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Congratulations on the purchase of your Entertainment Technology Marquee ILC Lighting Control Console.

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Marquee is a powerful, yet easy to program and operate theatrical control system that truly does marry dimming and automated control like no other desk. The key is in the software design, using the familiar Windows XP style, although the face panel gives you the direct access you've come to expect from a professional lighting console. The core fade engine works on the Last-Action philosophy, meaning levels and attributes stay put until another control moves them, freeing you from recording all channels in all cues. This lends itself nicely to the multiple cue list environment Marquee also boasts. Below are links to full-fledged help topics that describe some of the keys features that make Marquee a very powerful desk:

• Abstract Control Model - Horizon Control's ACM is a whole new way of thinking about controlling moving lights. It frees the designer from the crazy world of DMX charts and lets you think of the lights in your rig as tools to aid you in your design.

• Adding Effects with Marquee is as easy and convenient as making a gobo rotate clockwise. Effects can be added to any attribute or attribute family and from that point onward in the show, the parameters of the effect track, just like any other attribute value.

• Busking - With Marquee's unique approach to storing entire looks, rather than just levels, the slider panels become incredibly flexible tools to busk shows live. The setup and operation is far faster than other desks and core fade engine allows you to build up extremely complex looks and then tear them back down to their primitives in any order.

• Move In Black - Never again worry about manually marking your moving lights so you don't see unwanted live moves on stage as cues come up without being limited to global parameter timing. Each cue possess its own MIB timing as well as MIB Suppression.

• Timing parameters are extremely flexible, from individual attribute family's wait, fade and profile settings for every cue, to traditional cue part architecture and extending into the very powerful Independent Timing of every attribute in every cue.

• Updating Cues - It couldn't be made easier: Just press [UPDT] and Marquee presents you with a list of possible items to update given your most recent changes, including the current cue, palettes used in the current cue, track-back cues or Looks that are being controlled by slider panels.

• Track Sheets - Examining what is going on in your show during editing sessions can sometimes be very tedious. Marquee's Track Sheets give you a clear idea of what is moving when (intensities or attributes) and even tells you when it moved last.

• Safety Net Features - Tracking Backup, Mirrored Saves, Checkpoint Files and Recovery allow you to program and operate your show in a worry free environment.

 To take advantage of this service you must have:

•  a shared Internet connection in your building (Cat5 connection from the Marquee processor to your building's LAN)

• a telephone near your console to talk LIVE with Horizon Control Support Staff. Call +1-412-422-3100 x2

• a credit card (first 15 minutes per console are free!)

Billing is accounted for in 15 minute blocks of time (or any part there of). For the latest rate information check www.horizoncontrol.com

Tip of the Day

By default, the Tip Of The Day is turned on when you start up Marquee. You can scroll through tips by pressing the [S2] key on the desk and close the tip by either pressing [ENTER] or [REL]. It is tempting to turn it off, but keep in mind that these brief tips were written to point out some of the more subtle features Marquee has to offer. You would have to do a lot of reading of the on-line help or printed manual to get these hints.

 You can read tips anytime by selecting Tip of the Day from the main Help menu.

   On-Line Help

Why read the manual when it is all on-line. Every dialog box has context sensitive help by just pressing the [HELP] button. Press [HELP] then any other button to get a description of its uses. Press [HELP] twice to get the full help contents. The on-line help has advantage over the printed manual as the hyperlinks allow you to jump around very quickly from topic to topic.

  The full and up-to-date manual is also available on-line at www.horizoncontrol.com.

   Marquee Control Panel

When you are running the main software and no moving lights are selected, you can press [S4] to reach the processor’s Control Panel. The Control Panel gives you access to general functions like changing the date and time, adjusting how the trackpad works and setting up your network connections. Marquee comes loaded with useful software like Notepad, Internet Explorer and MS Media Player. Listen to MP3s or CD while you work. You can also launch a hardware test to make sure all your buttons, LEDs and sliders are working properly from the Control Panel.

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