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sequencer to control the main control board from within Aximmetry

Context:
I am a "single operator/presenter" and operate Aximmetry by myself with a simple clicker.

My Current Solution:

All my control board buttons in Aximmetry are mapped to DMX messages and are triggered from an external computer. I use Qlab on a Mac to send DMX (ArtNet) messages from a self-playing timeline to Aximmetry. I start and stop the timelines with a RF trigger (D-San Perfect Cue). I can trigger complex timelines that run for several minutes with one click and do not require an operator. This works really well but requires a second computer connected via LAN. Samples here: https://vimeo.com/magician/virtual

Preferred Solution:
I would like to to control the main control board from within Aximmetry with an internal sequencer. In other words push a button and have a sequence play to control cameras, camera path, media files, overlays, filters, scene changes and all the goodies that I can put on my control board.

Question:

How to setup a sequencer that uses MIDI or DMX (ArtNet) and a local loopback interface to achieve this? Ideally this would be on a single track for easy authoring.
Is there an easier way to achieve this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Marco

magician

Looks like I can just send a text string (example: /Controllers/AXI/01) with a OSC Scalar Out to the local interface 127.0.0.1:8000 to access all the control board buttons from the sequencer.

I use a Text Concat to create the address from a existing string /Controllers/AXI/01 and ad the last part with the sequencer /Controllers/AXI/01

For it to work I had to send the same string twice. First with 0 and then with 1 as an argument. I wonder if this is the best way to do this.

Eifert@Aximmetry

Hi Magician,

You could edit the camera compound and find in it the control board you want to control:

Your workaround with OSC seems to be also viable. And the OSC is probably faster to set up than editing the camera compound. However, if your project is long-term, then you might want to edit the camera as it probably makes things less complicated in the long run.

You might want to use the Sequence Trigger module instead Sequence Scalar. Use it to trigger the send and not for changing the argument (scalar value). This way you only need to send the value 1. And there is no need to send 0.

Warmest regards,

magician

Hi Eifert,

Thank you for the tip. Very helpful.

Marco

sequencer to control the main control board from within Aximmetry

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