The Lighting Controller

I would just like to peruse the Manual of ShowXpress, to see if it's what I need, but when I open the Control Board, or the English manual that was included in my download of the program, all I get is a 4kb file that opens to say "Manual Test." This is only a 1 page document. Is it possible to just get the manual somewhere else? I can't seem to find it on your site. Thanks.

And while I'm at it, if I'm trying to use the software for theatrical show design, is this the best designing/running program that you offer for me? Are there others? ShowXpress is all I found on the Chauvet website, and that appears to be most of the lighting I will be purchasing. Any hints as to whether I seem to be headed in the right direction?

JBloomrosen wrote:I would just like to peruse the Manual of ShowXpress, to see if it's what I need, but when I open the Control Board, or the English manual that was included in my download of the program, all I get is a 4kb file that opens to say "Manual Test." This is only a 1 page document. Is it possible to just get the manual somewhere else? I can't seem to find it on your site. Thanks.

The manual is not ready yet. Sorry.
V5 of the software contains a full manual as it is not beta

JBloomrosen wrote:And while I'm at it, if I'm trying to use the software for theatrical show design, is this the best designing/running program that you offer for me? Are there others? ShowXpress is all I found on the Chauvet website, and that appears to be most of the lighting I will be purchasing. Any hints as to whether I seem to be headed in the right direction?

ShowXpress is a fantastic lighting program for many uses. It depends what your style of lighting is though. If you have a roof of generics and just want to fade some up and others down I would use a normal console. If it is more 'intelligent' lighting based (or all preprogrammed) then I would definitely recommend ShowXpress, it is excellent for 'intelligent' lights.

Hope This helps.
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We are working on the manual and it should be completed soon. Once it is done, there will be an announcement made for all to download.

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