If the custom control button is grayed out,
the custom control menu is being displayed
on another control panel connected to the
switcher.
2.
Use the
Bank
and
Button
knobs to select the
custom control that you want to record to.
a)
Use the
Bank
knob to select the custom
control bank you want to record a
custom control on.
b)
Use the
Button
knob to select the custom
control button that you want to record
the custom control to.
3.
Press
Start Recording
(
Start Relative
Recording
for a relative custom control).
Tip:
When recording events, press Offline Mode on (ON)
to have the switcher not execute that events as it is being
added to the custom control.
The custom control button starts to flash,
indicating that a custom control is being
recorded to that button.
4.
Add events to the custom control.
• Panel Events — press buttons on the
control panel to add those events to the
custom control.
• Special Functions — press
Insert Event
and add special events to the custom
control. Refer to
on page 71 for a list of events.
Note:
When the switcher runs a custom control, it attempts
to execute each event in the custom control as quickly as
possible. If an event takes time to complete, the event may
not be complete before the switcher attempts to execute
the next event. For example, if your custom control has a
memory recall followed by a transition, a pause should be
added between the memory recall and the transition to
ensure that the memory is fully recalled before the
transition is performed. The same applies if you want to
add events after a transition.
5.
Press
Finish Recording
.
The custom control button stops flashing.
The size of the custom control you just
created is shown next to the name, in the
Selected field on the left of the menu (xx/yy
bytes). The first number (xx) is the size of
the macro, and the second is the size of all
the macros in the selected bank (yy).
Multiple Custom Controls
A maximum of 96 custom controls can be
running at the same time. These custom controls
can be started manually, or by another custom
control. All the custom controls will continue to
play out until they reach the end, or loop.
The switcher does not track custom controls that
are started as part of another custom control.
Running multiple custom controls that start the
same custom control, or editing a custom control
that is run by another custom control, could
produce unexpected results. Only Relative
custom controls can have multiple instances of
the same custom control running at the same
time.
Tip:
You can insert a Stop All Other Custom Controls event that
will stop all other running custom controls, except the one that
is currently running.
Custom
Control #1
Custom
Control #2
Run Custom
Control Command
Manually Start
Custom Control
Custom
Control #3
Figure 12: Multiple Custom Controls Feature On
If the Multiple Custom Controls personality
option is turned off, a Run Custom Control
command ends the current custom control.
Pressing another custom control button also
stops the first custom control and starts the
second.
Custom
Control #1
Custom
Control #2
Run Custom
Control Command
Manually Start
Custom Control
Custom
Control #3
Figure 13: Multiple Custom Control Feature Off
Special Custom Control Events
Special events allow you to include actions not
associated with a button press in a custom
control. A special event can be inserted into any
existing custom control, or used when creating
a new custom control.
Audio Fader Module
Press
Insert Event
>
More
>
Audio Fader
.
Description
Command
Assign a different audio channel to an
audio fader on the Audio Control
module.
1.
Use the Fader knob to select the
audio fader you want to assign
an audio channel to.
2.
Use the Audio Src knob to select
the audio channel you want to
assign to the audio channel.
Assign Fader
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