ETC Ion Control Console
ETC Expression III Control Console
Displays
Live - current view of levels on stage
Blind - view of recorded cues without changing current view on stage.
Set-up - Use to record your file.
Screen Diagrams
Left Screen | Right Screen |
Mode Label | Grand Master Setting |
Keypad Prompt Window | Cue Sheet |
Channel Display (Expand) | Submaster Window |
Cue/Submaster Description Line | Fader Windows |
Fader Windows | Submaster Descriptions |
Operator Prompt Line | |
Page Display |
Channel Modes
Reversed Red - Selected Channels
(Red box with white numbers)Red - Captured Channels
Captured channels will not move when playing back cues.
Click the Release Button to Uncapture channels.Blue - Recorded Channels
Green - Tracked Channels
Channels that have not changed from previous cues.
Record Function
Record - in Stage Mode
(What you see on stage is what is recorded )Record - in Blind Mode
(Cues are modified without the benefit of seeing the cue on stage.)Track/Cue Only
(Indication of levels for individual channel for single cue or all cues following.)
Creating Cues
Creating cues in Stage Mode
Time: modifying up/down/wait fade times
Hang/Follow: cues that begin automatically after previous cue.
Link: cues that follow automatically out of sequence.
Inserting cues: Cues can be added as decimal cues .1-.9
• Deleting cues: Cue only
Soft Keys: (S1 - S4)
Delete
Update
Flash
More Soft Keys
Automated Fixtures
Intelligent Lights : Choose fixture 1, 2, 3 or 4
Choose a focus point
Wheels at top of console operate appropriate channelsLEDs: Choose fixtures 5 htrough 10
PhotoFlood: Choose fixtures 11 through 20
Flashes only (10 hour lamp life)
Playing Back Cues
A/B fader & C/D fader
Clear
Back
Rate Rate wheel
Going to a different cue [GotoCue] [#] [Enter]
Controlling fades manually
Creating Submasters
Creating Pile-on submaster
Controlling submaster faders manually
Bump buttons
Creating Inhibitive submasters
Saving Your Work
Save show on hard drive
File/Save/Stage Lighting Folder/Your Group #