GeniusPro/Lightpalette Operator's Manual - Strand Lighting

Macros
Macros
Macros let you record and then play back a regularly used sequence of commands. For example, you
could record a macro with the commands to load and then run a particular cue. Running this macro will
then replay all of these commands. Macros can be recorded from any display and then played back
using a macro playback key or a macro playback command, or by assigning the macro to a cue or
submaster. Once recorded, they can be viewed and edited in the Macro display.
With the optional A4 or A3 macro tablet, you can activate up to 1600 macros using a pen or pointing
device on a macro button grid placed on a Wacom Intuos or Concept 2012 A4 graphic tablet.
There are up to 3000 macros numbered 0 to 2999. Each macro can contain up to 120 keys. Most keys
can be recorded into a macro. Trackball movements can also be recorded, but you cannot use the
wheels, faders and rotaries within a macro. You must use the numeric keypad to enter numbers.
A macro cannot call another macro.
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Macro Properties
Pre-Assigned Macros
Learning a Macro
Deleting a Macro
Running a Macro Manually
Running a Macro Automatically
Viewing Macros
Creating a New Macro
Editing Macros
Macro Tablet
Macro Properties
Macros have only one property which can be specified when recording or edited later. You can record
a text label (caption) with each macro to help identify the macro.
In the text label for a macro, any text after an exclamation point will be sent to the Macro Trigger
Output port if you have the CommuniquéPro software, the Macro Trigger Output field in the Console
Setup Screen is set to On and the associated Net Node, Port, Baud and Config fields are set up
correctly. Refer to ASCII Remote Control Output
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