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Can you tell me the correct format for importing show data into console. I have a Strand .ssf file from a current version 500 series desk. I have saved a text file of the cues but I cannot seem to get console to import this data. I remember from Maclux that I had to strip some headers off the file to get this to work and I have tried stripping it down so that the first line reads ident 3 and the last reads end data, but with no luck so far. Tried the import ascii mode but it can not see the file in this mode.

Strand ".ssf" show files are not ascii files. Similar to ETC ".shw", they are a Strand specific format. Apparently, to convert to ascii you need to use Strand ShowPort to create a ".asc" file, which is what LXConsole will open/import.

Strand .ssf files may be a wrapper around ascii if what you suggest is true. If this is the case, you might be able to remove the proprietary stuff from before and after the ascii and be able to import the remaining ascii.

LXConsole opens/imports files with a ".asc" extension as ascii cues. Not all text files have the same encoding. LXConsole will read UTF8 or MacRoman encodings. (This shouldn't matter for basic ascii cues. But, ascii cues with extensions may have characters that require conversion.)

LXConsole expects files to begin with an "Ident 3:0" line and end with "enddata". However, it is possible to copy and paste partial ascii sections and LXConsole will attempt to parse them. (Edit -> Paste ASCII).

Well that was easy - just replaced the .txt extension with .asc and the same file came in cleanly. Thanks.