Background sequences on N2G4 director???

[rmturner54]

I have been looking forever to see if its possible have a background sequence set up when creating the SD card. Kinda  like the show editor does.

Before I switched to the director I used a (tune to sign) sequence in my show editor.

The only work around I came up with at this moment  is to add the sign prop to my main preview and then add it to each of my sequences. THe only problem with that approach is that after each sequence in the show end so does the light for the sign until the next sequence plays.

What am I missing??

[Don]

Director's (any of them) can NOT do background sequences.

[rmturner54]

Thanks, I thought so. Now I know I wasnt going crazy. SO I will have to rethink things

I guess I can take my tune to sign sequence and just add it to my show as a seperate show and tweek my scheduling for that show  to run continous

 

 

Edited November 26, 2021 by rmturner54

[rmturner54]

Well, adding the  tune to sign seq as a seperate show did not work like I expected. I programmed the SD card as follows.

Show 1 tune to sign to start at 559p and stop at 10p, for 7 days.

Show 2 main Show to start  at 6p to 10p.

The tune to came on as programmed but it turned off when the  mainshow started at 6p

 

Edited December 3, 2021 by rmturner54

[k6ccc]

As I understand it, a Director can only run one show at the time.

 

[Don]

Right. One show at a time. You'd have to incorporate that channel into your sequences, and it would off/on at the end/start of each sequence.

[rmturner54]

11 hours ago, k6ccc said:

As I understand it, a Director can only run one show at the time.

 

 

10 hours ago, Don said:

Right. One show at a time. You'd have to incorporate that channel into your sequences, and it would off/on at the end/start of each sequence.

Yea I kinda figured thatt once I saw what is was doing when testing. SO back to adding a prop to the preview and to the show sequences. 

Thanks for the replies

[Orville]

On 11/26/2021 at 5:57 PM, rmturner54 said:

I have been looking forever to see if its possible have a background sequence set up when creating the SD card. Kinda  like the show editor does.

Before I switched to the director I used a (tune to sign) sequence in my show editor.

The only work around I came up with at this moment  is to add the sign prop to my main preview and then add it to each of my sequences. THe only problem with that approach is that after each sequence in the show end so does the light for the sign until the next sequence plays.

What am I missing??

You CAN do this with your current Director - See the info below the bolded heading below.

Otherwise, like others have stated, Directors CAN NOT do background sequences, and would need to be done, as you discovered to make it work. 

How to use a Director to keep a Tune To sign lit, and still have all other lights go off between sequences:

The only way to KEEP the Tune To sign LIT, is DO NOT use ALL LIGHTS OFF at end of sequence and make sure the Tune To signs channel is KEPT LIT {all ON} all the way to the very end of the sequence, if you want the other lights to turn off, just leave the last 1 to 3 blocks OFF on those channels, just NOT the Tune To sign!  And that should keep your sign from shutting off between sequences, but still turn off any lights you want to be off between sequences using this method.

Been using a Director for years to run my shows, so I've learned a few tricks and tips on how to do some things that folks may not think of.

 

[rmturner54]

4 minutes ago, Orville said:

The only way to KEEP the Tune To sign LIT, is DO NOT use ALL LIGHTS OFF at end of sequence and make sure the Tune To signs channel is KEPT LIT {all ON} all the way to the very end of the sequence, if you want the other lights to turn off, just leave the last 1 to 3 blocks OFF on those channels, just NOT the Tune To sign!  And that should keep your sign from shutting off between sequences, but still turn off any lights you want to be off between sequences using this method.

I got it, basiclly run the tune to sign channel 3 or 4 timing blocks past the the end of the normal sequence timing

[Orville]

13 minutes ago, rmturner54 said:

I got it, basiclly run the tune to sign channel 3 or 4 timing blocks past the the end of the normal sequence timing

If it is a musical sequence, even if you change the time, that WILL NOT work, the sequence is actually left unchanged, except that the tune to signs blocks are all on all the way to the end of the sequence length set by the music file.  Once the music ends, the sequence ends there, even if you add extra time, it will still end at the end of the audio.  So you have to be sure that if you want any lights off at the end of the sequence is to turn off the last 1 to 3 blocks in the current sequence ending for any channels you want to go dark between sequences, otherwise if you add extra time to the sequence to have the channels turn off at the end except the tune to sign, all lights will stay on, including the Tune To sign at the end.   You may have to tweak the end of the sequence to turn off those channels needing to be off between sequences.  I have all mine just fade out at the end, usually leaving 1 to 3 blocks vacant just past the end of the fade out.