000 Asia Electronic Theatre Controls Room 2312 23 F 21 Lam Hing Street Kowloon Bay Hong Kong Phone 852 2799 9325 Internet Email address mail etcconnect com World Wide Web site htto www etcconnect com Obsession Moving Light Supplement Introduction Obsession 3 1 provides two new displays for moving lights control The ML Live screen lets you view and set fixture levels live and the ML Blind screen lets you view and edit fixture levels in cues In addition the Moving Lights Setup menu provides three setup screens where you can configure your personalities fixtures and attributes Two other setup screens let you configure Moving Lights hardware The Print Functions menu has been reorganized lo print select Print Functions from the Setup menu select the category you want from Show Functions Setup Func tions and Moving Light Functions then select the items you want to print from the submenu For more information please contact
40. ollow these steps from the Frame Table display 1 Press More Softkeys S7 Copy Table 2 Enter the table to copy press At and enter the target table 3 Press Enter All labels are copied from the first table to the second To label a table follow these steps from the Frame Table display 1 Press S7 Frame Table 2 Enter the table to label press Label and use the alphanumeric keyboard to enter the label 3 Press Enter The table is labeled 42 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Attribute Display Setup The Attribute Display Setup display lets you define the order of the attributes the label for each attribute and the category for each attribute There are 64 attributes each with a predefined name e g Pan Tilt Intensity as well as several custom ones e g User 1 User 2 User 3 Reserved 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 The attributes that you are using in the current show are displayed in green Press Page and Page to view all attributes Attribute Display Setup Num The attribute number sets the order in which Attribute the ML Live and ML Blind displays list the Number attributes All 64 attributes are defined and listed but any attribute not used in the currently patched fixtures doesn t appear in the ML screens Lck Note This release of ML software does not Lock support the Lock function Label The attribute label is editable and appears on the ML screens It may be u
41. onality so if the Personality has a Color wheel and a Gobo wheel and the Fixture is set to Frame Table 3 then it will use Frame Table 3 in both the Color and the Gobo Attributes Obsession Moving Light Supplement 17 Setting up a new fixture Follow these steps to set up a new fixture 1 Press Setup 1 3 Enter 2 Enter to select the Fixture Patch display 2 Enter the fixture number You may enter multiple fix tures 3 Press S1 Personality and enter the number of the personality for the fixture s Press Enter 5 Press S2 Start Channel and enter the first channel for the first fixture s patch 6 Press Enterl 7 Press S3 Start DMX512 and enter the desired DMX512 port 1 6 8 Press and enter the DMX512 channel number within that port 1 512 Use the same DMX512 number set on the fixture see the fixture s user manual for more Information Obsession patches attributes to channels starting with the entered chan nel as specified in the personality 9 Press Enter The basic fixture is set up Note After the fixture s start channel is set levels can be set in the fixture s attributes and recorded into cues how ever it won t actually control the moving light until you set its Start DMX512 adaress Note If you enter a range of fixtures the first fixture s starting channel and DMX512 address are as entered and each successive fixture is automatically offset by the size of
42. ositions or frames Frame Editor Note A show can have up to 2 000 frames in all loaded personalities combined Each personality has up to four tables shared by all dis crete attributes in the personality When you create a new frame in an attribute s table its label is used by all four tables If you edit a label later you edit only in the selected table This is useful because in most cases you use only a few custom frames gobos colors etc When you patch a fixture with a personality that has frame tables you specify which table that fixture uses for its discrete attributes This allows several varieties of the same moving light with custom gobos to use one personality Obsession Moving Light Supplement 39 Frm Num A discrete attribute can have up to 256 Frame frames numbered consecutively from 1 up to Number 256 There are no gaps in frame numbering Start Value Start Value determines the output range within which a label is used The first frame Starts at zero The last frame ends at 255 A frame s Start Value must fall between the previous and following frames Start Values to be used properly A frame s label displays when the attribute s level is equal to or greater than the frame s Start Value but less than the next frame s Start Value Snap Type Note This release of ML software does not support the snap type function Long Label A frame s long label appears on ML displays It contains up to ten charac
43. p to ten characters long The attribute name is defined and maintained by ETC and is not editable The named attributes also allows us to find certain attributes for a special behavior For example the intensity attribute is the default Attribute used when a level is set on a fixture without specifying an attribute e g Fixture 1 At b Enter would set the intensity of fixture 1 to 50 Category All attributes are assigned to one of the following categories Position Beam Image Color or None Obsession Moving Light Supplement 43 Attribute Auto Setup After you patch the fixtures you re using you may have the Obsession create a default attribute setup You can use this as is or as a starting point for you to work from The auto setup looks at the personalities of patched fix tures and orders the Attributes appropriately e g the first three attributes would be Intensity Pan and Tilt It also places all unused attributes at the end of the list To run an Auto Setup follow these steps 1 Press Setup 11 3 Enter 3 Enter to select the Attribute Display Setup display 2 Press S6 Auto Setup Enter Enter 44 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Change an attribute s category Whenever a category key Is used in the ML screens all attributes assigned to that category are selected This allows a shortcut to commonly used sets of attributes If the user has a new facepanel with the new ca
44. range Recording a library To record a library follow these steps 1 Goto the Live or ML Live display 2 Select the desired fixture s If you want the library to apply to more than one personality record levels from a fixture of each personality 3 To record only specific attributes select the attributes If you don t all attributes will be recorded Press Record 52 Library 5 Enter the library number 6 Press Enter For each personality in the selected fix ture s the selected attribute s are recorded into the personality s entry in the library Note If you select a range of fixtures the attribute levels for the first fixture of each personality type are recorded 28 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Using a library To setan attribute s level to the level recorded in a library follow these steps Select the fixture s 2 Press S1 Attribute and select the attribute s If you don t all attributes will be selected 3 Press 52 Library 4 Enter the library number 5 Press Enter The selected attributes are set to the recorded level in the library for the selected fixtures If a selected attribute is not recorded in the library it remains at its current level Note Press Next or Last to set the selected fixtures to the levels in the library before or after the selected library Updating a library To update a library with the levels on the keypad follow these steps This w
45. rding cues groups and submasters You can also use Park to force a cue to load into a specific fader or to stay parked in the first available fader A parked cue will not be bumped off its fader unless the new cue Is also parked You may park attributes as you park ordinary channels or dimmers To park an attribute at a level follow these steps 1 Goto ML Live or ML Blind and enter the fixture number 2 Press S1 Attribute and enter the attribute you wish to park 3 Press At and enter the level or the group cue sub master or library to park It at 4 Press Park Enter To unpark an attribute follow these steps Go to ML Live and enter the fixture number 2 Press S1 Attribute and enter the attribute to unpark 3 Press Park Enter Note To unpark all attributes and channels press Park Enter Using the Attribute Encoders to set attribute levels To set the intensity level for one or more fixtures using encoders follow these steps Go to the ML Live display 2 Enter the fixture s for which to set the attribute level 3 Use the keys below the touchscreen to select the desired page of encoders 4 Turn the encoder dial for the attribute you want to change Obsession Moving Light Supplement 25 Recording cues groups and submasters You can record cues groups and submasters with all or some of the fixtures and attributes v fno fixtures are selected then Record and Update aff
46. s teh NN 58 Automated Fixture 59 B BACK IG UG x ad doe tur qaa ots 11 C Categories Chane sid da 5 anes 44 DST Morata 59 Channel Order sais ais 59 EQ ste sata aio pels 36 D Data Type AttributeS caruit rt aia 32 Denno eana de doi Glee 60 PHIAONOSUCS a ea h e e dedo 11 Discrete Data 60 DMX512 Order sese 60 63 E Encoders Backlighting hs o Resp ated aic 11 Changing attribute 49 HET Water so errada 9 m RUECRTTTTUITQTLISITITOUOCIM 58 Set levels i va ama act ipd ides 24 Ge Beach OA 5 63 AS O 46 Ethernet SUD ta es iu Aris 10 F Fixtures CODY deut dod does ton das oe 60 DENNOM esa ado ooo 60 MIA ts ort ee ae a 18 OT NER SE RS RENS 18 INTOQUCIO Ns d tie i ict da 7 ESA IN 30 A ek Bea ee 58 SEEING LEVES 44 5440 dates 22 A ul e tenu aed 17 18 Frame Table eh d iste 38 60 Long label 4c d C at 39 H Home Level POLES eiu Rated Yeu 33 DeM ns cto da 60 Home Litas 28 60 L LCD Bae SWORN sidad 11 Levels CROWS M PIE 22 23 ONECAKING aem do P OL ERERM 23 Libraries Deno s ut deos deg dos de n de 61 DECC cai dls 29 Dis clic ute cap dr ode crm od e Sed af 20 IDEE OQU CU ODE soterrado Sone 8 Bo A UD 29 BID a a 31 Io leaomer tossed reru av er Bean hon 58 RECODO ges d ae JE td wt 2 27 Vo esii daina ag ae ninaa 28 SI da 28 64 M MISCO Sms distet dad feret 3 PONE tte erase CR BERE 56 ML Displays Navigate scans 20 Do EE amare a8 as NE 21 P PETS OMNIS Sos
47. screen If no fixture is selected press lt or gt to select the cue before or after the current one Press Page or Page to scroll the screen five fixtures to the right or left This doesn t affect selected attributes or fixtures Obsession Moving Light Supplement 21 If Library is on the command line Next and Last scroll through the libraries applying their settings for the selected attributes to the selected fixtures If you hit a library that doesn t have a setting for the selected attribute the fixtures revert to their original levels Selecting fixtures and attributes Fixtures are numbered from 1 to 500 If you are entering multiple fixtures use Thru or AIl Attributes are numbered from 1 to 64 If you are entering multiple attributes use Thru or AII Enter attribute category commands using the softkeys labeled Position Image Beam and Color or an LCD attribute button if you have an Obsession ML console to select all attributes in a category Undo ML Live and ML Blind Press Undo to clear the command line or to toggle the level of the last channel or attribute changed by a command line command Obsession Moving Light Supplement Setting levels If you select a fixture in an ML display it is placed on the attribute encoders Its fixture number is highlighted in yellow and the screen scrolls to display the fixture if nec essary If a range of fixtures are
48. se disregard Chapter 18 Printing in the Obsession user manual v 2 4 and use the information below on printing instead Information regarding each of the following may be printed Show Functions Cues and Cue Moves Submasters Groups Effects Channel Usage Setup Functions System Settings Input Output Configuration Patch Profiles SMPTE Events Macros Memos ML Functions Personalities Fixture Attributes Patch Fixture Patch Libraries Attribute Display Encoder and Touchscreen Setup Obsession Moving Light Supplement 53 Printing options Select from the setup menu to go to the main menu for printing options Press Setup 6 Enter to go to the Print Functions menu Print Functions Print Functions You may control the printer from all Print Functions sub menus as follows e Stop the printer temporarily by pressing S1 Pause Printer he printer continues until all characters in Its memory have been printed then stops Press S1 again to resume printing e Cancel a print job by pressing S2 Cancel Printer The printer continues until all characters in Its memory have been printed then stops Print show functions From the Print Functions menu select option 1 and press 54 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Enter to go to the Print Show Functions submenu Print Show Functions Print Show Functions Obsession Moving Light Supplement 55 Following is a brief explana
49. ss S3 Attribute and enter the attribute number for the encoder or trackpad 6 Press Enter The attribute is assigned Obsession Moving Light Supplement Touchscreen This touch sensitive LCD screen shows an Attribute Button display or a Library Button display The Attribute Button display shows a button for every attribute patched in the show The buttons are labeled with the attribute they control When you select a fixture the screen high lights the buttons for the attributes in the selected fixture Use the buttons to select attributes on the command line When you press Library the screen shows a button for every library with recorded information for the currently selected fixture The library s number and label appear on the button Setting up the touchscreen The Touchscreeen Setup display lets you set up where attributes appear on the LCD touchscreen when it dis plays the Attribute Button List The Attribute Button List shows up to 23 buttons each of which has an Attribute label As you work with attributes you can use the buttons to select the attribute you want Touchscreen Setup There are three pages of Attribute buttons Each page has 23 attribute buttons and one Next button that switches the display to the next page Obsession Moving Light Supplement 51 Touchscreen Auto Setup After you patch the fixtures you re using you may have the Obsession create a default touchscreen button setup You can
50. tegory buttons on it they can use those If not they can use the category softkey to bring up a second level of softkeys with the categories on them The following table describes each of the available categories Position attributes control the physical position of the fixture Position attributes include Pan and Tilt Beam attributes control the quality of the fixture s field Beam attributes include Intensity Zoom Focus Iris and Frost Image attributes control the shape of the fixture s field Image attributes include Gobo and F X Color attributes control the color of the fixture s beam Color attributes include Color Cyan Magenta Yellow etc All other attributes are in the None category These attributes include Speed Control Reserved etc To change an attribute s category follow these steps 1 Press Setup 11 3 Enter 3 Enter to select the Attribute Display Setup display 2 Enter the attribute s number 3 Press S2 Category then press the softkey that cor responds with the desired category 4 Press Enter Labeling an attribute To change the label for an attribute follow these steps 1 Press Setup 11 3 Enter 3 Enter to select the Attribute Display Setup display 2 Enter the attribute number to label 3 Press Label and enter the new label using the alpha numeric keyboard 4 Press Enter The new label is assigned Obsession Moving Light Supplement 45 Mov
51. ters SL Note This release of ML software does not Short Label use scrollers thus the short label is not used As each frame is created it decrements the Frames Remaining counter displayed at the upper right of the screen 40 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Setting up a new frame table To set up a new frame table for a discrete attribute follow these steps Note The attribute s data type must be discrete for it to have frame tables 1 8 g Press Setup 1 3 Enter 1 Enter to select the Personality Setup display Enter the number of the personality to edit and press Enter Press S5 Pers Editor Enter the number for the discrete attribute s channel order and press Enter Press S7 Frame Editor The Frame Editor display appears with one default frame in place Press 1 Thru and enter the number of frames i e colors gobos you want Press S2 Start Value 0 and enter the offset you want for each frame For example press 1 Thru 1110 S2 01 21161 to set frame 1 to a start value of O frame 2 to 26 frame 3 to 52 and so forth Select a frame to label Press Label and enter the long label for that frame using the alphanumeric keyboard Press Enter 10 Repeat steps 8 through 10 to label each frame Editing a frame You may edit the settings for an existing frame To do so follow these steps 1 Press Setup 1 3 Enter 1 Enter
52. the proper ETCNet connection calibrate the touchscreen and adjust the backlighting levels of console displays Also you can test the function of all console controls if you wish but this operation is intended for diagnostic pur poses rather than for console setup 1 Start with the console power off 2 Disconnect the ETCNet cable from the console 3 Switch the console on to reboot the system soft ware 4 After the software has booted dots appear at the bottom of the screen in place of startup messages simultaneously press Stop Back and Go The Console Setup display appears The Console Setup display lists the following functions 1 Ethernet setup 2 Touchscreen calibration 3 LCD Backlight Setup 4 Facepanel Diagnostics Press the number of one or more of these console setup functions to go to the respective display s When fin ished with all functions press S8 Return to leave console setup Reconnect the ETCNet cable Ethernet setup There is only one choice in this display If your system has an ethernet hub the correct UTP Cable setting is NOR MAL If your console is connected directly to the pro cessing unit the correct UTP Cable setting is CROSSED Toggle between these settings by press ing 1 Enter Enter on console keys Return to the Console Setup display by pressing S8 Return Obsession Moving Light Supplement 11 Touchscreen calibration The console may arrive without t
53. the fixture before it You can manually set the offset for the starting channel by entering the start channel in step 5 pressing and entering the desired offset For example entering 1 Y 1 0 assigns start channel 1 to fixture 1 11 to fixture 2 21 to fixture 3 and SO On 18 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Additional fixture configuration 1 Press Setup 1 3 Enter 2 Enter to select the Fixture Patch display Enter the fixture number If you wish to label the fixture press Label enter the label on the alohanumeric keyboard and press Enter If a remote dimmer is to control the fixture press S4 Remote Dimmer and enter the dimmer number Press Enter The fixture s personality must be set for remote dimmer use See Using a remote dimmer on page 35 for more information If you wish to reverse the location of the pan and tilt attributes from their personality setting press More ooftkeys 54 Swap Focus Enter If you wish to use a different frame table for the fix ture press S6 Frame Table enter the table number 1 4 and press Enter See Frame Tables on page 38 Editing the fixture list You may move or delete fixtures on the fixture list To move a fixture follow these steps ls Press Setup 1 3 Enter 2 Enter to select the Fixture Patch display Press More Softkeys S5 Move Fixture Enter the fixture number press At and enter the new fixtur
54. the number for the attribute s channel order and press Enter 5 Press S2 Data Type and select S1 8 Bit S2 16 Bit or S3 Discrete 6 If you want the attribute to be independent press S4 Independent 7 Press S5 DMX Order and enter the position of the channel within the fixture s DMX512 assignment 8 Press S6 Home Value and enter the attribute s home level 9 Press Enter Using a remote dimmer Most moving lights have a dimmer built into the fixture itself If your fixture doesn t you must assign a remote dimmer to the Intensity The dimmer may be in a special rack or it may be in the conventional dimming rack To change the personality s remote dimmer status follow these steps 1 Press Setup 11 3 Enter 1 Enter to select the Personality Setup display 2 Enter the number of the personality to set for a remote dimmer and press Enter 3 Press S5 Pers Editor More Softkeys S2 Remote Dimmer 4 Press Enter 36 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Editing channel orders You may insert new channel orders into the channel order list move channel orders to new locations in the list and delete channel orders from the list To insert or delete a channel order follow these steps 1 Press Setup 1 3 Enter 1 Enter to select the Personality Setup display Enter the number of the personality to edit and press Enter Press S5 Pers Editor More
55. tion of the printouts that can be ordered from the Print Show Functions submenu and how some printouts may be customized A list of cues in the current show including each cue s attributes and the levels of all channels in the cue A list of move information for cues in the current show Information includes all channels that rise or fall in the cue all channels that are blocked or tracking and the levels for each of them A list of cues in the current show including each cue s attributes Full information about all submaster memories including upfade dwell and downfade times and rates and labels Also includes levels of all channels in the submaster Submaster list Full information about all submasters including upfade dwell and downfade times and rates and labels A list of groups in the current show including each group s label and the levels of all channels in the group A list of groups in the current show including each group s label A list of effects in the current show including complete information about the effect and each step within the effect Effect List A list of effects in the current show including each effect s label Channel Usage A report based on your current settings in the Channel Usage display NOTES e For cues you may prints parts of cues as follows 1 Select options 1 2 or 3 from the Print Show Functions menu 2 Entera cue number Press Part then enter the part number 4
56. utomated fixtures and color scrollers Encoders and trackpad The encoders are dials on an ML console that control attribute levels Turn the encoder clockwise to Increase the level and counterclockwise to decrease the level There are six encoders and you may assign any attribute to them Above each encoder is an encoder LCD that shows the encoder s current attribute on the top line and Its current level on the bottom line for the selected fixture If multiple fixtures are selected it displays three dashes for the level When a fixture is selected that has the current attribute then the backlight for the LCD is turned on When the current attribute is not part of the selected fixture then the backlight is turned off Obsession ML provides six pages of encoder assign ments An encoder page is a set of attributes assigned to the encoders and the trackpad The trackpad is a touch sensitive device that reads hori zontal or vertical motion on the trackpad surface and adjusts a fixture s pan and tilt Typically this is used for pan and tilt but any attributes may be assigned to the trackpad Obsession Moving Light Supplement Getting started Obsession Il console setup The first step with a new Obsession ll console is to go through the console setup procedures This section does not apply to an older model Obsession console that has been upgraded with version 3 1 system software Console setup functions enable you to establish
57. y Setup screen and label a custom attribute to be the same as the desired attribute Each personality holds up to 64 attributes and each attribute can appear in the personality once Note This release of ML software does not support the Flip function independent Independent attributes do not go to zero when you press Blackout or enter Go To Cue Zero They are also not affected by the Grandmaster If you enter Go To Cue Out independent attributes go to zero DMX512 The DMX512 Order determines what Order dimmers are patched to the channels when a fixture is patched The DMX512 Order for 16 Bit attributes requires two values one for coarse and one for fine The DMX512 Order is determined by the fixture Read the manufacturer s documentation to the determine the correct setting Home Level The Home Levels are stored in a default Home Library Library 0 for fixtures that use this personality Use the home library to bring the fixture quickly to its default levels Frame Table Discrete attributes have a frame table and you can edit the table by selecting the attribute and pressing S7 Frame Editor See Frame Tables on page 38 for more information about frame tables 34 Obsession Moving Light Supplement Creating a new personality If you don t have a personality that matches your fixture you may create a new personality The new personality must have a unique name label This process creates a new personality Once it
58. you want to reset to the saved backlighting levels such as if you reset them but decide not to save the new settings press 56 Reset Settings Return to the Console Setup display by pressing S8 Return Facepanel diagnostics The function of every control on the facepanel of your console can be directly verified in this display Return to the Console Setup display by pressing Black out Stop Back and Go Obsession Moving Light Supplement Personalities A personality is a file containing a description of the attributes you use to control a given fixture or device and the order in which the attributes are mapped to DMX512 addresses The Personality Setup screen allows you to load create and save new personalities Personalities can be stored on the hard drive or on diskettes Personality Setup Your console comes with a collection of personality files for many common moving light fixtures stored on the hard drive To use a personality you must load it into your show You may have up to 20 personalities in a show and these can be loaded from the hard drive or a diskette ET C s personality files are compatible with any of ETC s Obsession consoles running 3 1 software By saving them on diskettes you can load personalities into any Obsession console running ML software ETC will develop personalities for most ML fixtures with occa sional updates Personality files are available for down load from ETC s World Wide Web
59. your local dealer or ETC at 800 688 4116 Using the supplement The first part of the supplement Getting started tells you how to do basic setup for moving lights control The second part Working with moving lights gets you started controlling your ML fixtures The third part Advanced setup give you instructions for creating your own person alities and attributes The fourth part Hardware setup describes setting up and using an Obsession ML console The supplement ends with a glossary of ML related terms If you have any questions about the software or your con sole please call ETC Technical Service at 800 775 4382 If you would like a copy of the full Obsession User Manual you may download it free from ETC s site on the World Wide Web The address for ETC s site on the web IS htto www etcconnect com At this location you will find information about ETC and ETC products including user manuals User manuals are available in Adobe Acrobat format and can be displayed or printed with the Acrobat Reader A link to Adobe s Acrobat site allows you to download a free copy of the Reader if you need it Obsession Moving Light Supplement 7 ML functions and terms Before you use the software you should learn a few new Obsession functions that help you use moving lights The names of these functions are Fixtures Attributes Per sonalities and Libraries Fixtures Fixtures are multi attribute DMX512 devices Typically
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