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When equipment goes bad out in the field, it's often extremely helpful if the owner/end user can keep track of the circumstances of the failure. This is especially true when the problem is intermittent and might not occur when the technician is present. Service Technicians are exceptionally skillful...
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When looking for a monitor for the Expression (1) or MicroVision family of consoles you will be looking for a CGA monitor, which is an older video format that is not compatible with the current video formats (VGA_ or (SVGA). These consoles cannot be upgraded to the new video format, so you will either...
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Manuals MicroVision User Manual MicroVision FX User Manual MicroVision Features Six manual faders that control programmed submasters Five pages of submasters memories 125 control channels Proportional softpatch that accommodates up to 512 dimmers 200 cue capacity per show Disk drive that can store up...
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Expression (1)- line consoles have a double density (DD) disk drive. Many sites have been using high density (HD) disks with these consoles because either they don't know, or they can't find any dual density disks. Using high density disks in these consoles is very risky, as the disk drive writes...
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Problem: Having problems loading show disk into ETC Edit. Solution: Make sure that the show was recorded on a DD (Double Sided, Double Density: 720kb) disk. If you get the following error message: "Unable to create temporary scratch file. Possible Cause: Default Show Directory is set to a non-existent...
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Problem If you cannot find double density floppy disks for use with older consoles, there is a workaround. Solution If you need to format a DD diskette for an Expression (1) console, but do not have a console to do it on (e.g. if you are using ETCEdit) you can format the disk via DOS using the following...
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Kyle Chepulis at Technical Artistry (www.tany.com) has developed an upgrade video card specifically for the MicroVision FX that allows it to output a standard VGA signal in parallel with its old-style CGA signal. Go to www.tany.com and click on Links (Far right). Note : ETC does not sell this device...
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If a customer requesting a monitor for their old Expression (1) and MicroVision family console, explain to them that the consoles only supported an older video format (CGA) which is not compatible with the current video format (VGA) or (SVGA). They will not be able to find any off the shelf monitor....
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Problem When turning on the console, several channels pop on to full. This only happens when I have a show loaded into the console. When I have do not have a show loaded it does not happen. Solution Turn off the Chase unit. The chase unit on this console chases whatever is in Sub masters 1 thru 6. (Or...
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Problem The Microvision is setting all/most of the levels on the console to 47 without the user setting anything. The Grandmaster will pull the levels down to 0 (zero) but no matter what will go back to 47 even with no show loaded. Solution The Microvision FX has "Analog Readbacks" turned on...