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Record a Cue

Commands / ActionsDescription
[Live], [Clear] [Sneak] [Enter] and ring any subs/faders downPrepare 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

CommandsDescription
[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

CommandsDescription
[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.

CommandsDescription
[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 external link and p. 25 external link . Reformatted as Markdown tables for educational use.

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