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Pressing and holding a S button causes the Cue Stack Window / Cue Window to be temporarily made active until the button is
released. The Cue Stack / Cue Window shows data for the playback associated with the S button.
This enables easy modifications of Cue and Cue Stack parameters such as FX size and chase speed.
Also used when programming for determining which playback to
record a Cue
onto.
Pressing S two times quickly opens the Cue Stack window associated with the Playback.
Pressing S three times quickly opens the Cue Stack, Options window associated with the Playback.
Flash
Used to temporarily activate playbacks by
adding or swapping
in the Cue Stack from the playback to the outputs.
Grand Flash
A spare button that can be used for keyboard macros.
Sub Flash
A spare button that can be used for keyboard macros.
Next Page
Used to select the page of playbacks. See the
page select overview
for how pages work.
Prev Page
Used to select the page of playbacks. See the
page select overview
for how pages work.
Manual Go
This Go button is part of the
manual control
section and controls the
current playback
. It has the same functionality as the Go
button associated with a playback. It provides Go functionality for playbacks that do not have Go buttons.
Manual Pause
This Pause button is part of the
manual control
section and controls the
current playback
. It has the same functionality as the
Pause button associated with a playback. It provides Pause functionality for playbacks that do not have Pause buttons.
Big Go
This Go button is part of the
manual control
section and controls the
current playback
. It has the same functionality as the Go
button associated with a playback.
It is designed to be use for theatre style operation where one big GO button is important for cueing a show.
Fast Forward
The Fast Forward button is part of the
manual control
section and controls the
current playback
. It is used to bump a Cue Stack
to the next step immediately without fading. It is particularly useful when editing a Cue Stack to bump through Cues to find the
one to edit.
Fast Back
The Fast Back button is part of the
manual control
section and controls the
current playback
. It is used to bump a Cue Stack to
the previous step immediately without fading. It is particularly useful when editing a Cue Stack to bump through Cues to find
the one to edit.
Add / Swap
The Add / Swap buttons controls the function of flash buttons. See also the
Add / Swap overview
.
See
Playback Buttons
.
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DBO
The
Console Blackout Button
, used for black-outs.
Numeric keys
Used for entering values for parameters. The console allows values to be entered before selecting the item to set on screen thus
making configuration of parameters quick and easy,
