Keystroke Macro

Hi,
Would anyone with better experience of using keystroke macros let me know if i am going about this the correct way.
I want to make a keystroke macro that will load cue's 1 thru 20 on master 10 and copy/update fixture information from one fixture group to another fixture group.
So after i start recording the macro
"Select choose button of Master 10
Cue 1 open
Group 99 copy fixture Group 100
Enter update"
Repeat for the remaining 19 cues...

Is it possible for keystroke macro to trigger another keystroke macro? don't have a console in front of me.

So after i start recording the Macro
"Select choose button of Master 10
Cue 1 open,Macro 1 enter(which would be the above macro)
Cue 2 open,Macro 1 enter
Repeat for remaining 18 cues

I know it was not possible to "copy" Macro command lines but has this
changed recently?

Regards C
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  • Hey Cormac,

    This should work, and yes you can fire one keystroke Macro from another.
    Just be sure there is enough time for the "nested" keystroke Macro to fire.

    The one thing that jumps out at me with your set-by-step is to be sure you select "Edit" in the editor once your Cue has been Open-ed to make changes stick. Also depending on your User Preference settings you may need to de-select all once Edit has been activated.

    Also your Macro-1 should not Open the Cue if your second Macro is going to do this, or you will end up with multiple Editors open for the same Cue at the same time.

    Basically your first Macro should only be:

    Group 99 Copy Fixture Group 100
    Enter Update Enter

    Then your second one should be:
    Choose Master 10
    Cue 1 Open
    Edit
    Macro 1 Enter
    Close Editor
    Cue 2 Open
    Edit
    Macro 1 Enter
    Close Editor
    ..........etc........etc

    Hope this helps. :)
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  • Hey Cormac,

    This should work, and yes you can fire one keystroke Macro from another.
    Just be sure there is enough time for the "nested" keystroke Macro to fire.

    The one thing that jumps out at me with your set-by-step is to be sure you select "Edit" in the editor once your Cue has been Open-ed to make changes stick. Also depending on your User Preference settings you may need to de-select all once Edit has been activated.

    Also your Macro-1 should not Open the Cue if your second Macro is going to do this, or you will end up with multiple Editors open for the same Cue at the same time.

    Basically your first Macro should only be:

    Group 99 Copy Fixture Group 100
    Enter Update Enter

    Then your second one should be:
    Choose Master 10
    Cue 1 Open
    Edit
    Macro 1 Enter
    Close Editor
    Cue 2 Open
    Edit
    Macro 1 Enter
    Close Editor
    ..........etc........etc

    Hope this helps. :)
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