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Feature request: Scroller Home Frame

Hello, 

I have scrollers and a slowly growing selection of scrolls. I am in the process of building a new base file for my venue to include my stock scrolls. I would like them to home to the clear frame, which is a different numbered frame on each variant of scroll. Now I know I can set a home value in patch/fixture, or can create a 'home' preset, but it would be really handy to be able to set a home frame when creating a scroll on the desk, so that whenever I change scrolls in a scroller I don't have to adjust patch or presets.

Is that possible?

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  • As a workaround:

    1. Set up a home preset
    2. Write a background macro (eg 801) that opens that preset in blind, selects all of your channels with scrollers, then says "Color_Gel 0/0" at the end. This should put all of those channels in the clear frame as a new home point. (Extra credit for using "query type scroller" instead of a channel list in case you add - or more likely remove - scrollers channels later.)
    3. Test to make sure this works. It might be a little funky if you have frames with other non-colours in, like silk, diffusion, etcetera. It also requires that you have a clear frame, of course.

    Good luck-
    Luke
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  • As a workaround:

    1. Set up a home preset
    2. Write a background macro (eg 801) that opens that preset in blind, selects all of your channels with scrollers, then says "Color_Gel 0/0" at the end. This should put all of those channels in the clear frame as a new home point. (Extra credit for using "query type scroller" instead of a channel list in case you add - or more likely remove - scrollers channels later.)
    3. Test to make sure this works. It might be a little funky if you have frames with other non-colours in, like silk, diffusion, etcetera. It also requires that you have a clear frame, of course.

    Good luck-
    Luke
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