ETC GDS CueSystem, User Manual

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18 CueSystem
Running Cues
To run the next cue in the cue list, do one of the following:
• Click GO!
• Press SPACEBAR on your keyboard
To run the previous cue in the cue list, do one of the following:
• Click Back
• Press BACKSPACE on your keyboard
If you want to prevent the use of the keyboard method of running cues (so that the GO! and
Back buttons must be clicked), select Lock Keyboard on the Controller tab of the Options
window. See
Controller
on
page 22
.
Connecting a Playback Unit
A playback unit allows you to play back cues without the need for a PC running the
CueSystem software. To use a playback unit for cue recall, set all connected units (desks and
all outstations in your hardware configuration) and the CueSystem software to have the
playback unit as their master controller.
Step 1: Connect the playback unit to the network using a network cable.
Step 2: Connect the playback unit to a power source and switch on the playback unit.
Step 3: In the CueSystem software, select File > Options to open the Options window. On the
Controller tab, in the IP Address field, specify the IP address of the playback unit. You
can find the current assigned IP address by locating the playback unit in the CueSystem
Device Discovery & Configuration window (see
Discovering and Configuring Devices
on the Network
on
page 7
).
Step 4: In the CueSystem software, click the Patch menu to open the Patch window, and then
click Device Discovery to highlight all active CueSystem desks and outstations.
Step 5: Click Adopt devices to local network to update the master controller IP address to the
new playback unit. The master controller IP address of the playback unit itself cannot be
changed.
Adding a Cue List to a Playback Unit
There are two ways to put cues onto a playback unit:
• Create cues in the Cue Editing window of the CueSystem software (see
Creating Cues
on
page
16
). Whatever changes you make in the Cue Editing window are automatically sent and saved to
permanent memory on the playback unit without the need for any user intervention.
• Open a show file from disk (see
Using Show Files
on
page 20
).
You can update an existing cue directly from the playback unit. To do this, press the red
record button (
) on the playback unit, which lights up when a cue is changed to prompt
you to record it.