Initial ETC Family Setup for Auditorium Lighting Software
Keywords: EOS, Lighting, Drama
Summary:
This guide is meant to help you set up the ETC software to point to the saved files on the lighting computer so you can work on the show files.
This involves opening ETC and going into the settings, then changing some settings and copying the shared file path so ETC can see the show files.
1. Open the EOS Family Welcome Screen.
2. You'll be greeted with the following window, click settings.
3. Then you'll want to open finder and look for the files which you are going to point the lighting software to, open finder.
4. Along the top of your screen, look for Go > Computer.
5. Follow the following filepath:
Macintosh HD > Users > Shared > ETC Files > Eos
(I recommend changing your view to columns pictured below, it makes things easier to see)
6. Now you'll want to right click one of the files and then hold down the Option or ALT key, then select "Copy (File Selected) as Pathname". This will copy the file path so we can paste it into the software.
7. Then click back over to ETC, which setting menu should look like what is pictured below. Click the file path which matches the file name you just copied; if you selected ShowArchive click the filepath next to "Show Archive Path" same goes with the others.
8. Delete the file path that exists in the pop up window, paste the file path that you just copied (Cmd + V) and then click enter. You may get a warning window saying the previous archive isn't empty, just click "Ok" and continue.
9. Repeat steps 6 - 8 for the other two files.
10. When you're done it should look exactly like the file path pictured below. Then click Accept.
11. Now to open the newest show file, navigate to the ShowArchive under shared and click the newest save. You should be good to go!