AndyJones Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Hello all, In our theatre we have a strand 550i, and a standard strand wired riggers remote, My aim is to be able to turn the desk off from the remote, so that I can save a long walk up to the desk, So far I have made a macro to turn the desk off, but this macro only takes it as far as the green screen that says "you can now turn your desk off" This means that I still have to go up to the desk and press the power button, is there away around this? Can I write a macro that powers the desk down completly? cheers AndyJones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 The short answer to that is ... no, you can't. Turning the console power off is purely a 'hardware' thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Have you got the ability to run power up to the lighting box from the stage? Then you could run the 550i off this, have the power down macro on the riggers which could then be run, and once completed turn the power off at the stage level. Turning the power back on will make the desk boot up again. Or am I missing something? Wouldn't the board op be up with the desk at the end of a show/rehersal/whatever anyway? Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Have you got the ability to run power up to the lighting box from the stage? Then you could run the 550i off this, have the power down macro on the riggers which could then be run, and once completed turn the power off at the stage level. Turning the power back on will make the desk boot up again.I can just see someone going "I wonder what happens if I turn this switch off?" at a crucial moment :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strand600X Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 To be honest I wouldn't do this as I like to be at the desk to turn it off propely and to save the show if any changes have been made Is it a 550i with the soft on/off key on the top at the rightiIf so then you don't need to kill the power to it as it will be offIf it's an older version with only the on/off on the back then I'm afraid it could involve a walk to the deskBazOpera North Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJones Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 Right,It is a newer 550i, so it has a soft on off button in the top right corner. I was wondering whether there is a setting I can turn on that tells the desk that when it reaches "you can now turn off" screen, the desk will wait 20 seconds then completly shut down. The reason the desk op doesn't shut down is because we use the stage lights for extra working light. cheers AndyJones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strand600X Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Oh right I see what your trying to achieve now I'm afraid the only way I know of to do what your asking is doing it by the dimmers We have ETC sensor touring dimmers 1 x 72 way and 2 x 48 waysWe have set the panic to hold so if they lose DMX then they just stay where they are hence we shut our desk down and turn it off then the workers stay on because of this "panic" I don't know what dimmers you have but this is the only way I know of to do what your asking... Of course you need to turn your racks off at the end of the night we always do then the dimmers clear themselves and next day all is back to normal Sorry I couldn't be more help BazOpera North Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJones Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 we have strand racks of some kind, not sure which though, haven't ever looked! we leave our dimmers on all the time. thanks for your help any way. cheers AndyJones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJones Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Hey Guys, Thought I would dig up this old topic rather than starting a new one. basically, I have the macro to take it to green screen of shut down, how feasible would it be to put a timer on the pug of the strand, and just have it set to turn off at 12 an on at 9.that way you could shut it down from the remote, and when you get back in next morning the desk will be back up and running? I was wondering weather the switch at the top right of the desk is actually a physical switch to cut the power, I don't want to damage the desk by turning it off at the power supply! Thanks AndyJones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 It's certainly feasible (as long as you follow the correct software shut-down procedure before each power-off). But it also sounds incredibly lazy ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thcousins Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Glad this popped up... We already have the ability to kill box power, but I can't seem to get the remote to run a macro to shut down the desk. Tried a few years ago and the macro would run from the desk, but not the remote. Using a 520i and R140 remote it that makes any diff. PS. I've posted before asking this, but does anyone know how to adjust the contrast on a R140? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Davies Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Any commands that you type into the riggers will not appear on the main console as they are executed on one of the hidden command lines that the desk has. This just stops anyone using the riggers interfering with what the Board Op is doing. There are some commands that can not be exectued on these hidden commnd lines and I would imagine that 'SHUTDOWN' is one of them. You could try this as a workaround: Record a cue with no channel information in it just a Macro that runs the SHUTDOWN command. Say cue 900 for the purposes of this exercise. Then write a macro for the riggers (HH1 - HH4 on the macro page) as follows: CUE 900 LOADX1 GOX1 You will need to ensure that CUE SHEET MACROS is enabled on the desk it is somewhere in the setup but cannot quite remember where. Rob Halliday has posted stuff about using macros in the Blue Room and although it may not be exactly what you are looking for it may explain things slightly better. Link to Rob Hallidays Profile from here you will be able to find the relevant posts. CHRIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJones Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 We have put a timer on the desk, and it works brilliantly! when we come in the desk is on, and when we turn off we don't have to stroll up to the control room to push the off button hope this helps Andy Jones :D - OT post and comments removed. Please use the ! Report button to express any concerns you may have about the content (or spelling) of a post. Thank You :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henny Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 apprentley strand disabled the ability to shutdown a desk with a macro some years ago because some people were creating one and setting it up as the startup macro so rendering the desk useless without a 220 clean henny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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