Tasks

This tab is for creating Tasks.

A task contains subtasks: A subtask is an action on a device, timelines, VNodes, graph, … mostly anything you can drag&drop in the subtask tab.
You can specify a Wait per subtask to sequence the launch of the subtasks.

A task can be triggered manually, from a cue in a command layer of a timeline, from the graph, from an external show control TCP/IP command , from Kinetic Panel or from a Stream Deck.
A task can also be triggered from another device: A calendar, a MIDI command, Art-Net, OSC, GPIO,…
When triggered, a task will blink in green for a few seconds.

it’s possible to click on the multi button icon to switch to a multi button view.

Task Creation, suppression:

Click on the + button to create a new task.
You can choose a name and a color to easily identify this task.
Click on the trash button to delete a selection of tasks.

Task edit:

You can specify a description to add extra info.
You can specify a keyword: It will allow you to easily filter tasks by keywords in a custom User Interface.

You can drag&drop some devices in the trigger area to trigger a task from a device event.

To create a subtask, drag&drop one or several items at once: for examples some devices, some timelines, …

After that, just select the subtask to edit the action.

Subtask edit:

for each subtask you can edit the name and the color.
It’s possible to have a delay : wait time after the launch of the previous subtask.

Example: create a task to launch a timeline:

Example: create a task to launch a Midi note

Example: trigger a task with midi