Follow Time; Loop To Preset - Interactive Technologies SceneStation User Manual

Follow Time

A preset's Follow Time is the length of time after a preset is activated that the next preset will
automatically activate. Use the follow time property to make presets automatically step from one
to the next.
In the text field, enter the follow time along with choosing the desired units (Seconds, Minutes or
Hours) from the popup menu. Any amount of time from 0.01 seconds up to 24 hours may be
specified.
In the example above, the preset will automatically activate the next preset 10 seconds after this
preset is activated.
Presets can follow each other in a simple sequential manner, or follow times can be combined
with the Loop To Preset property to create loops.

Loop To Preset

Normally, when stepping from preset to preset (either manually with a Sequential button or auto-
matically with a follow time), presets step in numerical order (such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.).
The Loop To Preset property allows a preset to specify that a different preset should come after
this one.
For example, to create a short loop that causes presets to execute in the order 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3,
4, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., then preset 4 should have a Loop back to preset 1.
When a loop has been selected, a second popup menu appears allowing a number of times that
the loop should be repeated to be specified. By default a loop always occurs.
You can choose to have a loop only occur from between 1 and 255 times using this menu.
For example, if preset 3 loops back to preset 1, and the loop is active for 2 times, then the station
will execute the presets in the order 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.
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