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Thru Thru

So just finsihed programming my 1st show on 1.7.  Why did you people make the thru syntax different????  I don't understand.  I understand how it works now, but WHY?  I run 3 screens, 1 active, 1 patched channels, and a playback.   So I run active so I can see whats active in the cue.  Its a real bummer to make sure my patched screen is highlighted before i type 1 thru 20 @ 50.  If i'm on the active screen and those channels are not active they will not be selected unless i type thru thru.  I thought we already had this before.   Before if I was in Active and i wanted only the channels that are active I would type 1 thru 20 select active.  Simple, no problem everything works great.  It really sucks to type thru thru, or look up to see which screen is highlighted, switch to the patched screen.  I just don't get why you guys ruined THRU!!!!!!  Maybe it's just me but I find this a real pain.  Since when I goto blind running an Active and patched views I have to do the same thing.   Sorry about the raint!

 But I would love to see thru go back the way it should be!!!

I would love to hear other programmers view on this.

Thanks

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  • Ryan,

    We here at the San Francisco Opera agree with you.  We're baffled why Thru Thru = Thru, and Thru =  in Strand speak(our former console) Thru On, which as you know allows one to capture a range of Active Channels.  We understand how the current commands work and we're adapting, but bottom line, it's simply not logical.  Thru means thru!  I vote to swap the Thru and the Thru Thru commands in 1.8.

    Michael Anderson

    SF Opera Asst. Master Electrician

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  • Ryan,

    We here at the San Francisco Opera agree with you.  We're baffled why Thru Thru = Thru, and Thru =  in Strand speak(our former console) Thru On, which as you know allows one to capture a range of Active Channels.  We understand how the current commands work and we're adapting, but bottom line, it's simply not logical.  Thru means thru!  I vote to swap the Thru and the Thru Thru commands in 1.8.

    Michael Anderson

    SF Opera Asst. Master Electrician

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  • in reply to planetkiwi

    Forgive my misunderstanding but i didn't think that active channels were used in the thru thru conundrum. 

    If i only want to view the channels used in cues 1 thru 10, i could type [Group Cue 1 thru 10 Flexi-view channels]. This, for example gives me, channels 101, 103 & 105 on my screen- Its a very dark show. 

    Previously, If i then wanted to select 101 thru 105, as they are the only channels in the show, i would have problems because if i typed 101 thru 105 i would get 101, 102, 103, 104, 105. 

    So the thru button in 1.7 (as i understand it) is based on what you see on your screen, not necessarily whats active. so 101 thru 105 gives me 101, 103 ,105

    If i want all the channels between 101 and 105 i can use thru thru. 

    This was something i think was missing from the 500 series. 

    I like it this way (v1.7) as it gives me both options, plus i can throw in the select active command too. 

    Sorry if i've misunderstood

     

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