Starting and Stopping Custom
Controls
Custom Control can be started and stopped in a number
of ways, depending on your work ow.
To Start a Custom Control
• Press the custom control button for the custom control
you want to run. This includes the custom control bus
on the control panel, Auxiliary Control Panel, and
Custom Control Shot Box.
• Recall a memory that has the Auto Run Custom
Control option turned on.
• Press a control panel button that has a custom control
attached to it.
• Use the Global Memory Module to run a custom
control.
To Stop a Custom Control
• Press the custom control button for the custom control
you want to stop. This applies only to the custom
control assigned to that button.
• Press and hold the Stop CC button and press the
custom control button for the custom control you
want to stop. You must assign the Stop CC function
to a bank button.
• Double-press the Stop CC button to stop all running
custom controls. You must assign the Stop CC
function to a bank button.
• Run an empty custom control (a custom control that
has no events).
• Insert the Stop Other Custom Control command into
a custom control.
Naming Custom Controls
After a custom control has had events added to it, you
can give it a descriptive name. This name appears on the
menus, the mnemonics, and the Shot Box buttons for the
custom controls. This is useful when working with
multiple custom control banks. As you switch banks, the
mnemonics display the names for the custom controls
on the selected bank.
To Name a Custom Control
1. Press HOME > Custom Controls.
2. Use the Bank and Button knobs to select the
custom control that you want to name.
The custom control cannot be running when you try
to name it.
3. Press Modify Name.
4. Enter the new name in the New Name eld.
5. Use the Font knob to select the size and layout of
the font you want to use on the mnemonic displays.
6. Use the Color knob to select the color you want to
use for the mnemonics. This can be the background
or text color, depending on whether you have
selected an invert font.
• Standard — use the standard mnemonics color.
• Green — use a green color.
• Red — use a red color.
• Blue — use a blue color.
• Yellow — use a yellow color.
• Orange — use an orange color.
• Purple — use a purple color.
• ME X Glow — use ME Glow color X.
• Aux Glow — use the aux glow color.
• CC Glow — use the CC glow color.
• User Color X — use User Color X.
• None — don't use a color for the mnemonic.
7. Press Accept New Name.
Editing Custom Controls
Once a custom control has been created, you can go back
and edit that custom control by inserting or removing
events. Editing a custom control also allows you to view
the sequence of events that were added, and then insert
pauses, holds, or special functions or commands, where
they are needed.
You cannot edit a custom control if the custom control
is running on another panel connected to the system.
If a custom control contains pauses or holds, a timeline
is shown, indicating the duration of the custom control,
and at which points different events will occur.
Note: You can only edit a custom control on the same panel it
was recorded on, or a panel with the exact same settings,
including ME assignments and bus maps.
Understanding the Edit Custom Control Menu
The Edit Custom Control menu has a number of buttons
to help you navigate and edit the events in your custom
control.
DescriptionMenu Item
jumps to the first event in the custom control.Go To Start
allows you to insert events before the selected
event.
Insert Event
delete the currently selected event.Delete Event
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