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In order for commands to be
received and acted upon, the
appropriate serial port(s), or
IP address(es), must first be
set up as described in
"Configure Comm Devices",
p.24. The RS232 device must
be connected to the
appropriate serial port on the
PC (or the IP device should
be connected to the PC
network), and the trigger
button
TG
on the action
panel must be turned on
(shown red), by clicking on it
with the
[Ctrl] key held
down.
Set Action Trigger dialogue box
Double-clicking on the description to the right of the
TG
button will produce a
Set Action Trigger
dialogue box for that action button.
Using this dialogue box you can tick one of the following as the
Trigger Device
and then click on the
Set
button to set that trigger.
Comm String
Command strings sent from any external RS232/IP device will trigger that action button.
Refer to "RS232 / IP Command String Protocol", p.223 for a full list of command strings.
User Defined Strings
As well as having default command strings, as described in Appendix F, you can also define what
command strings will trigger and control an action button. Here’s an example:
1) Load the Demo desk and click on action button A002 ‘Cue List’ to highlight it.
2) Hold down [Ctrl] and click on the
TG
(trigger) button to activate it; it will then be shown in
red.
3) Double click on the window showing
String “A2”
to call up the
Action Trigger
dialogue box.
4) Tick
Enable User Strings
on the
Action Trigger
dialogue box - the
Comm String
boxes will
then become active for that action button. Drop down menus are available to the right of
each of the 8
Comm String
boxes and the options available in these menus are:
N/A
;
On/Off
;
Play
;
Stop
;
Pause
;
Next
and
Back
which will now be described:
N/A
The Comm String box is N ot A pplicable, i.e. not used.
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