10
Giving Cues
Standby, Confirm, Go.
To send a ‘Standby’ cue to an Outstation, the Main Unit operator presses
the ‘Standby’ button for the required Outstation. Once the standby cue has
been given, both the ‘Standby’ button on the Main Unit and the ‘Standby’
LED on the Outstation will flash continuously. Once given, the standby cue
can be cancelled at any time by the Main Unit operator simply by pressing
the ‘Standby’ button again.
Cast or crew can confirm they have received the standby cue if required
by pressing the ‘Confirm’ button on the Outstation. This is not mandatory
however as the go cue can still be given without the standby cue being
confirmed. Once confirmed, both the ‘Standby’ LED on the Outstation and
the ‘Standby’ button on the Main Unit will remain lit continuously.
When required, the Main Unit operator can signal a ‘Go’ cue by pressing
the ‘Go’ button for the required Outstation. Once a Go cue is given, the
Outstation ‘Standby‘ LED and Main Unit buttons will be extinguished and
both the green ‘Go’ LED on the Outstation and the ‘Go’ button on the Main
Unit will remain lit continuously for 5-6 seconds, then flash for 10-14 sec-
onds and then the Go cue expires. This gives a combined Go cue duration
of at least 15 seconds. If the cue hasn’t been acted on by then, it is certain
to be too late but the Main Unit operator can repeat the Go cue by press-
ing the ’Go’ button again once the cue has expired, as many times as they
need to. A Go cue can be cancelled anytime before the cue expires by
pressing the ‘Go’ button again.
Grouping.
Any or all of the TheatreCue channels can be assigned to the group mas-
ter ‘Go’ and ‘Standby’ buttons A and B. The group assignment for any
channel is controlled by the dual LED ‘Group A B’ button on the Main Unit.
Pressing any of the channel ‘Group A B’ buttons cycles through the four
possible group assignments: A, B, A+B and none.
Once each required channel has been assigned to either of the A, B or
A+B groups, these channels can all be controlled simultaneously using
