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1. #Importing lightwright 6 patch into eos console for mac#
2. #Importing lightwright 6 patch into eos console full#
3. #Importing lightwright 6 patch into eos console code#
4. #Importing lightwright 6 patch into eos console Offline#
5. #Importing lightwright 6 patch into eos console windows#

#Importing lightwright 6 patch into eos console for mac#

Keyboard shortcut for Mac users is Command, Shift G. Go to Utilities>Create Console Group from Selected Worksheet Rows. This is a big show for me, so it will run well out of what my screen shot will display. In Lightwright, select all of your FOH fixtures by clicking on the first item, holding shift and clicking on the last item. I like group 900 to be all front of house fixtures for when the main comes in, and then groups 901-904 to be all lighting in wings 1-4. There are five groups I always have in my shows, and they are a treat to do in Lightwright.

#Importing lightwright 6 patch into eos console windows#

Now that everything is speaking (assuming Windows Firewall isn’t being “helpful” and preventing it), let’s make some groups.

#Importing lightwright 6 patch into eos console full#

Depending on the show file size, it may take a full minute or two for the first sync to be complete. Click the box at top for Use Console Link and I would suggest clicking the box for Get All Cues Now if you have any in the board. If you are on a PC, and are using both Lightwright and EOS on the same computer, you will need to enter 127.0.0.1 instead of the console IP. In the dialogue box that opens, input the IP Address of your console (found by pressing About in EOS and reading the info on the left under IP).

Now click the Light bulb shaped icon in the upper right hand corner. In Lightwright, go to Setup>Dimming&Control and under Console type, select the only choice: ETC EOS Family. I have the ports numbered (80) for use with TouchOSC, but they are not relevant to Lighwright. In EOS, go to Setup>System Settings>Show Control. Start up Lightwright if it’s not already and make sure both are in the same show file. It will save you hours of misery in the future.Ĭlick Accept and exit the Shell.

This little “1.0 vs 1.1” thing is worth remembering for ANYTHING else with OSC integrating with EOS. Breaking with tradition- you want to choose the older protocol version 1.0 NOT 1.1. Immediately below that, notice that there is a pulldown menu for OSC to choose between two versions of the protocol. In the network tab, scroll down to Interface Protocols and make sure that UDP Strings & OSC is turned on. (Check out my earlier blog post that covers exporting data from Lightwright and importing it into EOS.) Today, we will get the two applications linked and then build some groups that would be very annoying to build without OSC.īoot up your console, or open EOS Nomad and go into the shell by clicking Settings. In this case, ETC opened up all functions of EOS to OSC control, and Lightwright developed functions to import all your show data and then name cues, create scenes, push all the short labels from Lightwright into the patch of EOS, create and manage groups, as well as the better-known ability to turn on lights for focus or patch check. OSC (Open Sound Control) is a protocol for communication between computers. The latest versions of Lightwright have addressed the needs of Programmers and Designers in really compelling ways through the use of OSC. The functions of load and patch error checking alone make it worth the purchase on a large show. Save the file as a new file with the Fileformat "Text with MS-DOS format"Ī text file gets saved as if it were saved as an export from Lightwright to EOS.I’m a big fan of Lightwright, probably since a great deal of my early career included being a Production Electrician. If you plan to use this macro more often, save this macro to your PERSONAL macro's so you can use it from every excel file you open.

#Importing lightwright 6 patch into eos console code#

Now copy copy and paste the code at the bottom of this post into Module 1. Browse to the attached "Wysiwyg to EOS Excel Macro.BAS" file. Click “File” and then “Import File” on the menu bar.

Now press “Alt-F11” to open the VBA editor. In Excel make sure you have macro's activated (In security settings) and Developer menu's activated in Ribbon settings. Make sure you check the "Use standard English headers" checkbox Please see the attached Wysiwyg to EOS.wyg file for an example. If you plan to do this more often you can put it in your wysiwyg template (.wyt) Add ONLY the following Columns in this order:Ĭhannel, Spot, Type, Purpose, Color, Patch Universe, Patch Address In DATA view make a new Columns Shortcut

#Importing lightwright 6 patch into eos console Offline#

ETC EOS offline or online version 2.7 or higher Microsoft Excel (with macro's activated) There are a few steps you need to do, so only do this with large shows, where it would be a lot of work to type everything twice. It might need a little polishing, so let me know if this works on your set-up and find a way to improve or streamline this a bit more. Here is a very dirty way to export the patch from Wysiwyg into an ETC EOS Console with the help of Microsoft Excel.