PSD Questions

If I'm understanding your brackets, the following is how it works:

[ 5 ] / 10   = 5 up and 10 down, but there is nothing actually fading down in that cue. Likewise for 5 / [ 10 ]  - there is nothing fading up.

5 [ 5 ] = 5 up with a 5 delay on the up only (no down time indicated). The number outside the box is the delay.

You can clear time to the default (if desired) by saying cue x time enter. You can likewise get rid of the delay by saying cue x delay enter. The best thing might be to search in ETC's youtube channel - there are videos there that explain functions on their own. Start here! www.youtube.com/watch

You had my brackets correct. And thinking about what you say makes sense. I can't think why this guy put in 21 / [5] which now looks to me it's going to take 21 seconds for nothing to fade up! I.E. as anything needed up must be up then he's really put a minimum of 21 seconds for the cue to take effect! Anything coming down will only take 5 secs so there's a 16 second difference. I will look at the you tubes and thank you again.

I spoke to soon! I found a cue with; 21      [ 5 ] - There is quite a distance between the unenclosed 21 and the 5. At first I read this as 21 secs to come up. But watching the tombstone I note two channels are coming on instantly. So I'm thinking the 21 is a delay and the up time is zero (?). But if that is the case wouldn't these channels wait 21 sec and then come up? And even odder - if I enter from cue 12 I see the 21 going down whilst GoTo Cue 13 obliterates the 21 and I just see the 3 go down  I've attached a screen shot. Its cue 31 that's of interest.

It is the delay so you do seem to have a 21 second delay set,  what I think you will observe is that the when you GO from cue 12 to 13 you will see the 21 count down and then the 5 uptime of the cue will start counting.

The channels that come on instantly may well have there own discrete timing set which is different tpo the cue overall (its to try to avoid the hidden discrete timing that you can (should) use part cues as then you can see what's happening more clearly in the PSD.

Goto Cue probably ignores the delay as its kind of saying I want to go to this cue NOW!!

Thank you. We are a volunteer organization and have some guys nominated as "Lighting" by a director who come into the booth and just hack away to get what they think is right. One good thing is I'm forced to learn stuff very quickly sorting the mess out! I should add we have never used M's before. This forum has saved my butt on many occasions over the past year.