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Magic Sheets - linking data

I am confused about how to create "buttons" in the magic sheet that directly link to the data that the buttons are supposed to represent. I have watched several videos and read the manual thoroughly but this topic does not seem to be addressed. 

I have created a nice looking magic sheet. In the demo video that a use made, if he clicked on a button that says "Channel 5" Then the input in the command line would then say channel 5 and give him control of the channel. However, when I do it, I get "Channel - syntax error"

Please help!!

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  • in reply to jkpitzer

    I downloaded and was able to open in the OLE your "House" .esf file.

    When I click on a fixture symbol, 605 as example, I can successfully drive that channel to full. 

    The rectangle symbols on 4 Electric that I assume are cyc units have no targets assigned, those do not respond to any command.  

    Likewise, the red rectangle labeled Bronco's Gobo has no target assigned (The fixture symbol on the position does). When I edit the red symbol and give it a Channel target of 15, pressing that rectangle places channel 15 on the command line. If you wanted that button to drive Ch 15 to full, you could record a macro that sends Ch 15 at full, then assign that macro to that button, though I would do 2 buttons, one for an On state and one Off (separate macro's)

    If you desire a button to act upon a range of channels, the target for the button is either going to have to be a submaster or a group (or a similarly acting target).  I was able to make a new Group (1) that has channels 602 thru 613 in it.  I then edited the Par symbol for 601-613 to be Group 1 and the symbol will now grab those channels when pressed.  

    Is this some of the issues you are running into ?.

    And, yes, going into edit mode puts you in Blind.  Normal behavior AFAIK. 

    SB

     



    [edited by: Steve Bailey at 1:30 PM (GMT -6) on Tue, Dec 10 2013]
  • in reply to Steve Bailey

    O.K., I see part of the issue . When I go into the editing mode, it automatically puts the system into blind mode. If I go change it back to live, it will allow me to grab a channel. However, I am not able assign parameters to the graphic symbols that I made myself. It only allows me to assign values to the pre-made symbols.

  • in reply to jkpitzer

    "O.K., I see part of the issue . When I go into the editing mode, it automatically puts the system into blind mode. If I go change it back to live, it will allow me to grab a channel."

    Corrrect.  MS is pretty much a CAD program in Edit but a console in live.  So you manipulate the "drawing" while in edit, but operate the console when not in edit.

     

    "However, I am not able assign parameters to the graphic symbols that I made myself. It only allows me to assign values to the pre-made symbols."

    Maybe elaborate a bit on which symbols and what you want them to do.  I could manipulate about any symbol on that MS to respond to target info. but I'm not really sure what your end goal is for which symbol.

    SB

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