ETC Element v2.1.0 - Manual (Page 113)

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Storing and Using Submasters 101
Shield
Submasters can be shielded. The content of a shielded submaster is automatically
made exclusive and can't be controlled by anything other than that submaster and
park, including by manual control.
To set a submaster to shielded, press the {Priority} softkey. {Priority} toggles through
three options, Independent, Shield, and No Priority. No Priority is the default. The
priority column of the submaster list display will be blank if set to No Priority.
Channels stored to shielded submasters will display in yellow with a superscript ‘s’
beside it.
If channel parameters stored to shielded submasters were previously stored to cues or other
submasters, those instructions will be ignored on playback.
If the same channels are assigned to more than one shielded submaster, control of those channels
will be shared on either a LTP or HTP basis depending on the settings for the submasters.
To toggle a submaster between priority modes:
• [Sub] [7] {Priority} [Enter]
Submaster Background State
Submasters can have their background states disabled. Background states are enabled by default.
When enabled, the content of the submaster will act as a background or previous state for other
cues and submasters. When a submaster has its background state disabled, a “D” will be displayed
in the Submaster List background column.
For example, cue 1 has channel 10 at 25%. Submaster 1 is raised and has channel 10 at 50%.
Submaster 2 is then brought up and has channel 10 at Full. When submaster 2 is lowered to zero,
control will be returned to submaster 1. If submaster 1 is lowered to zero, control will return to cue 1.
Using the above example, if submaster 1 has its background state disabled, which makes its
content unavailable as a background state, then when submaster 2 is lowered to zero, control
would return to cue 1 and not to submaster 1.
To disable a submaster’s background state:
• [Sub] [9] {Background} [Enter]
Submaster {Restore} Mode
Submasters can be placed into restore modes of minimum or previous, which is the default. When
a submaster is in the restore to previous mode, the restore column of the submaster list display will
be blank. When in minimum mode, 'Min' will display in the restore column.
The restore mode of previous means that when the submaster is returned to zero, control will be
restored to the background value, such as another submaster or a cue.
The restore mode of minimum means that when the submaster is faded down, control does not go
to the previous background state but to the parameters’ minimum value.
To toggle the restore mode between “Previous” and “Min”:
• [Sub] [8] {Restore} [Enter]
Updating a Submaster
It is possible to make changes to a submaster in live mode. [Update] is used to store changes to a
submaster that is currently active.
• [Update] [Sub] [5] [Enter] - updates submaster 5 to include changes in live output only for