VENUE SC48 Guide
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Creating Events
The basic steps to create an event include the following:
• Add a new event in the Event List (see “Adding an Event”
• Add and configure triggers for the event (see “Adding
Triggers to an Event” on page 195).
• Add and configure actions for the event (see “Adding Ac-
tions to an Event” on page 197).
Adding an Event
To add a new Event to the Event List:
1
Go to the
Options > Events
page.
2
Do any of the following:
• To create an empty, untitled new event, click the
New
button in the Event Commands section.
– or –
• To create a copy of a pre-existing event, select one or
more events in the list and click the
Duplicate
button.
Selecting Events
Event list items can be selected, renamed, duplicated, deleted,
cleared, enabled or disabled, tested and reset.
To select one or more events, do any of the following:
• To select a single event, click its row in the Event List.
• To select all events, right-click an event and choose
Select
All.
• To select multiple contiguous events, click the first de-
sired event and then Shift-click (or Multi-Select-click) the
last desired event. All events in between are selected.
• To select multiple discontiguous events, or to de-select an
individual event, Ctrl-click (or Fine-click) its row in the
Event List.
To deselect or ore more events:
Right-click anywhere in the Event List and choose
Deselect
All
.
Moving Events
Selected events can be dragged and dropped to new locations
in the list. You can also manually edit the Event number to re-
sequence items.
To move one or more events:
1
Select one or more events in the Event List.
2
Click in the row of any selected event and drag to a new lo-
cation in the list. As you move events, a white line appears in-
dicating the destination.
3
Release the mouse button to drop the events at the desired
location in the Event List. When moving multiple events,
moved events will be adjacent regardless of their original loca-
tions relative to each other (whether adjacent or non-adja-
cent). Events will be renumbered as necessary according to the
new sequence of events.
To manually edit an Event number:
Double-click the
Event Number
and enter a new three digit
number to resequence the list accordingly.
Managing Events in the Event List
Once created, events in the list can be managed using
on-screen buttons and right-click commands to rename, du-
plicate, delete, clear, enable or disable them.
Renaming an Event
To rename an event:
1
Double-click the Event Name in the list. Or right-click the
Event Name and choose Rename.
2
Enter a new name.
3
Click Enter to confirm the new name.
Duplicating an Event
Duplicating an event can simplify Event List configuration
when multiple, similar events need to be created, each with
slightly different properties.
To duplicate an event:
1
Select one or more events in the Event List.
2
Click the Duplicate button on-screen. Or, right-click a se-
lected event and choose
Duplicate
.
Several pre-defined (default) events are available immedi-
ately; others are available among the Demo Shows installed
with the system software. For more information, see “De-
fault Events” on page 200.
Events selected in the Event List
Selected events
(blue)
You can also use the Test and Reset commands to manually
audition events for development and diagnostics. For more
information, see “Testing Events” on page 198
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