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Submasters 405
Restore
Submasters can be placed into restore modes of minimum or background, which is the
default. When a submaster is in the restore to background mode, the restore column of the
submaster list display will be blank. When in minimum mode, 'Min' will display in the restore
column.
The restore mode of background means that when the submaster is returned to zero, control
will be restored to the background value, such as another submaster or a cue.
The restore mode of minimum means that when the submaster is faded down, control does
not go to the previous background state but to the parameters’ minimum value.
Priority
There are 10 levels of priority for submasters. 1 is the lowest and 10 is the highest. The default
priority level is 4.
Shielded
Submasters can be shielded, which means that their content is automatically made exclusive
and can't be controlled by anything other than that submaster and park, including by manual
control. Shielded has a higher priority than 10.
Channels stored to shielded submasters will display in yellow with a superscript ‘s’ beside it.
If channel parameters stored to shielded submasters were previously stored to cues or other
submasters, those instructions will be ignored on playback.
If the same channels are assigned to more than one shielded submaster, control of those
channels will be shared on either a LTP or HTP basis depending on the settings for the
submasters.
Background
Submasters can have their background states disabled. Background states are enabled by
default. When enabled, the content of the submaster will act as a background or previous
state for other cues and submasters.
When a submaster has its background state disabled, a “D” will be displayed in the Submaster
List background column.
Example:
Cue 1 has channel 10 at 25%. Submaster 1 is raised and has channel 10 at
50%. Submaster 2 is then brought up and has channel 10 at Full. When
submaster 2 is lowered to zero, control will be returned to submaster 1. If
submaster 1 is lowered to zero, control will return to cue 1.
Using the above example, if submaster 1 has its background state disabled,
which makes its content unavailable as a background state, then when
submaster 2 is lowered to zero, control would return to cue 1 and not to
submaster 1.
Background Priority
Background can have a priority assigned to it. Background priority releases to the highest
priority content that previously had ownership, provided that content has not be turned off or
released.