...The
house console at her
venue is an
express 250 and the
venue we are going to is an Obsession 600. I have done conversions from
strand to
express multiple times using
ASCII. I can't find any
OLE for the Obsession. Any way to get this show from the
express into the Obsession 600? Will the Obsession 600 take an OBII file in any way?
For those of you who don't have Footer's connections: Unfortunately, there is not an easy way, short of retyping the show file, to convert
Express Show files to Obsession (especially Obsession I). Obsession I
line consoles will not read an Obsession II file. Companies such as those that Derek posted:
...
West Side Systems can convert FROM just about anything TO just about anything, for a for a fee beginning at $250.
do provide such a service.
Also,
ASCII import is not supported in any of the Obsession OLEs.
As for Obsession I
OLE versions, they are available for download from the
ETC Website
here. Please note that these are
DOS based programs intended to run on Windows 98 or earlier computers.
For Obsession 2
OLE versions, please see the
ETC Website
here. Please note that early versions of these OLEs are intended to run on
DOS based operating systems and will not work on later Windows versions. Obsession II 5.2.3 Offline is the latest version of
OLE and will work with Windows systems including Windows 7. It also supports more advanced
ASCII export for use when importing to
Eos Family consoles (or other consoles that support
ASCII import).
There are also some limitations converting from a version 3.x to a version 4.x+ file that may impact your experience with the
console and
OLE. If you have questions about those impacts, or need more information about the conversion process, please either PM me or
call us at 800-688-4116.
Finally, the thread that Derek linked mentions use of a third party program called DOSBox. I have spent some (non-work) time playing with it and if you are interested in my results, please
send me a PM and I will be happy to discuss further with you.
