Connecting Show Director Control to Show Director

Show Director Control can run stand-alone or connected to Show Director.  When it is configured to run with Show Director it can be slaved so that actions you take in

Show Director such as Play, Pause or Stop will be immediately communicated down through Show Director Control to the connected Field Controllers.  In this fashion you can use Show Director as the multi-media interface to Play or Pause your show as well as keep the show synchronized to the music or any external time sync devices supported by Show Director.

The three Firing Modes for Show Director Control are Manual Fire, Auto Fire and Show Director Sync.  

Figure 1- Settings Tab showing the Firing Modes

In Manual Fire, users must press the Fire button for each Cue that is to be executed.  Pressing Fire will execute the Cue and advance to the next Cue so that it is ready to fire.

In Auto Fire, once the Auto Fire button has been pressed, the show's clock will begin and the show will execute Cues on their firing time.

In Show Director Sync, the Play and Pause buttons are disabled and the show is controlled via Show Directors Play, Pause and Stop buttons.  There is also control over what happens if the connection is dropped.  Selecting 'Pause if lose Show Director Sync' will pause the show after the second heartbeat from Show Director is detected.  If this option is unselected, the show will continue on using the internal clock until such time as Show Director is reconnected.  At that point the internal clock will sync with Show Director.