ETC Element v2.1.0 - Manual (Page 106)

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Sneak
The [Sneak] function moves channels to levels or restores to the background level in time. This can
be a new manual level, or to previous levels after making a manual change. Sneaking channels to
their previous state is similar to the Expression release function, except sneak has the ability to
release in time.
If there is no background state from the playbacks, the channel intensity will be set to 0 and non-
intensity parameters will be set to their home position. The sneak command follows the sneak
timing default established in
Setup, page 43 , unless a timing value is provided as part of the sneak
command.
The playback status display will show a red counter for sneak time. If multiple sneak times are being
used, the most recently fired sneak time will be displayed. For an example of the sneak counter, see
Indicators in the Playback Status Display, page 261 .
The sneak command can also be used to send a channel parameter to a specific destination, either
with or without timing. The following examples illustrate the various methods of using the sneak
command:
• [5] [At] [5]<0> [Sneak] [8] [Enter] - sneaks channel 5 to 50% in 8 seconds.
• [channel list] [Sneak] [Enter] - releases manual control, setting parameters to their
background state. If there are current values for those parameters from a playback, those are
the values that will be restored. If there are no values from a playback, the parameters are set
to home (or default) position.
• [Sneak] [Enter] - when no channels are selected, restores all channels with manual values
to their background state.
• [Sneak] <Time> [3] [Enter] - restores all channels with manual values to their background
state in 3 seconds.
• [channel list] {Color} [Sneak] [Enter] - sneaks color of the selected channels to the default
or background state.
• [Group] [5] {Color Palette} [9] [Sneak] [Enter] - selects group 5 and sneaks it to color
palette 9 using default sneak time.
• [Group] [3] [At] {Color Palette} [1] [Sneak] <Time> [7] [Enter] - selects group 3 and sneaks
it to color palette 1 in 7 seconds.
• [Sneak] [Sneak] - leaves intensity as currently set but sneaks NPs. This works with or without
a channel list selected.
• [Shift] & [Sneak] - makes any manual data unmanual. The values will remain but they will no
longer be available for [Update] or [Record Only] operations. When used with an empty
command line, this will affect any and all manual data. When used with a channel selection,
only those channels will be affected.