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<h1 class="firstHeading">PC Control Groups</h1>
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<p id="siteSub">PC Control Groups can be used to monitor
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and control groups of control parameters i.e. mutes, faders
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and so on, within the system. Each PC control group can
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be associated with any number of control parameters which
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are of the same type and in the same range. The PC control
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group exposes a single control which can be placed on
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a custom control panel. The value of this control is determined
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by the values of the control parameters in the group.
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The PC must be online to the system in order for the control
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panels to be monitored. This is a useful feature where
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there are 2 London devices performing the same action
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(dual redundancy) since the PC control group will allow
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you to monitor and control the same control parameters
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on each London device.</p>
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<p> </p>
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<div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">
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<h2>Creating a PC Control Group</h2>
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<p>There are 2 ways in which to create a PC control
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group.</p>
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<p> <br>
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1. <span class="hcp1">Create an empty
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PC control group</span> by selecting it from the Panel
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Menu. This displays the following dialog:</p>
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<img src="Create_pc_control_group.jpg" alt="Image:Create pc control group.jpg" title="Image:Create pc control group.jpg" style="border-width: 2px;
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<p> <br>
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To then add controls to this group, drag the control
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and drop it onto the control group which can be found
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in the design tree under "This Computer"</p>
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<p> <br>
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2. <span class="hcp1">Create a PC Control
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Group from selected objects.</span> This creates a
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PC Control Group and adds all of the selected parameters
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on the active control panel to it. The same dialog
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as above is presented except the mode will already
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have been determined. If any of the selected parameters
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are read only then the PC Control Group is automatically
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set as read only and cannot be changed.</p>
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<p> </p>
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<ul>
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<li class="p"><p><span class="hcp1">Name
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of PC Control Group:</span> Set a name for the
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PC Control Group. It will then appear in the This
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Computer folder in the <a href="MAINDesign_tree.htm">Design
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Tree</a>. Drag it from the design tree and drop
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it onto a control panel to control and monitor
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the controls in the group. Selecting the control
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group in the design tree will cause a green box
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to be displayed around all of the controls in
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that group to easilly identify its members.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<p> </p>
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<ul>
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<li class="p"><p><span class="hcp1">Force
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PC Control Group to be read only:</span> Check
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this box to set the exposed parameter as read
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only. If any of the parameters in the group are
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read only then this box will always be checked
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and cannot be unchecked.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<p> </p>
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<li class="p"><p><span class="hcp1">Ignore
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offline parameters:</span> Check this box for
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the exposed parameter to ignore any parameters
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which exist on devices which are no longer online
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(the controls would appear greyed out on a control
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panel).</p></li>
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</ul>
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<p> </p>
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<ul>
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<li class="p"><p><span class="hcp1">Binary
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Mode:</span> Select binary mode when the parameters
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in a group are on/off such as mutes, which would
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normally be represented as buttons on a control
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panel.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<p> </p>
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<ul>
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<li class="p"><p><span class="hcp1">Continuous
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Mode:</span> Select continuous mode when the parameters
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in the group have a range greater than on or off.
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Note however, that controls must be in the same
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range as each other in order to be in the same
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control group.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<p> </p>
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<li class="p"><p class="hcp2"><span class="hcp1">Value changes:</span>
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Sets the conditions for a change in the exposed
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parameter.</p></li>
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<li class="hcp3"><ul>
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<li><p class="hcp2"><span class="hcp1">when
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all parameters are equal</span> sets the exposed
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parameter to the value of the parameters in
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the group when they are all equal.<br>
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</p></li>
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<li><p class="hcp2"><span class="hcp1">to
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value of last changed parameter</span> sets
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the exposed parameter to the value of the
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last parameter in the group to have changed.<br>
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</p></li>
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<li><p class="hcp2"><span class="hcp1">to
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on when all parameters are on</span> sets
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the exposed parameter to ON only when all
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the parameters in the group are ON. The exposed
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parameter will be OFF when all of the parameters
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in the group are OFF. This applies to button
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mode only.<br>
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</p></li>
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<li><p class="hcp2"><span class="hcp1">to
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ON when more than X controls are ON</span>
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sets the exposed parameter to ON when more
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than X number of parameters in the group are
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set to ON. The value for X is set in the "where
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X is" edit box. This applies to button
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mode only.<br>
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</p></li>
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<li><span class="hcp1">to average
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of all parameters</span> sets the exposed
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parameter to the average of all the parameters
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in the group. This applies to fader mode only.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<p> </p>
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<ul>
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<li class="p"><p><span class="hcp1">Where
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X is:</span> Enter a value for the number of parameters
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which must be ON before the exposed parameter
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goes ON. This only applies when the <span class="hcp1">Value
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changes</span> box is set to "<span class="hcp1">to
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ON when more than X parameters are ON</span>".</p></li>
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<p> </p>
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<ul>
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<li class="p"><p class="hcp2"><span class="hcp1">When value changes:</span>
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Determines the action to be taken on the parameters
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in the group when the exposed parameter is changed.
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This option is not available for read only PC
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Control Groups.</p></li>
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<li class="hcp3"><ul>
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<li><p class="hcp2"><span class="hcp1">send
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inverted current state</span> sets all parameters
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in the group to the inverted value of the
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exposed parameter. This applies to button
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mode only.<br>
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</p></li>
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<li><p class="hcp2"><span class="hcp1">always
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send off</span> sets all parameters in the
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group to OFF. This applies to button mode
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only.<br>
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</p></li>
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<li><p class="hcp2"><span class="hcp1">always
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send on</span> sets all parameters in the
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group to ON. This applies to button mode only.<br>
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</p></li>
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<li><span class="hcp1">maintain
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offsets</span> sends the change in the exposed
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parameter to all the parameters in the group
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therefore maintaining offsets between parameters
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in the group. This applies to fader mode only.</li>
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<h2>Important Information</h2>
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<li class="p"><p class="hcp2">The
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PC Control Group only exists on the PC<br>
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</p></li>
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<li>PC Control Groups can be found in the "This
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Computer" folder in the <a href="MAINDesign_tree.htm">Design
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Tree</a></li>
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