ETC Eos Family Show Control - Manual (Page 15)

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Time Code
Eos Family consoles have time code functionality available to execute a list of events that will play
back following incoming internal or external timing values.
Time code lists can receive timing data from either SMPTE or MIDI sources. Eos Family consoles
accept up to 32 SMPTE sources and 32 MIDI Time Code (MTC) sources (each are numbered from
1-32). Up to 64 sources can be received simultaneously.
Enabling Time Code
Eos Family consoles have global settings to enable or disable reception of MIDI Time Code and
SMPTE. These are found in setup, See “Show Control Setup” on page 5.
If the MIDI Time Code setting is disabled, all MTC event lists are disabled as well. Each event list
can be enabled/disabled individually using the internal and/or external field. Off is disabled,
regardless of the global setting in the setup screen. The same is true for SMPTE.
Timing Data
Timing data is given in the form of (hours) : (minutes) : (seconds) : (frames). Therefore a timing
value of 06:25:15:24 would be 6 hours, 25 minutes, 15 seconds, 24 frames.
The number of frames per second is determined by the timing source and the event list must be set
to this same number of frames when programming. Number of frames can be 24, 25, or 30.
Color coding
The color of the time in the “Status” column of the event list display indicates the source of the timing
data. The colors and indications are:
Green - Valid external timing is being received.
Red - The internal clock is the data source and is running.
Grey - No timing data is available.
You will also see an indicator in the upper portion of the main display if valid internal or external time
is seen.