Nomad and Qlab on same Macbook

Please could some point me in the right direction. I'm needing/ wanting step by step guide on how to trigger my cues using to timecode from qlab. (I'm wanting to time it with a song, rather than me manually pressing go in time, just wanting the one go at start with song). 

(I havent sucessfully got Nomad and Qlab to speak to each as far as Im aware, I approach this trying OSC commands.

I have rented a license on qlab and I have nomad (without dongle) hooked up to capture student all on one macbook pro.

I am yet to start level 3 on the online course, so I understand I'm jumping ahead (I havent learn macros yet for example) 

Many thanks in advance !!

Josh 

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  • Hello.

    first question is whether you want qlab to send out timecode into eos (which I think is a bit complicated over the network), or just to trigger the start of a sequence in eos. I usually do the latter.

    For this you need to:

    1/ in eos - Settings -> System -> Show Control -> OSC set "OSC rx" to 'enabled' and "OSC USP RX Port" to "9000"

    2/ in qlab create a new network patch going to the IP of your console with port 9000

    3/ record a cue in eos, let's call it cue 1

    4/ in qlab, create a network cue, set the patch to the network patch you created in step 2, and give it a type of "OSC message", in the big box enter "/eos/cue/1/fire" - when you run this cue you should see cue 1 being fired on your console. If you change the number "1" in the message to other numbers, you should see the corresponding cue in eos fire.

    So once you have this working you have two options - one is to create a number of network cues as per step 4 above, which you pre-wait (or use a timeline group cue) to fire at the correct point in the show. The other option is to use eos's "show control" screen (displays -> show control) to set up an event list which is fired by your first cue in the sequence. If you want some help with either of these let me know..

    Richard

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  • Hello.

    first question is whether you want qlab to send out timecode into eos (which I think is a bit complicated over the network), or just to trigger the start of a sequence in eos. I usually do the latter.

    For this you need to:

    1/ in eos - Settings -> System -> Show Control -> OSC set "OSC rx" to 'enabled' and "OSC USP RX Port" to "9000"

    2/ in qlab create a new network patch going to the IP of your console with port 9000

    3/ record a cue in eos, let's call it cue 1

    4/ in qlab, create a network cue, set the patch to the network patch you created in step 2, and give it a type of "OSC message", in the big box enter "/eos/cue/1/fire" - when you run this cue you should see cue 1 being fired on your console. If you change the number "1" in the message to other numbers, you should see the corresponding cue in eos fire.

    So once you have this working you have two options - one is to create a number of network cues as per step 4 above, which you pre-wait (or use a timeline group cue) to fire at the correct point in the show. The other option is to use eos's "show control" screen (displays -> show control) to set up an event list which is fired by your first cue in the sequence. If you want some help with either of these let me know..

    Richard

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  • Great answer, Richard! Thank you, you saved me some heartache! I elaborated on your steps a bit. Took pics but ETC forum won't let me upload em!

    Get Qlab to fire EOS cues on the same Mac Computer:

    Step 1: Acquire your EOS’s IP Address in the Shell under “Networking” -write it down!

    Step 2: in EOS, open Primary. Once the show has loaded, then open Displays. Click Setup>>System Settings>>Show Control

    Step 3: Find the tabs on top of the Show Control section (SMPTE, MIDI, USBMIDI/SMPTE, Contacts, OSC, String UDP, USB Serial) and click “OSC”

    Step 4: Click the little switch button below “OSC RX” so that it’s ‘on’

    Step 5: under “OSC UDP RX Port”, put the number 9000 in

    Step 6: Make sure you have some cues created in EOS. We will practice with Cue 9

    Step 7: Open Qlab, navigate to “Settings” (the gear on the bottom right of the screen) and click “Network”

    Step 8: There should already be a network patch created, defaulting to “Patch 1”, feel free to rename it “EOS Cues” or leave as is

    Step 9: Make sure “Type” is set to “ETC Eos Family”, “Network” is ‘UDP’ , “Interface” is “Automatic”

    Step 10: Set “Destination” to the IP Address for the EOS you got in Step 1, and set the field next to it (usually already at 8000) to 9000 to match Step 5

    Step 11: Click “Done” in the bottom right corner

    Step 12: in Qlab, create a Network Cue, click on it and click on the “settings” tab

    Step 13: at the bottom of the settings tab there’s a spot for the EOS cue number. Put a 9 there if you want to trigger cue 9  in EOS, then hit Enter on the keyboard (this will correct the yellow “Missing Value: CueNumber” warning)

    Step 14: Select the Network Cue on Qlab and hit GO! See if it’s triggered Cue 9

    Rinse and repeat steps 12 thru 14 with new cue numbers as you need them!

  • with 3.2 you can also use the 127.0.0.1 loopback address.

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