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Leaving Circuits on after show ends?


ryankearny

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This is a newbie question, but I can't seem to find the answer after looking on the newsgroups.

Is it possible to keep some circuits on after a show ends? My LOR controllers all default to circuits off after a show ends. I'd rather not put a loop at the end of the show but is that one way to do it (bummer with that would be that the show would never end).

Thanks for any help...

Ryan

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What you can do is schedule another show after your main show ends. In that show just have one sequence in the background tab that has only the lights you want left on.

They will stay on as long as you have the show scheduled.

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This works, I tried it :):

Create a sequence that turns on the lights you want on at the end of the show. If you want to get fancy, have those channels fade up to 100% in a 5-second sequence. This can even be a musical sequence with a voice over that announces that the show is over. Put this sequence in the "Shutdown" tab. Make sure the box that says "Turn used lights off at the end of each sequence" is not checked.

Caveats:

  1. If a channel is in the "Background" sequence, then you probably can't keep it on at the end of the show, although I haven't actually tried it.
  2. If communication or power is lost to a controller, then the channels on that controller will not turn back on after the power or communication is restored. This could be a problem if, for example, you have a ELL link that's not 100% reliable due to things shielding the signal.
  3. If "disable shows" is selected in the LOR control panel, the lights will go out, and will not go back on when "enable shows" is selected.

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Thanks for the info. I see how to do it now.

I'm using two LOR controllers to run 32 channels for my home media room. All of the can lights, rope lights, ceiling lights, bar lights, disco ball, stage lights, etc are on separate channels so I can control each to make very custom "light themes" depending on the movie we are watching or if the kids are putting on a play, or a variety of other things we do with the room. I'm using small animations in order to transition from one light theme to another, which are triggered from the wall switch.

So, in my case, the steady state condition is to not run a show, rather just stay in a static light theme. The shows are simply to get from one theme to another.

I think putting my sequences in the shutdown tab is going to work perfectly for what I'm doing.

Thanks,

Ryan

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ryankearny wrote:

I'm using small animations in order to transition from one light theme to another, which are triggered from the wall switch.

I'm curious. How do you cause a show to start from a wall switch?
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Ah, good question. I haven't actually done it yet, it's all wired though. Probably in the next few weeks.

I bought the mini director http://store.lightorama.com/midiwimp3pl.html which says it can be triggered from external switches. I think the mini director can hold 3 or 4 shows (in my case, light themes) which is good enough. I don't have the manual handy, but I think the idea is to use toggle switches to short two of the terminals in the back of the unit to trigger each show.

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The mini-director can have three different shows, triggered by dry contact switches.

I'm usually outside on the porch at Halloween and change the annimations depending on the age of the kids coming down the sidewalk. Funny for the little tikes to as scarry as my props can get for the older ones.

Works great!

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