Product Line: Express Description: System and Remote
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1. Product Line Express Description System and Remote Interface software Version 3 02 Engineering Change Order ECO 4202 Effective Date July 2 1998 Version 3 02 system software supersedes versions 2 0 and 3 01 system software for consoles and remote interface units in the Express family which includes the 125 250 24 48 48 96 and 72 144 consoles Version 3 02 software code corrects a number of software problems that existed in version 3 01 code see Problems corrected in version 3 02 below Version 3 02 also adds a new feature live effects recording to those made available in version 3 01 code This 3 02 upgrade is available in a kit or can be download from the ETC website The kit contains not only 3 02 system software but also the Expression Personality Editor and a key cap modification to re label the solo key Install all software in accordance with the associated installation documents after first making sure that your system meets the compatibility requirements specified below Contents of this ECO release Express console software 1 diskette labeled Express Version 3 02 Software Express Remote Interface software 1 diskette labeled Express Version 3 02 Remote Interface These Software Release Notes Installation Instructions P N 4131L1008 eR New kit available Upgrade kit number 411081004 is also being released under this ECO This kit contains the Contents of the ECO release identified above and t2. When beginning to create a new effect cue the And key will not let the user select steps 1 amp 2 as Thru does If you try to load a 600 cue Expression show into a Express 48 96 you get an out of memory message due to memory fragmentation Patch any fixture and bring it up Now press Fixture 0 and the fixture box does not update to fixture 0 If you have a effect running in the background and use the override to knob down to 00 it is not indicated on stage even though the cue continues to run When you try to only update a channel it will bring in the current focus points on stage If you start off recording part cue 1 in Stage and go into Blind to modify the same part you cannot unless you add another part A cue linked to a macro that contains a Go will clear the Background Overrides display When you load in a VL5 16 Ext personality the attributes for the extended part Resrv 5 6 7 amp 8 are not set up in the encoder pages The user must manually enter those fixture attributes in the Encoder Setup Deleting effect steps When you delete a effect step it can leave empty steps that still run If you try to park a group that uses a focus point setting that group at full does not keep the focus point link Deleting a group of submasters will not work U S racks running with Sensor 2 14 will report as European Electronic Theatre Controls North America 3030 Laura Lane e Middleton Wisco
3. 124 Recovers without locking up Erroneous DMX512 signals sent out at shutdown and sometimes lights are left on or brought up if dimmers hold last look Happens once every 10 20 shutdowns MIDI MSC Firing a macro that has Go in it also sends out the Go If you capture channels using or with And or Thru then press Channel again it does not release the And or Thru ETCLink Errors System Status sometimes clears errors and updates the display and sometimes doesn t ETCLink time out message appears in System status Dimmer status but not in Rack status or Load status without ETCLink connected You can get submasters 50 and 51 stuck on when doing a learn macro submaster bump 51 is not even in the macro ETCLink Sometimes the console holds in waiting for data does not time out or lock up but the ETCLink information does not come back until you cycle power on the console Usually after a CEM reset ETCLink Changing a CEM address does not update dimmer information stored in the console Booting up an Expression console with ETCLink will send back a No DMX message Record cue 4 run in A B fader press Enter three times and all channels change to the level that the highest channel is at You can put a subroutine in a subroutine but it stops the cue when it reaches that step Printout Top two border lines are missing from page 2 on Sub List ETCLink Multiplex B dimmers will not set CEM 2 04 ETCLink No message
4. console ETCLink Load Management displays faulty characters and the lines are shifted when there are Load Errors It also will display a actual load of 80 when it should be 800 Cue List display When you run a loop of cues in one fader pair and regular cues in another then clear the faders you get a cue listed wrongly in the top line This is the line for the cue you would back into Sometimes that cue number will stay the same even after running other cues ETCLink Recording Dimmer loads does not work with the list for dimmers above 200 Express 48 96 Subs setup 1 1 Press Bump Buttons 23 24 22 21 19 18 together the respective channels flicker around in level While holding those buttons press Bump 17 Flicker stops also try 16 10 9 and8 2 1 Real Time Clock When you change the format of the clock from 12 to 24 or visa versa real time events do not run Manual playback of a cue that has a link to a macro will bring all channels in the fader to 00 subs unaffected The fader status box will show a timed fade is running When time runs out the faders become inactive and channel levels are locked Pressing Go again will cause the channels to jump to the correct level and start the next cue Disabling the blackout key and accidentally pressing it during a cue loop with a linked Go macro will stop the loop at that particular cue Write a loop of cues and run A About Channel l slows levels and fade in increments o
5. overload the console and face panel communications Recording an effect with no steps causes it to act like a crossfade cue and display random channels levels when executed 4110L1008 Released 7 98 A 000983 A 001069 A 001073 A 001089 A 001090 A 001097 A 001140 A 001142 A 001178 A 001247 A 001335 A 001422 A 001432 A 001433 A 001435 A 001450 A 001453 A 001457 A 001482 A 001483 A 001484 A 001485 A 001486 A 001487 A 001495 A 001500 Macros are not synchronized between tracking consoles May terminate in different places ETCLink Never see the Non AF Rack message on the console when trying to record loads on a Non AF rack CEM 2 1 Message appears on CEM ETCLink messages clear with any button press Easy to miss Messages use the keystroke to clear the ETCLink message but do not do the action In a system with a lot of error messages you cannot get anything done You must unplug ETCLink and then turn it off ETCLink with CEM 2 04 reports all racks with Advanced Features Problem is in CEM code ETCLink problem with recording loads Dimmer list from console may be strange Reported in 1 6 Remote Video Interfaces lose a Net Packet during disk operations MIDI Show Control sending several MSC non system commands and one lighting command overloads the buffer and causes the console to execute the wrong command Several pyro commands and Go123 execute a Hold or a Go on
6. 0008 B 000080 B 000081 B 000082 B 000083 B 000084 B 000111 A macro printout will not show region or power up macros Focus Points fail to print Effects display can fail Sneaking groups that contain certain channel levels will lock the console up Selecting a non existing cue in spreadsheet can cause a lockup Flexi channel mode will fail to show all channels The Y Rate wheel will switch to X Rate if X Y is deleted from Encoder setup Selecting a new cue from blind effects does not reset the softkey bank Effect cues are truncated to 10 steps and not saved to disk Problems corrected in version 3 01 A 001221 A 001339 A 001455 A 001575 A 001781 A 001782 A 001800 A 001801 Page 2 of 8 Group nn wheel up to any level then press At Results in the upper window showing a level of 0 Press level jumps to O and upper window shows level 1 At and level jumps to 0 and shows 0 in upper window Out of Memory Message needs to be added When you record cues after the memory limit it appears to record the cues but they will not run and they disappear when you cycle power Roll a Channel up on the wheel at 60 and the prompt will display 59 Release after Link doesn t release both channels It captures the second or linked channel In patch the Show Labels button does not apply When running a loop of cues press Hold and make some changes The record operation cancels the hold You cannot continue the loop Whe
7. Channel to another level Track Record Result The 1st level the channel was set to is now tracked into the Allfade cue Channels that are put into the default part run in the time set for Part 4 instead of the time for Part 8 Set the Console for X number of channels and Y number of dimmers clear show and patch patch is reset 1 1 and channels and dimmers are reset to their maximum number you cannot bring any channels greater than X to a level reset number of channels and dimmers to the same maximum number they are set for and all is OK Record a small show with some groups If you go into flexichannel ode you end up with some extra channels that are not used anywhere Express only Off Trigger Help Message says Turn on a Remote Device If you use track record to modify a cue you lose all parts except part 8 which it forces to a 0 count You then need to delete the cue and start over because it cannot be rebuilt Track through a allfade cue with 5 cues written and cue 5 is an allfade In cue 2 change channel 12 which has not been used yet to 50 Track Cue 2 Enter Check cue 5 and channel 12 is at 0 Go back to cue 2 change channel 12 to 75 and track cue 2 Check cue 5 and channel 12 shows up at 50 It will change to the previous level if you change that channel again and track it Learn a macro from the Setup display If you do not press Stage and learn the macro within setup your operations are recorded but the
8. Rebooting the console clears it up Tracksheet a channel is at a level there is a bunch of effect cues after the effect cues the channel is at the same level but it is displayed in blue If you change the level before the effect cues and record to Track the change does not Track after the effect cues If the Channel is not at a level and you set it at a level before the effect cues and record to track the level will track past the effect cues but will be displayed in blue in the first cue after the effect cues After a 789 deep clear the first time you change polarity on a Express the twisted pair options setting does not initialize the relay Tracking consoles can get out of sync when running continuously looped cues macros and ETC Link Creating a subroutine by selecting a range cues restricts either all whole number or all point cues in the subroutine ETCLink Recording a Backup Look sometimes produces two messages back that it has recorded the look Tracking System If a sub bump is pressed while changing all bumps to disable in system setup that bump gets stuck on and will not release X Y channel links fail to work properly If you are in sub list pressing Sub 1 Thru 7 Label Clear the Clear hit adds sub 8 to the list and each subsequent Clear hit adds the next higher sub number After running real time program 1 if you try to reassign it for a later time it will not run It runs when entered as program 2 with
9. a later time or the original program is recorded again with a new time Pressing Setup while a macro is running can cause a macro to freeze momentarily until you press Stage having skipped the steps that it would have run while in Setup 4110L1008 Released 7 98 A 002035 A 002036 A 002047 A 002048 A 002051 A 002055 A 002057 A 002058 A 002110 A 002125 A 002386 A 002777 A 002779 A 002780 A 002781 A 002783 A 002785 A 002796 A 002825 A 002847 Sitting in a cue on stage go to sub list hit Go the gt moves to the top line on the cue list display to point to the previous cue while the current cue is displayed in gold in fader box If you are not in a cue when you look at submaster list hit Go the previous cue is not displayed Press Go again and the gt points to the previous cue and the current cue is displayed in Gold in fader box and cue List Power up Macro to read Disk without a disk in the drive behaves differently when run by pushing M Power up flashes No Disk in Drive then returns to Please Stand By and hangs before returning to message No Disk in Drive Running a macro by pushing M runs normally Record some groups and go into flexichannel mode Now try to put groups into effect steps Some will go in and some won t Express only When downloading code to nodes they may need to be rebooted if they are not seen at the
10. back to the console when a load is OK again CEM 2 04 Load check does something but does not seem to find dimmer load errors CEM 2 04 ETCLink reported a load change error from OW to 10W CEM 2 04 ETCLink Clear loads from the console Dimmers still highlighted as if they had a load error in the Dimmer Status display CEM still displayed the load error The loads were erased from the Dimmer Status display Load errors were erased from the Load Management display CEM 2 04 LPC ETCLink If Rack 1 is off line it is impossible to get rack information with the face panel LPC Submaster bump button if you change rate with the arrow keys it does not appear on monitor upper right window but does appear on the LPC s LCD display and on monitor bottom bar 4110L1008 Released 7 98 Page 5o0f8 A 001507 A 001511 A 001513 A 001514 A 001517 A 001518 A 001526 A 001534 A 001611 A 001676 A 001754 A 001785 A 001786 A 001787 A 001788 A 001792 A 001793 A 001797 A 001803 A 001804 A 001805 A 001807 A 001856 A 001857 A 001872 A 001894 A 001895 Page 6 of 8 When releasing parked dimmers DMX Port A fails but then returns to normal ETCLink Tracking Sometimes gets out of sync Master No Errors Slave Errors No error message with ETCLink set unset dimmer ETCLink Load Check in progress on Master but not Slave An ETCLink record loads message does not show up on another console a
11. display is in mode O and gets confused and doesn t take you into the setup menus In the sub list display there is a problem toggling the dwell time between Hold and Manual Background Overrides In Stage any channel level in background will disappear as soon as you press Background Overrides Full Tracking Backup tracking If you start both consoles and switch to the B unit before pressing Clear for the beta software message the A unit will not respond to any key hits The message also will not come up on the unit B only A You cannot select a fixture and a focus point without grabbing all channels the focus point uses Channels come in by column with effects set at focus point 0 If you have 100 channels that wrap around on 5 steps all set at focus point 0O the first column will run all channels at incoming DMX 1 The second column will run all channels at incoming DMX 2 and so on You cannot delete any cues in spreadsheet while tracking is engaged The background overrides help message is misspelled Conpletes Profile O can be edited using the Full or Level keys When inserting a subroutine step on top of a Hold for Go style step the insertion writes over the existing step 4110L1008 Released 7 98 Page 3 of 8 A 002899 A 002902 A 002903 A 002904 A 002905 A 002906 A 002907 A 002910 If your stage look is written on one submaster and you try to update the look it clears out al
12. f about 5 steps When typing in a number using a decimal point and the keys to scroll through values you are forced to enter in a whole number or press Clear After you have a certain number of fixtures patched you can bring up the next consecutive number the next available fixture slot in the fixture window and the blue keypad corner which does not exist If the only cues recorded are mulitpart you can only change part times Therefore the Time button LED should only be allowed on after the part If the user is writing a subroutine and wants to delete a cue from a step they should not be able to have a step or steps highlighted and be able to delete the entire subroutine cue Patching fixtures with multiplexing Found on Insight 3 Certain fixtures will not patch to multiplexed channels even when the patch Is reset 1 1 If you lower the channel count to 50 channels and raise it back to its highest count all while in flexichannel mode there is no way to see the other channels unless you select them In Blind on Express you cannot use the cue key to scroll up and down the cue box list It stops at the current cue on stage as the gt scrolls off the cue list box It can also leave gaps and miss cues like 1 5 4110L1008 Released 7 98 Page 7 of 8 A 002852 A 002862 A 002872 A 002882 A 002884 A 002885 A 002886 A 002891 A 002901 A 002908 A 002925 A 002943 Page 8 of 8
13. he following items 1 Paper copy of the Expression User Manual Supplement 2 Personality program and its online help file 1 diskette labeled Expression Version 1 0 Personality Editor This diskette also contains a computer readable version of the Expression User Manual Supplement pdf extension and personality files ors extension 3 Expression Personality Editor QuickGuide Version 1 0 paper copy 4 New Feature Announcement NFA Live Effects Recording P N 4131L1009 Compatibility requirements Express systems upgraded to version 3 02 software require e Version 1 8 console software or later e Version 1 02 boot EPROM or later e Sensor CEM software version 2 14 or later for ETCLink support 4110L1008 Released 7 98 Page 1 of 8 New features and enhancements in 3 02 Version 3 02 is improved over version 2 0 as follows e 24 48 console increased to 96 channels e 48 96 console increased to 192 channels e 72 144 console increased to 240 channels e Astro clock is supported e Dimmer profiles can be edited e European dimmer rack support e Spreadsheets e Focus points e LTP latest take precedence channels are supported e 16 Bit fades e Moving light patch e Increased channel counts on most consoles e Expanded effects including live effects recording e Selective recall e Channel mode submaster solo mode and two scene mode are now stored with the show Problems corrected in version 3 02 A 002900 A 002939 B 00
14. l levels set by the submaster on stage A stage display printout will not display focus points and can bring up arbitrary focus points and levels If you create link 52 or above it becomes impossible to add channels to that link Record lockout has no effect on editing profiles If you Track record a cue in Stage or Blind of a 100 cue show there is a long delay that halts the system This causes Full Tracking Backup to fail When the user modifies a existing personality in Off Line then loads it into the show with a fixture already patched with the same personality name the modified personality is not updated When writing a sub effect the Add Channels softkey is not on the first page When programming a effect cue in blind pressing About Channel 1 will wipe out effect steps If the user presses Clear they will still not be able to view or create new steps until Cue is pressed Result Group Recorded message flashes until you press n Problems remaining in version 3 02 B 000072 B 000077 B 000085 B 000086 B 000087 B 000088 B 000089 B 000090 B 000091 B 000093 B 000094 B 000095 B 000096 B 000097 B 000100 B 000101 B 000103 B 000106 B 000107 B 000108 B 000109 B 000110 A 000517 A 000800 A 000844 A 000846 Page 4 of 8 The trackpad X Y position link is disabled Effect Steps should not track into cues Adding a group cue with a decimal to an effect will not work Setting groups w f
15. n editing or creating a real time event you must exit the Real Time Program display before shutting off the power to the console Events are only saved when you exit the display If you accidentally hit the wrong of Macro when recording a Macro you cannot enter Clear and must either re enter the Macro or press 0 several times 4110L1008 Released 7 98 A 001802 A 001816 A 001818 A 001820 A 001893 A 001899 A 002034 A 002043 A 002044 A 002049 A 002054 A 002056 A 002400 A 002776 A 002789 A 002794 A 002795 A 002881 A 002892 A 002893 A 002896 A 002897 A 002898 In Express The Position softkey help message is spelled postion in one occurrence Cue 1 is channel 1 10 40 Group 1 is channel 4 amp 5 FF Cue 1 Go A B Channel 2 10 Group 1 Results Channel 2 is highlighted in addition to channels 4 amp 5 If the first cue recorded in the show is an effect you cannot record any Part cues Submaster bumps set to Solo should hold if Wait is set to Hold Currently runs as Manual regardless of setting With no Groups recorded Press Channel l n At n Record Group Effect press S1 step N Enter Group Cue since Cue is ignored its LED should not turn on Set a cue type as an allfade in a previous cue take a channel that is at 00 set it to a level Track Record Go back and edit that same cue previous to the Allfade change the same
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17. ocus points at levels less than full doesn t work Part 1 is only allowed to be updated from stage Selecting Fixtures using Thru can bring up undefined fixtures Focus Points used in effects are incorrectly tracking After canceling an effect cue recording the next step causes the cue to run Bringing in focus point references for Groups and Subs in Spreadsheet doesn t work Updating a cue causes the next cue in the list to be itself Purge Flexi can cause memory error Focus points are arbitrarily copied into cues when changing type in cue list The user cannot select fixtures using Thru in Solo mode Focus point at zero track differently in Flexi channel mode Non existing focus points will bring up channels Except Group will not work with Unpark Creating a focus point using Solo in Flexi Mode will fail to display channels The Mac500 and Mac600 have incorrectly flipped bits Effect Sub softkeys can lockup when using or ML fixtures can be patched with no dimmers left on the port The wrong softkey bank is displayed in blind Going through numerous channels in tracksheet may cause a system lockup If you press keys 7 and 8 on the RFU together all of the keypad LEDs go out If you press 7 and 9 most of the LEDs come on Insight submaster LEDs do not always properly initialize on power up Random LEDs turn on including both LEDs set at the same time MIDI devices that constantly transmit running status can
18. t a different address even though that console can t do anything until the record loads is finished ETCLink Tracking can get two Record Backup Look Complete messages on the console it was done on ETCLink console reports Look Complete before the five second fade is complete MIDI Non programmed submaster sends out a Note On message but not a Note Off message A timed submaster running sends no Note Off Help message for Record Loads Requires Dimmers be set at level We also allow a list which is much easier to use Cycle power on MIDI sending gear may send out a signal that causes the Expression 2x to ignore MIDI until the you cycle power on the console When in dimmer monitoring the switch mode level of a fluorescent dimmer appears as a boost value There is no Out of Memory message for groups The Dimmer Check box will clear with most key presses Using Except when selecting cues in tracksheet causes the previously selected cues to be released And and Thru do not get you out of Except Press Dim N S6 Park and the upper right window disappears The prompt line doesn t ask for a level whereas if you press S6 Dim N it does During the cue record process if the decimal point is accidentally pressed you cannot clear it without starting the record process over ETCLink Change the rack address on the CEM ask for ETCLink information on the console Console tends to hold in Waiting for Data
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