Lesson 10 Tut3
Overview
Here we explain the "Programmer" view - a tool that helps in programming and "debuging" your show.
Lecture 10: The programmer view
The Programmer is a helpful tool during programming your show. It logs all modifications you made and shows the current content of the "cue buffer".
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Remember the "save scene" dialog in DMXControl 2. On that step you have been asked to define the channels and values before finally saving the cue. The Programmer is a more extended view of this functionality. |
Let's illustrate this by an example. Perform the following steps:
- at first we open the moving lights shutters and select the color green
- second, set the gobos of all devices on "Gobo2"
- third, we set the group of front lights to 50% brightness
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The result is exactly shown in the programmer. Please be aware that the cue is not saved at this point of time, because further modification could follow.
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In case you change your mind on the current cue, you can press the Clear Programmer button in order to remove all settings und refresh the programmer.
Now you can see in the Programmer which values would be stored in the cue. When we save the cue you are able to select the desired items in the Programmer Filter that appears before. In the following example we do not save the "Generic Dimmer" (by deselecting them) because we probably want to save them in another cuelist.
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If your cue is OK, then assign it to a cue list or an executor by pressing the "Add new Cue" button and then clear the programmer (to provide "space" for the next cue).
In order to program quicker, there is the snapshot function. With the button Write Snapshot you can cache the current selctions in the programmer and reload them later by using the drop-down menu (Load Snapshots). This helps you to program many similar cues with lowest effort.
In addition to that you can also create a filter with Set Filter or delete filters with Clear Filter. This function is mainly used in Output Mode. With this tool you can adjust the values of the programmer that are actually sent out. If All is active, all the values in the programmer are sent, with Filtered only the values that have been activated in the filter and with Blind no values are sent out.
Excercise
- Repeat the above scenario
Certificate
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