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Exorcist User Manual

Programming your Haunt

Exorcist has been designed with the fully automated haunt in mind, something that in

practice is a lot harder to get right than it sounds, and its not until you have tried it

without the Exorcist that you realize how hard a job it really is.

The thing to remember is that there is no real right or wrong way, and what works for

one haunt scene is unlikely to be any good for another. No matter how you configure

your control system someone is going to find a way of messing it up. The most

important thing to do is ensure that there is a cast iron way of resetting things so even

if one group gets a messed up experience, the system will recover in time for the next

group. The examples below are just illustrations of ways of using the Exorcist’s

features to produce different effects and demonstrate how you can make creative use

of its versatility.

Lets start simple

Probably the simplest method of triggering and resetting a routine is by using the

Routine DONE flag

VSA 1

Trigger: - Input 1 ON (Mat Switch)

Reset: - VSA 1 Done

Using this method the routine will start playing once someone steps on the mat switch

and then continue playing to the end, at which point it resets itself.

Unfortunately, if someone stands on the mat switch the routine will just repeat instead

of ending and letting boredom send them on their way.

Though despite its flaws, this may be a good method for triggering a quick/short

routine

Using a dead zone timer

This may actually be one of the most versatile ways of controlling a routine, it’s quick

and simple like 1 above, yet has a small degree of protection

VSA 1

Trigger: - Input 1 ON

Reset: - Timer 1 Done

Timer 1

Trigger: - VSA 1 Done