Specifications

Chapter 21: Events 217
Creating Events
The basic steps to create an event include the following:
• Add a new event in the Event list (see “Adding an Event”
on page 217).
• Add and configure triggers for the event (see “Adding Trig-
gers to an Event” on page 219).
• Add and configure actions for the event (see “Adding Ac-
tions to an Event” on page 221).
Adding an Event
To add a new event to the Event list:
1 Go to the Options page and click the Events tab.
2 Do any of the following:
• To create an empty, untitled new event, click the
New but-
ton in the Event Commands section.
– or –
• To create a copy of a pre-existing event, select one or more
events in the Event list and click the
Duplicate button.
Selecting Events
Event list items can be selected, renamed, duplicated, deleted,
cleared, enabled or disabled, tested and reset.
To select one or more events, do any of the following:
• To select a single event, click its row in the Event list.
• To select all events, right-click an event and choose
Select
All.
• To select multiple consecutive events, click the first desired
event and then Shift-click (or Multi-Select-click) the last
desired event. All events in between are selected.
• To select multiple non-consecutive events, or to de-select
an individual event, Ctrl-click (or Fine-click) its row in the
Event list.
To deselect or ore more events:
 Right-click anywhere in the Event list and choose Deselect All.
Moving Events
Selected events can be dragged and dropped to new locations in
the list. You can also manually edit the event number to re-se-
quence items.
To move one or more events:
1 Select one or more events in the Event list.
2 Click in the row of any selected event and drag to a new loca-
tion in the list. As you move events, a white line appears indi-
cating the destination.
3 Release the mouse button to drop the events at the desired lo-
cation in the Event list. When moving multiple events, moved
events will be adjacent regardless of their original locations
relative to each other (whether adjacent or non-adjacent).
events will be renumbered as necessary according to the new
sequence of events.
To manually edit an event number:
 Double-click the Event Number and enter a new three digit
number to resequence the list accordingly.
Managing Events in the Event List
Once created, events in the list can be managed using on-screen
buttons and right-click commands to rename, duplicate, delete,
clear, enable or disable them.
Renaming an Event
To rename an event:
1 Double-click the event name in the list. Or right-click the
event name and choose
Rename.
2 Enter a new name.
3 Press Enter to confirm the new name.
Duplicating an Event
Duplicating an event can simplify Event list configuration when
multiple, similar events need to be created, each with slightly dif-
ferent properties.
To duplicate an event:
1 Select one or more events in the Event list.
2 Click the Duplicate button on-screen. Or, right-click a selected
event and choose
Duplicate.
Several pre-defined (default) events are available immedi-
ately; others are available among the Demo Shows installed
with the system software. For more information, see “Default
Events” on page 224.
Events selected in the Event list
Selected events
(blue)
You can also use the Test and Reset commands to manually
audition events for development and diagnostics. For more
information, see “Testing Events” on page 222