Collections and Speed dials

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vector
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Joined: Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:25 pm
Real Name: Mark Sy

Hi,
Quick question re collections.
Clarification on the documentation "Note: Collections don't have speed setting; each function you include in a collection follows its own speed settings."
I have a simple row of 4 rgb lights(lets see them as two inner two outer)
These lights are arranged into scenes allowing various RGB combinations.

What works:
If I place a speed dial with a stack of Scene functions with preset 1,2,4,8 seconds and a matrix button that can select those scenes.
As expected I push a button, the scene fades in as per the speed dial preset. Press the next button and it fades(as per preset) to the next one.

I have RGB combinations(scenes) of the inner two lights
I have RGB combinations(scenes) of the outer two lights
I create collections of the inner and outer scenes, eg inner Red + Outer Green
Automating this I can ...
add these collections to a chaser, place them in a cue list and when activated it cycles thru the list

What does not work:
Those individual collections are assigned to a matrix of buttons.
The collections are added to a speed dial.
On button push, while the inner lights fade in, the outer lights snap to the new color.
It almost work but not quite :(

Can you look at the attached workspace and see if I have done anything wrong.
the left are scenes and on the right are Collections of scenes

Obviously the amount of work required to create extra individual scenes is a shame, when a collection of already built scenes would do and do so in a more organised and more efficient way.
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MichelSliepenbeek
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Real Name: Michel Sliepenbeek

In your Speed Dial "Collection Duration" on your Functions Tab, you should not add your Collections, but instead add the scenes that are used in those collections.
(So inner blu, inner grn inner red, Outer blu, Outer grn and Outer Red).

If you do so however, you will have created a situation where:
- your scenes inner blu, inner grn and inner red occur in both your Speed Dials,
- your scenes Outer blu, Outer grn and Outer Red occur in one Speed Dial,
- your Combined scenes (Inner blu Outer grn, Inner grn Outer red and Inner red Outer blu) do not occur in any Speed Dial..

I suggest to use only one Speed Dial for all your (color) scenes.
A QLC Workspace is like a Bob Ross painting: "it's your world, you can create whatever you want!"
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