Q Light Controller+

Hi,

I'm pretty new to QLC+ and am setting up for my small band, using a MacbookPro and EnttecUSBtoDMX. All going fine, lots of working scenes, chases etc. I am also making Shows for the songs in which we use backing tracks (with click), I am succeeding in creating synched audio/lighting.

All good so far.

Now I am about to add a MidiMoose footcontroller, to switch scenes live from the stage, and although I don't think that will be any issue for scenes, I think I may have a problem with Midi triggering of Shows (via Virtual Console). My concern is that once a show is triggered and running, any accidental operation of the footcontroller would cut the audio backing track and click – mid-song disaster! (we often play with the audience right up in front, so an accidental click by band or crowd is inevitable one day).

My simple question is this: Can the Midi input be disabled in any way (could it be programmed into the Show perhaps?) for either the duration of the Show, or otherwise a fixed time?

My only other option is to hardwire an inline switch between footcontroller and Midi interface, to manually disable it, but that's not very elegant and I don't know if that would automatically re-set the Midi input once switched back on.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks, Graham

Hi,

A pretty easy solution is to put the buttons you want to block access to in a frame.
The frame can be disabled with the "enable" button (top right of the frame), and you can assign an exernal input to this button.
When the frame is disabled, all the widgets in the frame can't be triggered by keyboard events/midi events/whatever.

So, you trigger the show, then trigger the enable button of the frame.
Now the running show can't be stopped by one accidental push.

Thanks! That sounds like the perfect solution. I'll give it a go...