ETC Eos Family Show Control - Manual (Page 23)

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MIDI Show Control
Data Sources
Eos Family consoles can receive MIDI Show Control (MSC) data from a MIDI input source. Your
console can receive data from any of the available 32 sources, which have Group IDs of 1-32.
While MIDI consists of many types of data, your console will respond to only MSC data. Other MIDI
transmitted data is ignored by the console.
Eos Family consoles can also transmit MIDI Show Control data.
MIDI Show Control Devices
MIDI Show Control data carries a device ID (MIDI channel) within the data packet. MSC setup, see
Show Control Setup, page 5 , allows for the specification of two device IDs: one for reception and
one for transmission. This is different than the ACN Group Tx and Rx IDs, which are the show
control gateway source ID, and transmitting ID.
Only MSC data that matches the MSC Receive Channel in Setup, or an All Call ID (127), will be
interpreted by your console.
All outgoing MSC data contains the specified transmit device ID, as specified in Setup, see Show
Control Setup, page 5 .
Eos Family Command Interpretation
When your console receives a command from a MIDI source, it will look for and support the
following MIDI commands in the following ways:
• Go Runs a cue
• Stop Pauses a cue
• Resume Resumes a paused cue
• Set Controls a submaster, playback, or Grandmaster
• Fire Runs a macro
The cue-related commands (go, stop, resume) affect the console based on the cue field also
contained within the MSC data. The cue field will correspond directly to the console’s cues. In the
command/effect tables below, if a field is present in the MSC data, the name is indicated (such as
“Cue”). If it is not present in the data, a “-” is indicated.
Go
When accompanying a MIDI “Go” command, data for the following fields will result in the following
effects
Cue Data
Field
List Data
Field Effect
Cue List Runs the specified cue in the specified cue list
Cue - Runs the specified cue in the default cue list
- List Runs the next cue in the specified list
- - Runs the next cue in the default cue list