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Pressing and holding a S button causes the Cue Stack Window / Cue Window to be temporarily made active until the button is
released. The Cue Stack / Cue Window shows data for the playback associated with the S button.

This enables easy modifications of Cue and Cue Stack parameters such as FX size and chase speed.

Also used when programming for determining which playback to

record a Cue

onto.

Pressing S two times quickly opens the Cue Stack window associated with the Playback.

Pressing S three times quickly opens the Cue Stack, Options window associated with the Playback.

Flash

Used to temporarily activate playbacks by

adding or swapping

in the Cue Stack from the playback to the outputs.

Grand Flash

A spare button that can be used for keyboard macros.

Sub Flash

A spare button that can be used for keyboard macros.

Next Page

Used to select the page of playbacks. See the

page select overview

for how pages work.

Prev Page

Used to select the page of playbacks. See the

page select overview

for how pages work.

Manual Go

This Go button is part of the

manual control

section and controls the

current playback

. It has the same functionality as the Go

button associated with a playback. It provides Go functionality for playbacks that do not have Go buttons.

Manual Pause

This Pause button is part of the

manual control

section and controls the

current playback

. It has the same functionality as the

Pause button associated with a playback. It provides Pause functionality for playbacks that do not have Pause buttons.

Big Go

This Go button is part of the

manual control

section and controls the

current playback

. It has the same functionality as the Go

button associated with a playback.

It is designed to be use for theatre style operation where one big GO button is important for cueing a show.

Fast Forward

The Fast Forward button is part of the

manual control

section and controls the

current playback

. It is used to bump a Cue Stack

to the next step immediately without fading. It is particularly useful when editing a Cue Stack to bump through Cues to find the
one to edit.

Fast Back

The Fast Back button is part of the

manual control

section and controls the

current playback

. It is used to bump a Cue Stack to

the previous step immediately without fading. It is particularly useful when editing a Cue Stack to bump through Cues to find
the one to edit.

Add / Swap

The Add / Swap buttons controls the function of flash buttons. See also the

Add / Swap overview

.

See

Playback Buttons

.

[DBO

The

Console Blackout Button

, used for black-outs.

Numeric keys

Used for entering values for parameters. The console allows values to be entered before selecting the item to set on screen thus
making configuration of parameters quick and easy,

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