09.01 Record Lighting Cues ETC Gio
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Record a Cue
| Commands / Actions | Description |
|---|---|
[Live], [Clear] [Sneak] [Enter] and ring any subs/faders down | Prepare to Record |
[Group] [2] [At] [30] [Enter], [8] [At] [35] [Enter] | Set levels for specials |
[Record] [Cue] [1] [Enter] | Stores cue 1 - note channels turn blue |
[2] [+] [5] [+] [6] [At] [35] [Enter] | Adds additional lights to look |
[Record] [2] [Enter] | Stores cue 2 - note channel colors; note we did not specify cue |
[2] [+] [6] [Out], [Group] [2] [At] [60] [Enter] | |
[31] [+] [32] [+] [36] [+] [37] [+] [41] [+] [42] [+] [46] [+] [47] [Out] | Levels going up and down in cue. |
[Record] [3] [Enter] | All content will be recorded in cue 3 |
| Run the first fader (with sub 1) up to 75%. | |
[Record] [Next] [Enter] | Stores next cue (4)—note channel colors. Adds the sub values into the cue; sub values cannot be removed with fader. |
| Bring the first fader back down. | |
[1] [Thru] [9] [Out], [8] [At] [50] [Enter] | |
[Record] [Next] [Enter] | Stores next cue (5). |
Record Cues with Time
| Commands | Description |
|---|---|
[Select Last] [Out],[Group] [2] [At] [80] [Enter], [Group] [10] [At] [30] [Enter] | Selects channels that had been used. |
[Record] [6] [Time] [3] [Enter] | Stores cue 6 with 3-second up/down time. |
[151] [Thru] [154] [Full] [Rem Dim] [Enter] | Set levels using Remainder Dim. |
[Record] [Next] [Time] [2] [Time] [7] [Enter] | Specifies split up and down times (7). |
[36] [Thru] [50] [At] [50] [Rem Dim] [Enter] | Set levels. |
[Record] [8] [Time] [6] [/] [2] [Enter] | Specifies split up/down time with slash (8). |
Remember: Pressing [Select Last] multiple times loops through the last five selections.
Record with Time and Label / Delete Cues
| Commands | Description |
|---|---|
[32] [Thru] [34] [At] [50] [Enter], [33] [+%] [+%] [+%][41] [Thru] [50] [At] [25] [Enter], [3] [Full] [Full] | Set levels. |
[Record] [Next] [Time] [3] [/] [5] [Label] Speech [Enter] | Stores cue, timing, and label (9). |
[Select Active] [Out] | Takes all active channels’ intensities out. |
[Record] [10] [Time] [0] [Label] Blackout [Enter] | Stores cue, timing, and label (10). |
[1] [+] [3] [+] [6] [Full] [Enter], [Group] [2] [At] [25] [Enter] | Sets levels for new cue after blackout. |
[Record] [11] [Time] [2] [Label] Entrance [Enter] | Stores cue, timing, and label (11). |
[10] [Full] [Enter] | Sets levels for new cue. |
[Record] [11] [.] [5] [Enter] | Stores a point cue. |
[Delete] [Cue] [11] [.] [5] [Enter] [Enter] | Deletes a cue; does not renumber. |
[Go To Cue] [Enter] | Refreshes the current state of the cue list and the DMX output of the console. |
Ion Classic note: Select Active and Select Manual are both softkeys when you hold [Shift] and press [Select Last].
Delete Cues note: Cue 11.5 is still on stage although it was just deleted. The console is still outputting the last DMX levels. Use [Go To Cue] [Enter] to refresh.
Go To Cue
[Go To Cue] uses Go-To-Cue timing established in Setup.
| Commands | Description |
|---|---|
[Go To Cue] [Out] [Enter] | Sets all values to home and resets all cue lists active on faders to the top of the list. |
[Go To Cue] [0] [Enter] | Sets all current intensity values to zero and resets the current cue list to the top of the list, without affecting non-intensity parameters. |
[Go To Cue] [Enter] | Refreshes current cue. |
[Go To Cue] [Next] or [Last] [Enter] | Takes you to the next or previous cue in the active list (like Back). |
[Go To Cue] [5] [Enter] | All parameters with values in cue 5 fade to those values, even if they are tracked, in the Go To Cue time. |
[Go To Cue] [6] [Time] [Enter] | Fades to cue in the timing of the cue. |
[Go To Cue] [1] [Time] [2] [Enter] | Fades to cue in 2 seconds. |
[Cue] [7] [Master] (Load), then press [▶] (Go) | Loads a specific cue to the main faders and then runs in that cue’s time. |
Note: When loading a cue on the Master Playback Fader, look at the Pending Cue in the PSD.
References
Excerpted from Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC), Eos Family Console Programming: Level 1: Essentials Workbook, version 3.3C (May 2026), pp. 22–23 and p. 25 . Reformatted as Markdown tables for educational use.