Visual Show Director Manual Mode

Manual Mode

A new Manual Mode has been integrated in the program to allow the choreography of manually fired shows with electric panels.

Description of Manual Mode, when manual mode is entered:

• If the script window is on the screen, the PFT (PreFire Time/Delay) column is locked (i.e. edits not allowed) and the time (HMSF) is adjusted by the PFT. The time displayed is the Fire Time. The PFT column is locked, so that when manual mode is terminated, time is converted back to the original event time (Firing Time + PFT).
  
  
• If the script window in not on the screen, when the script is opened the script will be converted to the manual mode (i.e., the time will be adjusted to Fire Time).
  
  

When manual mode is active, the Manual Pull Down Menu is enabled. This Menu has the following functions:

Configuration...
This screen contains all the Manual Mode parameters: The current set includes:

• Cue tolerance
  Specifies how near cues can be to each other. The validate function will use this number to compare cue times (if cues are too close together, they are difficult to Fire on a manual panel, consolidate or adjust the script as required).
• Response Time
  Sets the number of tenths of a second at which the "FIRE" wave file is to be played, to compensate for the Firing Operator's Delay in physically initiating the Firing button/probe on a manual Firing board.
• Cue Preview Time
  Set the delay that you want the cue to be announced before it turns red in the display.
• Max Cue Number
  Set the maximum number of cues of your firing panel per rail/slat before it restarts the cue count. If you have 25 cues per slat set it to 25.
  
  

CountDown Display
This window has a countdown HMSF/ Next Cue number /and Fire indicator. Everything is in big fonts for easy visibility.

Renumber Cues
This function allows a quick and semi-automatic addressing of the number of Firing Positions per rail/slat on the manual firing system. It is possible to set the number of cues per rail/slat and automatically renumber all the script


Validate with Tolerance
This function flags occurrences of inter-cue times that do not meet the specified tolerance. The user specifies a tolerance and is able to select all, or selected cues for validation. It operates similar to the address validation in that the user is able to ignore/proceed past conditions that fail the check. This function insures that user has not specified cues too close together for actual operation of the manual firing system.


Add / Subtract PFT
This function gives the option to add or subtract the PFT.



USE OF THE WAVE DISPLAY WITH MANUAL MODE

With the new wave display it is possible to combine the Graphic display of the cues on the wave graphic with the Manual Countdown Panel. You will need to deselect wave display and caliber display in the Configure Wave-Options.
This way you will have a graphic plot of the cues only. While you play the music you will be able to see the cues coming while the cursor advances and looking at the Count Down announce the cue number.

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