Alcorn Mcbride V+ series, User Manual

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3-18 Show Control Overview
8. It would probably be nice if we could restart the presentation after a short
delay, so right-click on MainShow and choose Restart Disabled…
9. Check the Restart Enabled checkbox and enter 150 into the Restart Lockout
box. This will give us a 5-second delay (since our frame rate is 30 fps)
before anyone can press RunShowButton to restart the show. Click OK.
10.
Now, let’s setup our Credits sequences. CreditsOn should be started when
the operator presses CreditsButton, so right-click on CreditsOn and choose
Start:
11. Select CreditsButton and Active On from the Edit Start Trigger
dialog box and click OK.
12. Right-click on CreditsOff and choose
Start:
13. Select CreditsButton and Active Off from the Edit Start Trigger dialog
box and click OK.
Adding Events
Let’s digress for a moment and talk about how Sequences and Events really
work inside a Show Controller. Alcorn McBride Show Controllers scan their
Sequences once every frame. Any Sequences that are considered “running” are
checked for events that should be executed.
Events are executed when the amount of time that has elapsed since the
Sequence was started is equal to or greater than the time entered in the
Time
field of the Event. When a sequence is started, its timer is set to frame 1, and it
immediately executes any events with a time of 00:00.00 or 00:00.01. On each
successive frame, all running sequences are checked to see if they have any
events scheduled to run. For example, an event with a 00:02.15 execution time
will occur two seconds and fifteen frames after its Sequence was started.
Now, back to our sequences…
Autostart
Autostart will display our “Boot Up” message, as well as clear the second line of
the. Then, it will turn off NightModeFlag so that our DayNightMode sequence
will place the system in Night Mode when it is started.
1. Select Autostart in Sequences of TUTORIAL then press Enter.