ELC showStore XLan, User Manual

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Automation / Remote Control
Advanced Trigger
The programming of the triggers is done in a text-file stored on the internal disk, named trigger.txt. This file can be
edited via any text editor like notepad on windows. If this file does not exist on the disk, you can easily create it.
Trigger entries are made up in 3 parts, trigger / condition / action.
Trigger trigger = type [,option]
Trigger types can be:
type
option
poweron -
trigger = poweron (trigger on device start up)
close Input selection
trigger = close, 1 (trigger on input 1 close)
open Input selection
trigger = open, 2 (trigger on input 2 open)
clock Time either every hour or once a day
trigger = clock, “10:00” (10min past the hour)
trigger = clock, “12h00:00” (12 o’clock)
midi_note_on MIDI input note on event
trigger = midi_note_on, 10
midi_note_off MIDI input note off event
trigger = midi_note_off, 127
midi_control MIDI control input
trigger = midi_control, 1
midi_program MIDI program change
trigger = midi_program, 4
dmx_on DMX input channel on (value > 55%)
trigger = dmx_on, 1
(DMX control universe is selected in the config.txt)
dmx_off DMX input channel off (value < 45%)
trigger = dmx_off, 1
ac612xl AC612XL (in showstore mode) key press, AC612XL is connected to DMX
input1 or 2. Keys 1-12, “out”, “down”, “up”, “store”
trigger = ac612xl, 3
trigger = ac612xl, store
Conditions condition = type [,option]
Triggers can be used in combination with conditions. For example a power_on trigger can be defined twice in the
trigger-file, but each with a different condition.
Conditions are
type
option
closed Input Selection
condition = closed, 1 (trigger is only valid if input 1 is closed)
open Input Selection
condition = open, 1 (trigger is only valid if input 1 is open)
weekday Selection of weekdays (su/mo/tu/we/th/fr/sa)
condition = weekday, su, mo, fr (valid on sunday, Monday and Friday)
hour Selections of hours. This can be 1 hour or a period of hours
condition = hour, 15 (valid between 15h00 and 15h59)
contdtion = hour 12, 16 (valid between 12h00 and 16h59)
date Selection of day and month. This can be an exact day/month or a period.
(months
jan / feb / mar / apr / may / jun / jul / aug / sep / oct / nev / dec).
condition = date, “1 may” (only valid on the first of may)
condition = date, “10” (only valid on the tenth of every month
condition = date, “apr” (only valid in april)
condition = date, “3 jan”, “2 may” (valid between the third of January and the
second of may)