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Creating Triggers

Triggers are available for use only in the Advanced LightDesigner access level. Triggers are when conditions that may be configured to execute another action when something else occurs. Triggers are available at the Server Project level and at the individual sub-project levels.

Create a Trigger

1. In the Browser, right-click on Triggers and select "Create Trigger" from the context menu. The new Trigger nests in the Triggers category in the Browser.
2. Click to select the new Trigger to display its properties in the Property Editor.

   

3. Use the Property Editor to rename the Trigger (prefer a name that reflects its descriptive action).
4. Select the space that the Trigger affects from the "Space" drop down box. Global is the default, meaning the Trigger would affect all spaces in the project for the assigned function.

   Note: Server Project (Global) level Triggers are functionally limited to station activity and station page changes only.

5. Change the Trigger's priority level. The default priority is 100 and the allowable range is 1-200, where 200 is the highest priority. Lower priority control of an object will not operate if a higher priority control for the same object is active. This can be used to designate "more important controls".
6. If the Trigger should be connected to a previously created Override, select the Override from the available options in the drop down list.
7. Select the condition the Trigger responds to from the Function drop down list. When a function is selected, additional properties display. Fully define the function according to the selection.

   

   Note: Some function properties include an "Action" property. Actions can be set to any control function that can also be assigned to a control or fader. As you set the action, additional properties will populate for further definition. Be sure to completely define each provided action.

   Example: Setting a trigger function "When Channel Intensity Changes..." displays additional properties for the channel, including the upper and lower limits of the selection and a threshold setting from the limits. The additional properties that display are dependent on the function selection.

   Note: You can specify a trigger to determine what happens when sACN is present or goes away, even when it has been patched in Paradigm. Paradigm processors will ignore their assigned Architectural Source (sACN) output when determining the sACN universe state. Select "When Universe Changes State…” and fully specify the properties including the universe, its action when active, and its action when it is inactive.