ETC Element - About Mark; Automark

190 Eos Family v2.9.0 Operations Manual
About Mark
Mark is an instruction that automates the process of presetting moving lights to their required
state in a cue, prior to fading intensity up. This allows your moving lights to unobtrusively
perform non-intensity parameter transitions in an inactive (darkened) state.
AutoMark
The AutoMark feature is a system default setting and can be turned off on a cue-by-cue basis if
required.
With AutoMark enabled, non-intensity parameter transitions occur in the cue immediately
preceding the cue in which the changes are stored, if intensity in that cue is moved from zero to
any active level. Therefore, the preceding cue executes the AutoMark.
AutoMark information is displayed for cues or cue parts. AutoMarked cues are indicated by an
M in the M column of the playback status display. AutoMarks will execute using the time of the
cue in which the moves are stored.
Conditions Triggering an AutoMark
The following rules determine when an AutoMark is applied and how it is deployed:
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The marked cue must have a move instruction for intensity of moving lights above zero or
null.
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The marked cue must have a move instruction for non-intensity parameters of those
channels.
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AutoMark will not occur if the channel is receiving an intensity instruction from another
source (such as a submaster or HTP fader).
Allowing a Live Move
It is possible to override AutoMark on a per cue (or cue part) basis. The override is available
through a softkey, {AutoMark Off}. When enabled, the cue that executes the mark will have an
“M”in the flags field. If AutoMark is disabled, allowing a live move, a “D” is displayed in the
flags field of the cue or cue part where the data is stored. By using AutoMark with multipart
cues, it is possible to have some parameters mark and others move live. See About Multipart
Cues (on page274) .
Cue Level Mark Timing
Mark instructions will use cue level timing unless overridden by the {Mark Time} setup option.
Located at Setup> System> Cue Settings> Mark Time, all mark instructions will use this time
instead of cue level timing. See Cue Settings (on page133) for more information.