EOS to CONGO JR transition

Question

Hello All- 
 I am about to be presented the opportunity to start working with a Congo jr. v 4.3 board. Unfortunately I have only ever used EOS and ION boards. 
 I do not need to do anything difficult. all I need to do is path about 16 dimmers into channels, and learn how to program cues. If anyone could give me advice or descriptions of how to complete that process I would be very appreciative. 
 
 Thank you

GregThomas · Accepted Answer

Yes there is a terminology difference. Instead of a cue and cuestack, You create presets which are a look without any timing information, a Snap shot photo if you will. The cue stack is a "Sequence" of these presets, with timing information added. Congo family consoles use a lot of reference data. You can write a show as you might have previously, where everytime you press record it creates a preset into the next step in the sequence. As you get more experience you can re use common presets in muliple sequence steps so you don't have to recreate looks or copy them, and if you find out you need to adjust the look due to a change, insead of editing multiple cues, you can adjust the preset once and all the "looks" that reference that preset will be updated as well. 
 Syntax will be different as well as it is an RPN based syntax. Remember it is always "Number, Action". For example "[2] [Ch]annel [5] [0] [at]" Sets channel 2 at 50%. [5] [Group] or [3] [preset], always number action. 
 
 Good Luck!

corey cascio · Answer

When you press Record on Congo, by default , a preset and a sequence step is recorded 
 both with same number. 
 
 Congo Software v4.3.0 is an old software version. 
 Current version is v6.3.1 . Between the versions there 
 have been many changes and new features added. 
 
 I would recommend asking the owner of the console if the Congo Jr software 
 can be updated to the current v6.3.1 which can be downloaded for free 
 from our website.