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5.3.2 Properties
Each playback has a few properties. You can change them by enabling the Props
button at the top and then choose a playback button.
• By enabling Background the playback will start automatically when the
LPU device is powered on. Also, the playback will ignore the Release All
command (a long press on the ’Release’ button). The Background feature
is useful for controlling fixtures that should never turn off; e.g. some lights
backstage that provide safety to artists coming on stage.
• When you have multiple playbacks on the same bank that have Exclusive
enabled, then only one of them will be active at the same time. Starting
a new exclusive playback will automatically release the other exclusives.
Please note that the scope of the Exclusive feature is limited within the
bank, i.e. an exclusive playback in one bank will not influence an exclusive
playback in another bank. By using Exclusive you can create LTP-like or
palette-like behaviour, both features usually found in professional-grade
lighting controllers.
• Go Mode will change the behaviour of the playback button. By default
it is set to Go; the button will send a Go Forward (Go+) command to
the playback which then will start, or if it was running already it will
progress to the next cue. Pressing the button for a long time will release
the playback. The next option is Toggle; in this case pressing the button
for the first time will start the playback and pressing it again will release
it. The Flash mode will make the playback active while the button is
depressed. The Solo mode does the same, however, it will also temporarily
blackout all other playbacks.
• Repeat. This property determines what the playback does when it fin-
ishes the last cue. When set to Loop it will just start over from the
beginning. Bounce will make it traverse back to the beginning; it will
keep going back and forth. In the Random mode the order of the cues will
be random; the playback will continue indefinitely. When set to Off the
playback will automatically release when reaching the end of the cues.
5.3.3 Blackout
The blackout function can be enabled by clicking on the ’Visual Productions’
logo in the main screen. The purple icon will blink in red to indicate the blackout
is active, see figure 5.7.
Figure 5.7: Blackout
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