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If
N/A
is set in the 4 th column the time is de-highlighted and the event is left on at that stage.
You could then drop the same action button into a step further down in the schedule step
details display and set the 2
nd
column for this step to
Out
or
Off
at a specific time so that it is
turned off in a different way to how it was turned on.
Example:
If you wanted a voice announcement - a sound event assigned to action button A001 for instance -
to occur every 15 minutes between the hours of 9.00am and 5.30pm then drag action button A001
into the schedule details display, select
In
or
On
for turning it on, click on the first time digits and
enter 90000 to set
09:00:00
, keep right-clicking on
N/A
to select
R15
, then finally click on the time
digits on the right and enter 173000 to set 17:30:00 as the time when that auto-repeat ends.
When all the steps have been created for that day, click on the next day button and repeat the steps
above for that day and so on for each day, or if each day has similar events use the copy functions
described next.
Copying Schedule Days
If most of the days in your schedule are going to be similar, then creating the schedule steps for one
day, copying that day to the other days and then editing the other days to suit could be far quicker
than creating each day’s steps manually. The ‘copy day’ functions are provided for this purpose.
To copy the steps contained in a day to another day simply drag and drop the day’s button (that you
are copying from) onto the day’s button that you wish to copy to. You will then be prompted to
confirm the copy. Alternatively, if you hold down the
[Ctrl] key, when letting go of the mouse
button to drop the day, the day’s steps will be copied to all the days between the day you are
copying from and the day you are copying to, e.g. dragging the
Sun
button onto the
Sat
button, and
holding down
[Ctrl]
when the button is dropped, will copy Sunday’s schedule steps to Monday
through to Saturday after confirmation.
Inserting a Schedule Step
Whenever action buttons are dragged and dropped into the bottom of the schedule details display
the step is added to the end of that day’s schedule list. If you wish to insert a new step in between
two existing steps then highlight the step you wish to insert the new step in front of by clicking on it
and then press the
[Insert]
key. A
Null Step
will then be inserted and the action button can be
dragged and dropped onto that
Null Step
. If you drag and drop an action button onto an existing
step you will be prompted to confirm the overwriting of the original step with the new one.
Please Note:
Unlike sequence steps, schedule steps don’t need to be in chronological order - ShowMagic works
all that out - but it is easier to follow a schedule if they are in chronological order.
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