13.4 Wait Timing

In addition to manually pressing Go to execute you can also automate the triggering of a cue by assigning a wait value for the cue. The wait value for a cue is assigned in the wait column of the cuelist window. To assign how long a cue timing:

1. List 1 Open : open the cuelist.
2. Select the Wait cell for the desired cue, and press Set.
3. The Trigger Toolbar will appear below the Wait cell. Select an option from this.

The Trigger Toolbar

A cue's wait column options are:

• Halt: Does not allow the cue to be triggered automatically unless a timecode value later in the list causes the cue to be jumped. In all other cases the Go key must be manually pressed to execute this cue. Halt is shown by an empty Wait cell and it is the default wait column value for newly created cues.
• Wait: Triggers the cue after the specified time has passed from the triggering of the previous cue (either automatically or by pressing Go). It should not be confused with the Delay, which is the time between the cue being triggered (after a Wait if there is one) and the fade starting. The Wait time schedules cues within the cuelist, whereas the Delay time schedules the fades of each parameter within the cue. A cue can contain multiple Delay times, but it can only have one Wait time. See Timing Basics for more information.

A wait is displayed as the time value in the Wait cell.

• Follow: Triggers the cue once the previous cue has completed all its fade and delay times. You can enter a time after pressing the Follow button, which determines the time between the previous cue completing and the follow cue being triggered. See Timing Basics for more information.

The follow is displayed in the Cuelist window as ‘Follow + [time]’.

The follow time should not be confused with the wait time. The follow time controls the time between the end of one cue and the triggering of the next, while the wait time controls the time between the triggering of one cue and the triggering of the next.

• Timecode: Triggers the cue when the specified timecode value is received. See MIDI Timecode. The timecode value will be displayed in the wait cell.
• Manual: A manual cue can only be triggered by pressing the Go key. This means the cuelist will stop until the Go key is pressed, irrespective of any wait, follow or timecode triggers that later cues in the list may have.

Manual cues are useful because the word ‘Manual’ appears in the Cuelist window to remind the operator that they need to press the Go key. They are also useful to prevent times being recorded into the Wait column when using Learn Timing.

• Clock: Triggers the cue when the specified real-world time and date is reached on the Hog 4 OS built in clock; see Clock Triggers.

13.4.1 Learn Timing

Learn Timing allows you to assign a cue's wait time value by manual executing the cues with the Go key when the learn timing option is selected for the cuelist. If a timecode clock assigned to that list is running when learn timing is enabled then the wait value recorded into the wait cell will be a timecode value.

To use Learn Timing with timecode:

1. Open, Choose : open the Cuelist window of the required cuelist.
2. Options → Cuelist Options : open the Cuelist pane of the Cuelist Options window.
3. Select Enable Timecode, and choose a timecode source. Close the Options window.
4. In the Cuelist window, click View Timecode. The Timecode Toolbar will open.
5. If your timecode source is not currently running, click Simulate on the Timecode Toolbar to have the console create a timecode source. Controls for the timecode will appear.
6. In the Cuelist window, select Learn Timing.
7. Start the timecode, and press the Go key when the timecode reaches the time that you want each cue to go. A timecode frame value will appear in the Wait cell for each cue.
8. When you have finished, deselect Learn Timing.

Now when you run the timecode, the cues will be triggered when the timecode reaches each cue's assigned frame. For more information on timecode, see MIDI Timecode.

To use Learn Timing without timecode:

1. Open, Choose : open the Cuelist window of the required cuelist.
2. Ensure that Enable Timecode is not selected.
3. Select Learn Timing.
4. Press the Go key to run the first cue, and again to run subsequent cues after the required time interval. A time value equivalent to the duration between Go presses will appear in the Wait cell for each cue.
5. When you have finished, deselect Learn Timing.

Now when you run the first cue, the subsequent cues will be triggered at the same intervals as when you ran them manually.

Tip: Learn Timing will only set a trigger on a cue that is currently set to Halt - that is, it has an empty Wait cell. To remove existing wait times from cues, select the wait cell(s) and press Set. Select Halt from the toolbar.

13.4.2 Clock Triggers

To assign a cue to be triggered at a particular time and date using Hog 4 OS's internal clock:

1. List 1 Open : open the cuelist.
2. Select the Wait cell for the desired cue, and press Set.
3. The Trigger Toolbar will appear below the Wait cell.
4. Select Clock; the Clock Trigger window will open:

5. Adjust the Start Time and Start Date to assign a single shot trigger.
6. If you want the trigger to recur at regular intervals, check the Recurrence Pattern check box. Then click the frequency (Time, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly) with which you want the trigger to recur, and select options for the specified frequency.
7. Click OK.

Tip: The next valid trigger date and time is shown at the bottom of the Clock Trigger window.

Once you have set a clock trigger, the cuelist window will now indicate the trigger time and type in the cue’s Wait column:

To enable or disable the clock functions on a cuelist, toggle the Enable Clock button in the cuelist window:

Tip: You can also enable or disable the clock functions for a cuelist in the Cuelist Cuelist Options window, or using macros; see Macros.

Clock Recurrence Patterns

Clock triggers can be programmed to trigger on a regularly scheduled interval such as every hour, day, or week based on the provided start time of the trigger and selected recurrence pattern. To set a recurrence pattern for a clock trigger check the Recurrence Pattern check box. Then select the frequency (Time, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly) for which the trigger should recur. A set of more complex options are then provided to further customize the recurrence pattern.

For daily triggers, a recurrence value of "every 0 days" nullifies the recurrence pattern and thus the clock trigger will only fire once on the start time specified.

For weekly triggers, a recurrence value of "every 0 weeks" indicates that the clock trigger will fire on the days specified but only for the upcoming week. For example, a weekly pattern value of "every 0 weeks" with the Monday and Tuesday options checked will fire the clock trigger on the upcoming Monday and Tuesday and then stop recurring.

The Clock Toolbar

The Clock Toolbar shows the time and date according to the Hog 4 OS clock, and information about the next cue due to be triggered. To open the Clock Toolbar:

• Open + Clock : the Clock Toolbar will open on the left touchscreen:

The Clock Toolbar will automatically update its fields according to the next valid trigger.

Tip: You can assign the format of the date and time in the Appearance pane of the Preferences window. The Clock Toolbar, Cuelist triggers and the Command Line Toolbar clock will display in the selected format.