Lights on

[Terry Hurrle]

After a show runs what is the easiest way to have all the lights on steady for a determined amount of time. I have been told a sub-sequence but just confuse myself when I read about doing that. I know someone out here has the simple explanation for this for a newbie.
Thanks
Terry

[jimswinder]

I created an Animation Sequence that just loops.

So if you want , say 15 minutes of just lights on, make a 1 minute Animation Sequence and have it loop 15 times.

And the lights just don't have to come on...you can have them pretty much do anything (just like in a Musical Sequence), just no music.

[bob]

Alternatively, you could forget about putting loops into your sequence, and instead put the animation sequence into the Background section of a show that you schedule for fifteen minutes. Sequences in the Background section automatically loop when they reach their end.

Or, the same thing can be done in the Animation section, but only if you select "Play Concurrently" instead of "Play Consecutively".

[bob]

Also, I don't think "subsequences" are the way to go.

And, to be clear, the "loop in the sequence" method that jimswinder suggests will work fine.

I think the method I'm suggesting might have a minor advantage, though, which is that you can schedule the same show, with the same sequence, at different times, for different lengths of time - e.g. for a half hour once, for fifteen minutes at some other time, for five minutes at another time. It will just go for as long as you've scheduled it in each particular case.

[lightzilla]

jimswinder wrote:

I created an Animation Sequence that just loops.

So if you want , say 15 minutes of just lights on, make a 1 minute Animation Sequence and have it loop 15 times.

And the lights just don't have to come on...you can have them pretty much do anything (just like in a Musical Sequence), just no music.

That is how I do it.

Since I use a mini MP3 director unit I have five SD cards with various lengths of lights stay on.

I run 5 musical sequences, then have the lights on for 15 minutes via a Animation Sequence, then run 5 other musical sequences, then have the lights on for 15 minutes, then run 5 other musical sequences, then have the lights on for 15 minutes, then run 5 other musical sequences, then have the lights on for 15 minutes, then the card starts over again.

I then have two SD cards with 25 musical sequences on each of them and I then just let the cards run through.

I have one where there is a five minute "All lights on", then 10 musical sequences and so on.

This year I will make 2 SD cards where there is only a 30 second & 60 second "All lights on", then 7 musical sequences and so on.

That is how I do it.

[bob]

Ah, yes, the method I suggested will only work if you're running the show from a computer, as opposed to from a standalone controller or such.