[SML] QLab 3 triggered by ETC Element

[Brian James]

Did you turn on MIDI trigger for each cue in QLab?

Also, I think you still need to capture the MIDI in each QLab cue. I don't think QLab automatically associates commands, but I may be mistaken.

Brian James

> On Sep 6, 2015, at 13:04, Andrew Vance via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
> I know this is probably an easy question to those of you more familiar
> with QLab than me, but I can't seem to get anything to work as I
> understand it should.
> 
> I'm designing lights and projections for a show.  I'd like the
> lightboard [ETC Element running the newest version of 2.3] to trigger
> my video computer [Mac Pro running QLab 3 Pro Video].  I've turned on
> MSC Transmit on the Element, and told QLab to listen for MSC.  I've
> got a Motu USB MIDI box connected to the Mac Pro.  MIDI out from the
> board to the MIDI in on the Motu box.
> 
> From my understanding [and Google Fu], QLab should listen for an MSC
> GO command and GO on the same numbered cue.  [IE, if LQ30 goes, QLab Q
> 30 should GO as well.]  QLab is patched with the proper inputs on the
> Motu box [and recognizes it as well].
> 
> Problem is, QLab doesn't respond to the MSC from the Element.  Looking
> at the Element Diagnostics, its sending MSC out.  We've matched the
> Device ID numbers and all that jazz. Nothing.
> 
> We reversed it [had QLab send out MSC commands and swapped the
> inputs/outputs on the MIDI], and QLab triggers the Element just fine.
> While this is a workable solution, I'd rather have the Element trigger
> QLab as there are way more lighting cues than video cues.
> 
> Is there anything obvious I'm missing?  Any QLab-fu that could help me
> out? As I said, its not the end of the world on this show to have QLab
> trigger the Element, but I've got a project coming up where we'll
> definitely want the EOS to trigger QLab throughout the production.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Andrew Vance
> Lighting Designer
> 
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