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[mipmarple]

Hello!
I have an MM5 project I would like to upgrade to MM6.

A cue was triggered every 15 minutes using the cue scheduler.
It was very easy since "Hour" could be set to "Each".

However with the new Timeline Scheduler "Each" is only supported for Year and Month.
How would you do it?
Trigger a timeline every Hour and trigger the cues from the timeline every 15 Minutes?

How would you trigger cues from the timeline?
At the moment I have to this which seems very complicated:
1) create a macro module
2) create a MadMapper Control for the specific Cue ("play_from_beginning") and assign it to the macro
3) trigger the macro with the timeline

By default (right click --> add control) cue controls are generated as:
/timelines/selected/by_cell/col_2/cue_row_3/play_from_beginning
This references only to the active bank and breaks everything once you switch banks.
(I use multiple banks, one for the "gui" and one "system" bank with special cues).

So I have to manually add the control like this:
/timelines/SYSTEM/by_name/test/play_from_beginning

However the v6 Update offers great possibilities for complex shows.
I am sure it was not easy to find a good balance between backwards compatibility and new features.

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[mad-matt]

In MadMapper 6, the Cue Scheduler module has been splitted in two:
- Timeline Scheduler, to do things like "start this on each Saturday at 9am", or "start this timeline on December 31th at 23pm"
- Timeline Automation, to start timelines in a specific range at a given interval

This makes things much clearer. In you case Timeline Automation is what you need.

Note for people who were used to combine scheduling & automation (ie on tuesday between 9am & 11am, do an automation in this cue range) you know have to use a single Timeline Automation module and use the Scheduler to start a cue that will change automation settings. It requires just one more module but make things much clearer.