Soupy8728 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Greetings all, now that Christmas is over I'll be working on my Halloween props for next year but since this is all still new to me, here is my question. How do I run a single sequence from the SE to test it? Do I have to create a show then play that show? Thanks in advance. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 If you have S4 open the sequence in SE. Go to the word “play” in SE and ensure you have “control lights” checked. Hit green play button. As long as your controllers, network and lights are connected/ configured correctly you should have lights. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMassey Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Either way works. just make sure Edit\Control Lights is checked in SE. SE has a lot more things to do than does the show player, so the SE can be a bit laggy with large channel counts. Just out of interest. How are you sequencing without playing the sequence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 But if you use the Visualizer you can test your lights - virtually, no need for the actual props. All things equal- if they work in vis - they will work on the actual props. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soupy8728 Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, PhilMassey said: Just out of interest. How are you sequencing without playing the sequence? I have sequenced a fraction of my stuff using the SE and then when the show plays, I just watch to see what it does. I just discovered the Animation (Visualizer) option and have used it a couple of times. Currently, my controllers are in my garage running my Christmas show but here in a few days, I plan on taking everything down and moving the controllers into the house (man cave) and testing my Halloween sequences. I just wasn't sure if it needed to be in a "show" or not to actually see the lights in action. Edited December 27, 2018 by Soupy8728 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soupy8728 Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, dibblejr said: If you have S4 open the sequence in SE. Go to the word “play” in SE and ensure you have “control lights” checked. Hit green play button. As long as your controllers, network and lights are connected/ configured correctly you should have lights. JR Thanks sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soupy8728 Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, dibblejr said: But if you use the Visualizer you can test your lights - virtually, no need for the actual props. All things equal- if they work in vis - they will work on the actual props. JR I just discovered this option and I do have a separate question about it. Do I have to add a new image of my house for every sequence? If I select a different sequence, it asks me to add an image. I already set up my image with my lights where I want them so can this be imported into a new sequence? Thanks! Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpageler Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 If you ever want to test a single sequence while you have a show scheduled/enabled, you'll have to disaply the show while testing a sequences on your outdoor light. After testing, re-enable the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmith37064 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Soupy8728 said: I have sequenced a fraction of my stuff using the SE and then when the show plays, I just watch to see what it does. I just discovered the Animation (Visualizer) option and have used it a couple of times. Currently, my controllers are in my garage running my Christmas show but here in a few days, I plan on taking everything down and moving the controllers into the house (man cave) and testing my Halloween sequences. I just wasn't sure if it needed to be in a "show" or not to actually see the lights in action. I use the animation screen inside of SE. It takes a little work to get it looking good but it works. It's a shame they removed it from S5. I put in a lot of time designing my screen. Hit my below youtube link and view any of the 2018 songs. You will see the animation screen. Edited December 27, 2018 by gsmith37064 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 18 minutes ago, Soupy8728 said: I just discovered this option and I do have a separate question about it. Do I have to add a new image of my house for every sequence? If I select a different sequence, it asks me to add an image. I already set up my image with my lights where I want them so can this be imported into a new sequence? Thanks! Carl Vis is different from animator. You can opeN the vis for any sequence. The animator, once you build it in SE and export the channel config it will always be there. As Greg stated it’s more tedious to build it in the animator but the reaction time and visual is better. I use both for various things. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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