Feature Request - Ability to schedule a shutdown immediately

[dgrant]

I created a single sequence show for daytime use since it was very dreary and terribly cold today. What I discovered however was when it was set to end, it was in a loop which insured it would not end until the loop finished. I wanted to set it to terminate immediately. Yes, we can manually terminate anything running immediately but it would be nice to have it available to shutdown on a schedule. When I said dreary, its +9F this moment and still falling here.

[Don]

What type of loop was it in? Musical or Animation? At the end of a show an animation sequence should stop, regardless of where it is in the sequence. A musical would finish.

 

[dgrant]

It was a 5 minute loop. Yes, it would have shut down on its own but I'd timed it to shutdown at 5Pm, therefore starting my pre-show which ends at 5:30 then the main show begins. The issue was it had just started another 5 minute loop which then knocked off everything else. I only suggest this for automation reasons therefore in case its running unattended.

[Don]

Do you mean a loop within the Sequence?

Don't use loops in a sequence. If your pre-show (the one that is supposed to shutdown at 5pm) is animation only then it should shut down right at 5pm. 

[dgrant]

Yes, it is a loop within the sequence. Simply put, it was just some roof light circuits and various props, just semi-random fading on/off. As I mentioned, it was dark and dreary outside so I just quickly created this and launched it as a single sequence show on its own. What caught me by surprise, it shouldn't have, was that it didn't shut down at 5Pm as I expected, rather another 5 minute loop had started. So I looked at the options to reset this to totally shut off at the appointed time and there wasn't any such option. Yes, we have the option to manually stop a show either immediately or after the current sequence.

[Don]

Loops within sequences to weird things. Remove the loop in the sequence and it will shut down, as scheduled.

[dgrant]

I would have but when I created it, it was for 5 hours. Didn't feel like editing a 5 hour sequence. Its turned off now anyway as the sun is out but brutally cold out there.

[dgrant]

It appears they might have allowed this with 6.1.8.

[MattBrown]

In the version 6.1.8 Create Show dialog, under Options, there are new shutdown options - shutdown gracefully (after current song) and shutdown immediately. In your case, shutdown immediately would have worked nicely.