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When the slave has no channels under control it shows “CC-None”.
At any time the Master can take control of all channels using the Setup, View DMX I/O, Multi Prog Select soft button. When
the Master is controlling all channels then it shows “MCC” in the status bar. When some channels are under control by a slave
console then it shows “SCC”.
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Inter Console Messaging
It is possible to trigger message boxes from Cues in a Cue Stack. Simply add a comment field to the Cue in the Cue Stack starting
with a !. When this Cue executes the message box will be shown.
In Setup, View Settings, View Windows there is a new option, Message Window. This specifies where the message box is shown
(main screen, external screen 1, external screen 2) and whether a network message is sent to other consoles.
Setting “Net Only” results in messages only being sent over the network, not shown on the console where the Cue executed.
By default the message box shows immediately for 5 seconds and then closes. The delay before the message box shows and the
time it stays visible can be set using parameters inbetween the !.
!<delay>,<show length>!
!10!Hello World // Delay for 10 seconds before showing message
!10,20!Hello World // Delay for 10 seconds and show message box for 20 seconds
!0,0!Hello World // Show message and do not close message box
If the comment starts with a !! instead of a ! then the console does an alert as well as showing the message. The alert flashes the
main screen intensity and the console lamps to try to get the operators attention.
Messages can be sent directly from the keyboard by entering text starting with a ! or a !!.
