Create Or Modify An Event - Lightware MMX8x4-HT420M User Manual

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6. Software Control – Lightware Device Controller
6.12.2. Create or Modify an Event
Wizard Mode
The wizard mode lists the most common
conditions and actions, so the user does not
have to look for LW3 nodes and properties.
Step 1. Click on the Edit button of the desired
Event; the Event editor is displayed.
Step 2. The wizard mode is displayed as
default. Select the desired Category first
(e.g. Audio or Video).
Step 3. Select the desired Expression from
the drop-down menu. If any other
parameter is necessary to set, it is
going to be displayed.
Step 4. Press the Apply button to store the
settings of the Condition.

INFO: This mode is also available for setting
the Action.
Advanced Mode
The goal of this mode is the same as of the wizard: set the properties and methods for conditions and
actions. The difference is the number of the available and usable properties and methods of the LW3
protocol. Advanced mode allows almost all of it.
Step 1. Click on the Edit button of the
desired Event; the Event editor is
displayed.
Step 2. The wizard mode is the default,
press the Advanced button. The LW3
protocol tree is displayed showing
the list of the properties in the drop-
down menu. Navigate to the desired
node.
Step 3. Select the desired Property from the
menu. The manual of the property
is displayed below to help to select
the necessary property and to set
the value.
Step 4. Set the desired value and operator,
then press the Apply button to store
settings.
INFO:
This mode is also available for
setting the Action.
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The Link Tool
The new interface allows creating more actions
for the same condition. In that case, a condition
can trigger more actions. To set such an Event,
the Link tool has been introduced.
Step 1. Click on the Edit button of the desired
Step 2. The wizard mode is displayed as default,
Step 3. All the saved Events are analyzed and
Step 4. Select the desired Condition and press the

INFO:
the Action.
Combine Links
The first generation of the Event Manager is able to sense a change (one condition) but in some cases that is
not enough. The practical experience has shown that there is a need to examine two conditions as follows:
one condition exists, and the other is
a change that occurs. The Combine
Links tool allows launching an Action,
if the Conditions are present at the
same time. Follow the steps below:
Step 1. Create the two Conditions in
Step 2. Create a third Event and
Step 3. Select the two Conditions in
Step 4. Set the desired Action (and
INFO:

setting the Condition only.
Applied firmware package: v1.3.0 | LDC software: v2.4.2
Event; the Event editor is displayed.
press the Link button.
the conditions are listed (it takes some
seconds to finish). The Show advanced
expressions option allows showing the
exact path and set the value of the given
property.
Apply button to store the settings.
This mode is also available for setting
separate Events.
navigate to the Combine Links
tab in the Editor.
the left panel.
do not forget to enable the
Events).
This mode is available for
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