midi show control Triggering Task- From ETC Board to Watchout

[fraggle]

Is it possible to trigger a task from the EOS lighiting board? All of the cues are triggered through MIDI but the light board op who is also maintaining video will be a little far from the video system keyboard and monitor. I currently have tasks set up to switch to the backup watchout system, but is there a way to trigger the tasks easily from the light board without moving the playhead from where it currently is?

[jfk]

17 hours ago, fraggle said:

… is there a way to trigger the tasks easily from the light board without moving the playhead from where it currently is?

EOS playhead or WATCHOUT playhead?

of course MIDI Show Control can be used to trigger a task when a cue is run from the EOS. If you are trying to trigger a WATCHOUT task without running a cue from the EOS, then your only option is to use ArtNet to trigger a WATCHOUT task by moving a fader. ArtNet is nowhere near as elegant, but can do the job.

[fraggle]

That's amazing to know, if EOS was running a cue to trigger a Watchout task, what would they need to send? Do you know if it could also be done through a macro? Could an EOS macro do the same thing as the fader to control ArtNet? 

[jfk]

50 minutes ago, fraggle said:

That's amazing to know, if EOS was running a cue to trigger a Watchout task, what would they need to send?

MIDI Show Control

50 minutes ago, fraggle said:

Do you know if it could also be done through a macro? Could an EOS macro do the same thing as the fader to control ArtNet? 

I do not know enough about EOS macro to comment.

You have two choices.

MIDI Show Control (preferred) is a cue based protocol designed to trigger specific cues. When using MSC, the EOS cuelist (fader pair?) number and the cue number have function. An aux timeline in WATCHOUT renamed to the cuelist number chooses the timeline and a control cue named with the cue number from the EOS determines where in the timeline. That way, the console and the timeline will always stay in perfect synch, even if you jump around on the EOS. btw you can ignore cuelist number by using the main timeline preference setting and then just the cue number is used.

ArtNet is a level based protocol not well suited to triggering cues. You either get a blind go or a lot of extra work compared to MSC, as you must use a different aux timeline for every cue and then manually define each cue’s level change trigger condition.