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[AgentD]

Hi,

I am setting up a permanent installation in which the projector turns ON at 7PM and turns OFF at 5AM. I am setting up the cue scheduler with PJ link to control the projector On/OFF. However in the Cue scheduler tutorial from 2020 shows that there is From (what time) and To (what time) options but in the current MadMapper 5.68 only it only has one option to enter the time which means that I can't specify how long the projector stays on. See attached screens.

What am I missing here? Please advise! Thank you so much in advance!

[mad-matt]

Hi,

In MadMapper 5 the Cue Scheduler was doing scheduling & automation, and since both could be activated you could indeed program an automation in a time range specified in scheduling section. That was powerful but doing a all in one module made it complex and overkill for most cases.
The new Timeline Scheduler & Timeline Automation in MM 6 are much clearer & simpler while keeping necessary features. The only missing one is doing automation in a time range.
Two options for that:

1- you can drag cues/timelines in to the conductor to start it one after the other, and you have one conductor per bank, so you could do a bunch of different preprogrammed automation and schedule their startup.

2- you can create N automation modules with different target cues/timelines, and N scheduler modules that will start a cue to activate a specific automation module (& deactivate the others), which would lead to the same things as the all in one MM 5 module. You can for instance create a Timeline Automation module named "Monday Automation" that will start timeline on row 1, a Cue name "Monday Cue" that sets "Monday Automation" module on & other automation modules off, and a "Monday Scheduler" module that starts "Monday Cue" on Mondays.

Cheers