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Expression Off-Line
Shows for the Express LPC are often created in the same type of console
for which the LPC is designed as a playback device. But you can also use
ETC’s console emulator, Expression Off-Line, which runs on an IBM-
equivalent personal computer. Expression Off-Line reproduces virtually all
of the functions of the LPC software using simulations of the same keys,
controls and displays that you find on the console itself.
When you create shows in Expression Off-Line, you are not constrained
by the lack of a label key and alphanumeric keyboard as is true for an
Express console. Not only can you create shows in Off-Line but you can
also use Off-Line to label things, such as real time programs, cues, groups
and channels. Labels attached in Off-Line stay with the show when
transferred to the Express LPC, where you can view them with an
attached video monitor. Instructions for labeling in Expression Off-Line are
given in the Expression Off-Line QuickGuide.
Off-Line and its QuickGuide may be obtained without charge from your
dealer, from the ETC website at www.etcconnect.com or from ETC
Technical Services. Information about reaching ETC Technical Services at
several sites around the world is given on the back page of this document.
Upgrading software
Upgrading software in your Express LPC is analogous to upgrading
software in an Express console. You can also use the LPC to upgrade the
software of any remote interface devices connected to the LPC and set
its network configuration.
The procedure for upgrading software in your LPC is the same procedure
given under Upgrading software in Appendix A of your console user
manual, with a few exceptions. These are noted below.
Upgrading the LPC
• Setup display ~ Step 5 of the procedure recommends that you verify
the upgrade in the Setup display. In the LPC, execute the autocontrol
for the Setup display (M7 / M4).
• Reset System ~ Step 6 requires you to reset the system after the
upgrade. To reset the system in the LPC, follow the procedure below.
1. Go to the LPC Setup display if you’re not already there (see
above).
2. Activate the Plus autocontrol (M7 / (M1 and M2)). Tap M7 three
more times to get to the Clear Functions choice on the Setup
menu.
3. In the Clear Functions display, execute the autocontrol for softkey
S1 (M7 / (M1 and M6)).
4. Confirm the reset by executing the autocontrol for Enter (M7 /
(M1 and M3)).
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