After having attempted to progam a few scanners on a Jands Event Plus years ago, I swore I would only ever use a proper moving light
desk. Although I haven't used many
ETC consoles, I can see that the control surface of the older desks (as has been said) was not designed for this purpose. It looks like hard work - but hey I find the 300/500 series too much like hard work.
I agree with the sentiment about trying to get another control. Theres no point in have the abilities of moving lights, only to be hampered by what you can do with them. And if you are not an experienced programmer, it is 500% worse trying to get your fixtures to do what you want.
A general point about using non-moving light controllers is
htp vs ltp channel control. Just thought I'd mention it for any newbies reading.