The About button shows system information as well as channel source information

Usage

With nothing in your command line. Pressing About will show you the current system information for the lighting board application. You can see the current version, number of cues in the showfile, and IP address of the console.

You can also use about to see information about any target. This is especially useful if you have a “Zombie Light” that is stuck on for some reason.

Press About again to close the window.

Examples

You want to check if your software is up-to-date. With an empty command line, press About and check the reported version against the latest download on the ETC website.

You are trying to figure out why a light won’t turn off when you go to cue 0. Type in the ID of the channel and click About to see where it is getting properties from.

On Keyboard

About is mapped to Y on a QWERTY keyboard

Bea MacDonald