Brightness fader for one zone only

On live control panel, select projector zone (third tab).
Select zone(s) you want to control,
live control panel now only controls those zones, including brightness, colour, scan rate, visible points, etc.

see page 2 of the Beyond LiveControl.pdf manual %)

MrBeam
 
Yes, correct. Live Control is main and simplest solution. The second idea is adding effect into Projection Zone and control it externally.

Best Regards,
Alexey
 
So now I've had a play, and I have to admit I am confused.

I have 3 projectors, each with a zone. Left and Right are 1 and 2, centre is 3.

I want a cue to start playing on zone 3, so I have a cue that has a "start" pangoscript:

Code: 
MultiCue
ClickLCTabMode 3 // 1-Master, 2-Cue, 3-Zone
ControlSelZones
UnselectAllZones
SelectZone 7 // zone index, 1..N.

I have 2 other cues A and B that I want to fade up and down on zones 1 and 2. So I select the zones, bring the brightness down, select A and bring the brightness up. Great! Works fine.

Now I want to drop the brightness and replace the currently playing cue on 1 and 2 with B. Problem. I cannot switch off the current cue on 1 and 2. Blackout kills everything including zone 3, and if I select B, it is added so that both A and B are now played on the projectors.

I want B to replace A, not play as well as A. How?
 
Regarding the brightness. Such operator will set the brightness of 1st zone to 50%

Zone[1].brightness=50

Zone indexing in such syntax starts from 1. Value of brightness in percents. Take a look at Object Tree window, you will see all parameters of Projection zones.
 
A bit if theory, its very simple, but important. BEYOND play cue. BEYOND does not play Projection Zone or laser/projector. Cue may output to multiple zones, cue may use zone chase effect. So, the destination is not a constant. Think about audio player, same story here. Zone is a like a speaker. You can mute audio channel, but it does not mean that it stop the cue.
 
LivePRO based on four tracks, four cue players. QuickShow based on dynamic players. You click on cue, software create player, you stop cue, and player will be removed. BEYOND has both - static and dynamic players. ProTracks represent static play that allow keep the settings even if you change the cue. And of course, there are dynamic players from QuickShow. Personally I think that ProTracks is better for scripting. You use is as a start point and then set what it should do - what cue to place, live control settings, time control, effects, destination. And, it is something that you can easily address.

Regarding zones. Can you imagine that we block zone selection in Preview panel? What left in this case? Cue and Effect. Effect can easily operate with destination, add/set/delete zones from output path. Zone is a parameter :)

Regards,
Alexey
 
ENOT said:
Regarding the brightness. Such operator will set the brightness of 1st zone to 50%

Zone[1].brightness=50

Zone indexing in such syntax starts from 1. Value of brightness in percents. Take a look at Object Tree window, you will see all parameters of Projection zones.
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Thanks Alexey - the brightness control is via the APC40 fader so don't need this level of control (but it's useful to know) :)
 
ENOT said:
A bit if theory, its very simple, but important. BEYOND play cue. BEYOND does not play Projection Zone or laser/projector. Cue may output to multiple zones, cue may use zone chase effect. So, the destination is not a constant. Think about audio player, same story here. Zone is a like a speaker. You can mute audio channel, but it does not mean that it stop the cue.
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OK... so the only way to get the result I want is to click the playing cue again to stop it before selecting the new cue?
 
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