One-Button Show Control

[shazammagic]

Greetings all! On the Live screen, is there any way to progress through a series of buttons with a single keystroke or command?

I'm trying to mimic a conventional theatrical lighting board, which has a single "Go" button that takes the operator through a linear series of scenes.

Many thanks!

[support]

Yes, with a "Macro" button.
You can find "Macro" buttons in our demo_show, available here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=114

[shazammagic]

Thanks for the quick reply! I haven't worked with Macros, so I'm not surprised that's where the answer lies.

How do I advance from one Macro to the next with a single button? I.e., if I want to switch from "front" to "circle," in the demo_show.

[support]

You define one key trigger par Macro button (right click on each button > select "button trigger").
And you set the page in "solo button" mode (click on page button > select "solo button").

[shazammagic]

You define one key trigger per Macro button

Can one key trigger be shared by multiple macros? I tried setting them all to "a," but it gets stuck on "circle" and doesn't progress to "wave."

For example, I'd like to hit a key (i.e., the spacebar) to advance from "front" to "circle." And then a second press of the same key moves from "circle" to "wave."

Apologies if I'm missing something obvious. Thanks for your help!

[support]

In Live - Buttons, you have to use one key for each Macro button.
You can "stop and go" with the space bar, in Live - TimeLine.

[shazammagic]

Alright, that's what I was afraid of. Pity that there's no solution that merges the two, but at least I wasn't overlooking something obvious.

Appreciate your help!

[Lighter007]

You might be thinking of a Cuelist. There are many ideas about this and many users are waiting for it (viewtopic.php?f=75&t=3249&p=12691) , but unfortunaly it will not be introduced in one of the next versions.

[Earl Harvey]

Adding a Play/Pause, Next function while a page is in Chase/Random mode would be convenient!

[shazammagic]

Glad I'm not the only one waiting on something like this! CueList looks pretty sweet, although I see why Support feels like it'd be a huge undertaking

I think the easiest way to bridge the gap would be to allow toggling between active buttons with arrow keys (so "Next" is either down or to the right).

For any programming-minded users, it looks like AutoHotKey might be able to make something like that happen with this Cycle code: http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/83329-cycle-easy-automatic-cycling-through-a-list-of-elements/.

By setting each button trigger to a sequential letter of the alphabet, and then running AHK in addition to Lighting Controller, a single "Next" or "Go" button can type a different letter of the alphabet on each button press. It'd be a pain to rearrange buttons (since each trigger would have to be remapped), but for simple shows it may be a nice workaround.