Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation SD Operation Manual Appendix 2: Version 3 (April 2014) Theatre Software Operation For Software Build 680+ A2-1
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation Contents A2.1 Features Specific to Theatre Option Software .................... .......A2-3 A2.1.1 Auto Update Explained ........................................... .......A2-3 A2.1.2 Options - Theatre Tab ............................................. .......A2-3 A2.1.3 Channel Sets ........................................................... .......A2-4 A2.1.4 Control Group Cues................................................ .......A2-4 A2.1.5 Channel Cues ...............
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation A2.1 Features Specific to Theatre Option Software (With special thanks to Andrew Bruce of Autograph UK for his invaluable contribution to the design and explanation of these features) A2.1.1 Auto Update Explained ..................................................... The Auto Update System (Previously referred to as Live Update in D5T Software) allows users to apply changes to a setting on a channel in more that one cue at a time.
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation Excluded Controls Scope :Selection of controller types that will be excluded from the Auto Update function. Note that the use of the Option-All button on an excluded control will write to all cues, as opposed to the current cue (as the Option/All control inverts the AutoUpdate rule) Fader Off LCD Colour : Choose the colour of channel LCD Buttons when a channel is off (Fader down or channel is muted).
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation Changes made to CG Assignments are only shown on the worksurface (become active) once a Cue has been fired. For example, add a Channel 1 to a CG 1 in Cue 3. Channel 1 will not show as a member of CG1 until cue 3 is fired. All Settings/CG Members Only: This selection allows the option of copying channels settings as well as CG membership of channels across multiple cues when joining channels to Control Groups.
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation A2.1.5 Channel Cues ..................................................................... Located in the master screen Layout menu The Channel Cues panel shows the Channel Settings used in each channel in each cue, and allows the selection of alternative settings, Channel Settings and Aliases A key feature of SD7T is the ability to manipulate channel settings.
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation Display Filters Two display filters have been incorporated to make it easier to navigate and manage the potentially huge display of settings and data. As an alternative to the Show Names display above, you can choose to show a * marker only where settings change. Colour Coding As the key on the panel shows, there are different colour codes to represent different things.
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation Open Global Scope Panel Open Group & Auto Update Scope Panel Open Recall Scope Panel Assign Mode Update Single Cue Rename Show Mode Details Ripple Assignment Down to next existing change Update All Cues in Group using the same Alias Update All Cues in List using the same Alias Global Scope / Recall Scope / Group & Auto Update Scope : Shortcut buttons to the appropriate scope in the Cues Panel Assign : Opens the Assign Panel, allowing the selection of different sett
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation Replacing Channel Settings in a Cue Select the Channel Name Cell in a Cue, then press the Assign Button. The Channel Settings Assign Panel will open. The Assign Panel lists all of the Channel Settings (Aliases) for the given channel. In this example, Channel 1 has two sets of settings (Two Aliases)..
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation Pressing the aliases button opens the Channel Aliases Panel. The current alias will be highlighted; other aliases that are used somewhere within the session are listed in black text, and aliases that exist but are not used are listed in red text. There are options for displaying the aliases of either the selected channel or all channels, and showing and hiding unused aliases. New Aliases : Creates an Alias, and prompts for a name. Enter a Name.
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation A2.1.8 Players ................................................................................ The Players panel in the Master screen / Layout menu allows several actors' names and channel settings to be associated with an input channel and one to be selected as the current player.
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation When Players have been created there is an indication of which Player is current in both the Channel Setup and Modules Cues panels as below: Indications of Current Player in Channel Setup and Module Cues panels A2.1.9 Cue List Text Style & Colour ............................................ There are 2 significant selections of Cue displayed in the SD7T Cuelist at any one time. The Current Cue is the last one that was fired.
Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation A2.1.10 Matrix Nodal Delays ......................................................... SD7T provides up to 1.3 seconds of delay on each Matrix node. To Adjust delay times, press the Delays button at the bottom of the matrix panel, touch the required nodes and use either the worksurface Touch Turn controls to adjust the settings and On/Off status or touch the keypad button to enter a value.
