jtweigandt
Well-Known Member
Got a panic call from a relative newbie last night. We have a macro to power up and park ch 512 which controls all our relays for the LED lights.
Trouble is.. if you fail to execute the inverse macro at the end of the night (not sure if a show save is necessary) that unparks and shuts down the power then the board wakes up next time with 512 parked.
Fire off the macro.. it unparks and the fun begins if you're not watching. Power is baked in to some cues.. other cues take it back out, and the led's go flashie flashie or don't come on at all.
We had storms last night, so not sure whether he forgot to execute the unpark the night before, or the power possibly rebooted the board before the show. It is on a ups, which I will test for function today.
I arrived diagnosed the park issue and we were off and running in 5..
But since park is a "toggle" is there a keyboard command for park and or unpark so the macro could be explicit and not state dependant.
I have the magic sheet set up so that it shows the level and park status of 512 at a glance.. but he missed that.. and not sure in a state of panic he would have gotten the sequence right to clear, power and park.
Always something.. though Rent didn't look too bad for 15 min or so under the worklights.
Trouble is.. if you fail to execute the inverse macro at the end of the night (not sure if a show save is necessary) that unparks and shuts down the power then the board wakes up next time with 512 parked.
Fire off the macro.. it unparks and the fun begins if you're not watching. Power is baked in to some cues.. other cues take it back out, and the led's go flashie flashie or don't come on at all.
We had storms last night, so not sure whether he forgot to execute the unpark the night before, or the power possibly rebooted the board before the show. It is on a ups, which I will test for function today.
I arrived diagnosed the park issue and we were off and running in 5..
But since park is a "toggle" is there a keyboard command for park and or unpark so the macro could be explicit and not state dependant.
I have the magic sheet set up so that it shows the level and park status of 512 at a glance.. but he missed that.. and not sure in a state of panic he would have gotten the sequence right to clear, power and park.
Always something.. though Rent didn't look too bad for 15 min or so under the worklights.