Tracking Shield
The dot2 also uses something called Tracking Shield. It's a system that automatically protects cues from unwanted
changes.
Let's have a look at some examples.
Have a look at this table:
Cue
number
Fixture 1
Dim
Fixture 1
Position
1 100 Singer
2 0
Singer
3
0 Singer
4
0 Singer
5
0 Singer
6 100
Singer
We have stored fixture 1 at 100% and on the singer position. In cue 2 it’s turned off. Now down in cue 6 it’s turned
back on and it’s still used in the singer position - but it’s a tracked value.
Now we would like to use the same fixture in cue 3 at the drummer position. So we turn it on in that position and
store it in cue 3 and store it at 0% in cue 4. Now what happens in cue 6?
If we follow the normal rules tracking then it will turn on at the drummer in cue 6. But when we made the cue then
it was on the singer! So usually we would need to recreate cue 6.
With Tracking Shield we don’t need to do this. The dot2 realize that you wanted the fixture on the singer in cue 6 so
it reapplies the singer position in cue 6.
This is the actual result:
Cue
number
Fixture 1
Dim
Fixture 1
Position
1 100 Singer
2 0
Singer
3 100 Drummer
4 0
Drummer
5
0 Drummer
6 100 Singer
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