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Getting Started
Real Time - playback
When the start playback or the mouse test button is pressed real time
playback begins. If your video card cannot render the 3D display you
might see a warning and the software switches to a 2D view to guaran-
tee enough processor power for crucial DMX tasks (in the preferences
you can set when the warning appears).
During playback you might want to open the console driver monitor to
see the commands received from the console. Also, the light control
screen will let you view what each fixture or group is doing. The DMX
monitor shows all the 512 DMX channels IN and OUT, so this is a
useful tool for debugging. Click on a TrackPod and from the TrackPod
inspector you can launch the TrackPod monitor which shows exactly
what the operator is doing.
The TrackPod controller’s real time features
The TrackPod controller’s on-board display shows important informa-
tion during real time tracking. The first line shows the map number or
fixture ID, followed by the real target height and then the target height
fader setting. If the target is on a riser the letter “R” appears. The second
line shows the current page number and the fader patch style name. The
third line shows the loaded map’s name or loaded fixture ID. The F3 key
can toggle the fourth line between showing a list of maps or a list of
fixtures. You can press the up and down arrows to scroll thorugh the
fixture or map list and press OK when the name of the map or fixture
that would load appears.
The F1 key toggles the display to show the exact XYZ coordinates
where the TrackPod is pointing to. Also, the DMX values of the faders
are displayed. The F2 key shows the page notes for the current fader
page and if pressed again any map notes. For both the fader page and
map notes you may scroll up and down using the arrow keys. The F3
toggles between map and fixture lists.
Pressing the up and down selection arrows scrolls through all the
available maps or fixtures for the TrackPod. When you want to load a
selected map simply press OK to accept the selection. Alternatively, you
may enter the map number or fixture ID number directly in the keypad
to select it and then press OK to load it. Tip: you may prevent the
operator from loading maps and fixtures by setting the appropriate
“access priviledges” in the preferences screen.
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