ETC Express - Interfacing with External Devices; ETCNet; Remote Trigger; MIDI Show Control; ETC MIDI

Express LPC QuickGuide, v.3.1 9
Interfacing with external devices
You can do more with your LPC if you use it to control or be controlled by
external devices. Following are the ways you can operate the LPC with
external devices and how you would go about implementing them.
ETCNet
The Express LPC supports ETCNet, a proprietary ETC network operating
with Ethernet protocols, that allows you to operate a wide variety of ETC
devices together. These devices can include ETC’s Remote Interface
Units (RIU) or Remote Video Interface (RVI) devices. You can also use
ETC’s newer interface devices, such as the ETCNet2 DMX Node or the
ETCNet2 Video Node. Network interface devices can provide DMX512
outputs that mirror those of the LPC. They can also support remote
monitors and alphanumeric keyboards that mimic those at the console
and Remote Focus Units (RFUs) for remote control.
Information about installing an RIU or RVI is available in the Reference
appendix of your Express User Manual. Information about installing the
newer ETCNet2 devices is given in their respective QuickGuides. To use
ETCNet2 interface devices with an Express LPC, you must set the device
to operate on ETCNet. See the Upgrade Software section in the Appendix
of your Express User Manual for that procedure. Use unshielded twisted
pair wiring (UTP) when making network connections between any
interface device or network hub and the Express LPC.
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Remote Trigger
If you are operating an external device that may be controlled by a switch
closure, you can control that device with the LPC Remote Trigger feature.
See the Installation appendix of your Express User Manual for an
explanation about how to wire the LPC’s Remote Macro port for this
purpose. Information about programming the Remote Trigger is found in
the Control Interfaces chapter of your Express User Manual.
MIDI Show Control / ETC MIDI
See Chapter 24 Interfaces of your Express User Manual for information
about using MSC and ETC MIDI.
Connect the external MIDI device, such as a MIDI Sequencer, to the
LPC’s MIDI “In” port. If any other device should receive the MIDI signal,
connect the LPC’s MIDI “Thru” port to the “In” port of the second
receiving device. If MIDI information will be generated within the LPC,
such as to control the external MIDI device, run a cable from the LPC’s
“Out” port to the “In” port of the external MIDI device.
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Older Express LPC models also supported thinnet wiring, which is compatible only
with RIU and RVI interface devices. If using an older Express LPC and thinnet, see
the Installation Appendix of your Express User Manual for special information and
information.