™ Lighting Control Console User Manual Version 2.1.0 Copyright © 2013 Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. All Rights reserved. Product information and specifications subject to change. Part Number:4330M1210-2.1.0 Rev A Released: 2013-12 ETC®, Eos™,Eos Ti™, Gio®,Ion®, Element™, Emphasis®, Expression®, Insight™, Imagine™, Focus™, Express™, Unison®, Obsession® II, ETCNet2™, EDMX™, Revolution® and Sensor+®, are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. in the United States and other countries. ETC permits the reproduction of materials in this manual only for non-commercial purposes. All other rights are reserved by ETC. ETC intends this document, whether printed or electronic, to be provided in its entirety. Table of Contents Introduction . .1 Welcome to Element . .2 Using this Manual. .2 Register Your Element . .3 Online Element User Forums . .3 Help from ETC Technical Services . .4 Other Reference Materials . .5 On Screen Prompts . .5 Help System . .5 Important Lighting Concepts . .5 Chapter 1 Quick Start . .7 Getting Started . .8 Hardware . .8 Power Up the Console. .8 Power Down the Console . .8 Getting the Lights On . .9 Setting Levels Via Channel Faders . .9 Setting Levels Via the Control Keypad . .9 Recording a Lighting Look . .10 Recording a Submaster . .10 Chapter 2 Element Overview. .11 Console Geography . .12 Control Keypad Layout . .13 Terminology . .14 Littlites® . 14 Cleaning Element . .15 Outputting DMX . .15 Console Capacities . .16 Output Parameters . .16 Channel Counts . .16 Cues and Cue List . .16 Record Targets . .16 Faders . .16 Chapter 3 System Basics . .17 The Central Information Area (CIA) . .18 Browser . .18 Collapse/Expand the CIA. .18 1 Lock the CIA . .18 Command Line Prompt . .18 Favorite CIA Display . .18 Locking the Facepanel. .19 Using Softkeys . .19 Context Sensitive Softkeys . .19 Changing Softkey Pages . .19 Using the Browser . .19 Displays . .20 Virtual Keyboard . .20 Using Direct Selects . .21 Direct Selects in Flexi Mode . .22 Clear Functions . .23 Display Control and Navigation . .24 Opening and Closing Displays. .24 Selecting Displays . .24 Moving Displays. .25 Scrolling within a Display . .25 Expanding Displays . .25 Show File Indicator . .25 [Data] Key . .25 [Label] Key. .25 Using Flexichannel . .26 Using [Format] . .27 Zooming Displays . .28 Chapter 4 Managing Show Files . .33 Create a New Show File. .34 Open an Existing Show File . .34 Selective Partial Show Opening . .36 Merging Show Files . .37 Printing a Show File . .38 Saving the Current Show File. .40 Using Quick Save. .40 Using Save As . .40 Importing Show Files . .40 Exporting a Show File . .41 Importing Custom Gobo Images . .41 Imported Media and Partial Show Open/Merge. .42 Deleting a File . .42 File Manager . .42 Backup Show Archive . .42 2 Element User Manual Chapter 5 Setup . .43 Opening Setup . .44 Show . .44 Desk. .47 Chapter 6 Patch. .51 About Patch . .52 Displays . .53 Patching Conventional Fixtures . .54 Patching By Channel . .54 Range Patching . .54 Labeling . .54 [At] [Next] . .55 Patching By Address . .55 Flexichannel Views in Patch . .56 Using Output Address vs Port/Offset. .56 [Dimmer/Address] [n] [/] . .56 Creating multi-part and compound channels . .57.