Can an EOS file be converted to use on a Grand MA

Hi Ian,

Eos can export a showfile to ASCII Format - this is an older format that will bring some patch, cues, intensity levels.

ML, Effects, other function will not be converted, and then lost in that format.

I think at some point MA could do an ASCII Import - so you could ask them. Then you at least have

Cue Info, and basic patch.

For future reference, if you have to go the other way, you can give us an MA Showfile, and we can bring

most of the show file information into Eos Format.

Hope that helps!

Hi Ian,

Eos can export a showfile to ASCII Format - this is an older format that will bring some patch, cues, intensity levels.

ML, Effects, other function will not be converted, and then lost in that format.

I think at some point MA could do an ASCII Import - so you could ask them. Then you at least have

Cue Info, and basic patch.

For future reference, if you have to go the other way, you can give us an MA Showfile, and we can bring

most of the show file information into Eos Format.

Hope that helps!

Definitely give yourself lots of time to play with the file in MA onPC (their offline software).  It seems like I have to convert a show file one direction or the other every 18-months or so, and it always takes much longer than I anticipate.

So it's totally possible to get some data into MA, but don't try to do it on the day of your show.

Hi Simon,

currently the file conversion can only be done by ETC, 

and not by you. 

Please email us at cc (a-t) etcconnect (d-o-t) com 

following things: 

- MA Showfile 

- Is it MA or MA2

- deadline

Will then get back to you. 

Thanks!

Has this changed in the last 7 years? 

Aspiring lighting designer, studying the different eco systems.

This hasn't changed. While ETC can help you to get MA showfiles into Eos, you might have to ask MA if the other direction is possible.