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depressed.
Appendix B provides a detailed overview of the available tasks, features, func-
tions and parameters.
9.4 Templates
The Show Control page presents a list of templates. A template is a set of
action-list, actions and task. These templates configure the QuadCore to per-
form typical functions; for example convert Art-Net to DMX or control the
6 playbacks through OSC. The templates thus save time; otherwise actions
should have been set up manually. They can also function as a guide to soften
the learning curve on actions; a lot can be learned from adding a template and
then exploring the actions and tasks it created. Please note that some templates
require settings to changed in the settings page; for example the 'Receiving Art-
Net' template needs the DMX outlets to set to outputs in order to achieve an
Art-Net to DMX conversion. Appendix C gives an overview of the available
templates.
9.5 Variables
Variables are part of the show control system in the QuadCore. There are 10
variables and each can hold a value in the range of [0,255]. These values can
be manipulated by tasks and can be used for advanced action programming.
Variables can be added as sources in order to have actions triggered when a
variable changes value.
The values of the variables are stored in the same battery backed-up memory
as the RTC; it will hold the values between power cycles, if the time between
power-on does not exceed a few days. You can see the status of the ten variables
in the monitor page, under Timers.
To illustrate the use of variables, please see the following example in which a
variable is used to keep track of the cue index between power-cycles. (By default,
the QuadCore does not remember which playback or cue was active after a
power-cycle.) For simplicity, we assume that an external system is selecting
cues inside the QuadCore by sending UDP messages.
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