Another Macro Question

Hi Pat.  Sorry about the delay in replying.  When writing macros for lamp controls, its best to construct the macro either directly through the macro editor or with the lamp controls window already open in live (I usually get there through about - that way it sticks open).

Regarding staging.... we haven't yet put in the syntax that delays an execute instruction, so the best option is to write a dummy cue with a follow from 1.5.

Hope this helps.

a

Thanks Anne,

I'll give it a shot now!

Pat

Here are my macros for lamp on and off from a recent show (MLs on channels 90 thru 99). Maybe they will be useful to you. You could add a Macro_Wait 1 2 0 to Macro 2 if you want it to wait for 2 minutes before turning the lamps off.

Macro 1 ML Lamp ON
Undo _CLEAR_CMD [Enter]
9 0 [Enter]
Lamp_Controls Lamp_Control Lamp_On [Enter]
Macro_Loop_Begin 8 [Enter]
Macro_Wait 5 [Enter]
_Next Lamp_Control Lamp_On [Enter]
Macro_Loop_End [Enter]
Undo _CLEAR_CMD [Enter]

Macro 2 ML Lamp OFF
Undo _CLEAR_CMD [Enter]
9 0 Thru 9 9 [Enter]
Lamp_Control Lamp_Off [Enter]
Undo _CLEAR_CMD [Enter]

Here are my macros for lamp on and off from a recent show (MLs on channels 90 thru 99). Maybe they will be useful to you. You could add a Macro_Wait 1 2 0 to Macro 2 if you want it to wait for 2 minutes before turning the lamps off.

Macro 1 ML Lamp ON
Undo _CLEAR_CMD [Enter]
9 0 [Enter]
Lamp_Controls Lamp_Control Lamp_On [Enter]
Macro_Loop_Begin 8 [Enter]
Macro_Wait 5 [Enter]
_Next Lamp_Control Lamp_On [Enter]
Macro_Loop_End [Enter]
Undo _CLEAR_CMD [Enter]

Macro 2 ML Lamp OFF
Undo _CLEAR_CMD [Enter]
9 0 Thru 9 9 [Enter]
Lamp_Control Lamp_Off [Enter]
Undo _CLEAR_CMD [Enter]

Thanks Dad!

I figure I need to enter these in the macro editor but after that I am lost.  I cannot find the "Undo"  key.  Also, how do I enter in "Lamp_Control Lamp_Off"?  Do I type it in?

I apologize for being such a noob, but any remedial macro help would be appreciated...the manual is a little "short" in this area.

Thanks again,

I don't have a console in front of me at the moment or I would give you a step-by-step.

Go into Learn mode on your console and go through the keystrokes and mouse clicks to access lamp controls and turn a lamp on. The undo key is located above the number pad on the console. Lamp control is a softkey that you can select once you have chosen a channel that is controlling an ML. The Lamp On command is a Windows button icon in a pop-up dialog that appears in the CIA after you press the Lamp Controls softkey.

Once you've got a macro for turning on or off a single lamp, go into the macro editor to tweak the code. There may be a better way but I haven't figured it out yet.

Thanks to all of the suggestions.  I thought I'd share the results of my research.  I am attaching the instructions I typed out for myself and my students:

1.  How to strke our three Robe Colorspot 250 ats

2.  How to destrike them

3.  And how to link the macro to a cue

Sorry that I have to "zip" a simple pdf file...any chance of allowing PDF's to the allowed attachment list!?

Thanks,

Pat, thanks for asking the question about the PDF uploading. That was an oversight in the forums' backend settingson our part, and I apologize for making you have to go through that extra step of zipping something as harmless as a PDF.

You - and the rest of our forums users - should now be able to post PDFs should the opportunity ever arise again.

Thanks,

John Kuehl

Web Marketing Specialist

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