DELL Lighting Control System User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Introduction

  5
  • Using this Quick Guide

    6
  • Help from ETC Technical Services

    7
    • Americas

      7
    • Europe

      7
    • Asia

      7
• System Overview

  9
  • Emphasis Options

    10
    • Server Types

      10
    • Channel Counts

      10
    • Facepanels

      10
  • System Components

    11
    • Emphasis Server

      11
    • Emphasis Facepanel

      11
    • Emphasis Visualization

      12
    • Emphasis Console

      12
  • Installation Guidelines

    13
    • Hooking Up the Hardware

      13
    • Connecting a Printer

      14
    • Software Installation

      15
    • Registration

      17
    • Upgrades

      19
  • System Procedures

    20
    • Power-up Procedure

      20
    • Login as a Different User

      21
    • Shut-down Procedure

      21
  • Troubleshooting

    22
    • How do I find the software version?

      23
• Emphasis User Interface

  25
  • Overview of the Console User Interface

    26
    • Stage vs. Blind

      26
    • Select Channels and Set Levels

      27
    • Select Channels, Dimmers and Fixtures

      27
    • Captured channels and the [Release] command

      30
    • Record Cues and Submasters

      32
    • Cue Playback

      33
  • Overview of the Emphasis Visualization User Interface

    34
    • Mode and Layout Tabs

      34
    • Menus and Toolbars

      34
    • Shortcuts

      36
  • Patch

    37
    • EDMX

      37
    • Where do I patch my channels?

      37
    • Patch Conventional Lights in Emphasis Console

      38
    • Patch in DATA mode

      39
    • Insert Fixtures

      40
    • Enter and Edit Data

      41
  • Saving Your Work

    42
    • File structure and disk functions

      42
• Quick Start

  47
  • Emphasis for Experienced WYSIWYG/Expression Users

    48
    • Patching and EDMX

      48
  • Basic Show Creation for New Emphasis Users

    49
    • Tutorial

      49