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1. #Martin mpc not controlling lights update#
2. #Martin mpc not controlling lights manual#
3. #Martin mpc not controlling lights password#

We are using the Fully Kiosk Browser app to display the control panel. We are powering it with a POE->USB adapter. We are using an 8″ Kindle Fire tablet by our main auditorium doors. Releasing the lockout cuelist will return the tablet to its normal control screen.

#Martin mpc not controlling lights password#

Once that’s done, triggering the new Lockout cuelist will cause the tablets to switch over to a password screen. You’ll probably want to copy the lockout cuelist to a Playback Button on M-PC as well.

#Martin mpc not controlling lights update#

Update the mpc-control server-config.js to include the cuelist number for the lockout cuelist. Two key settings are the “Block Global Release” and “Stay alive” options. We don’t want this cuelist to release unless we manually release it, so right click on it and modify the settings. We recorded it to slot 1000, just to keep it out of the way. We named ours “Tablet Lockout” but you can name the cuelist whatever you want.

To enable M-PC to remotely lock out the tablet interface, you’ll need to record an empty cuelist. You’ll need to enable the M-Series Manager application and the built-in Telnet server. I recommend running it on the same PC as M-PC for simplicity sake. You can run the mpc-control server on the same PC as Martin M-PC, or on a different machine. See the README.md file for instructions on getting the server up and running, and modifying the controls page to match your environment.

#Martin mpc not controlling lights manual#

It also shows which cues or scenes are currently active, and includes instructions for using the manual (old) house light control if it loses its connection to M-PC. The custom webpage has support for remote lockout (that way people can’t trigger lighting cues during a service), but also has the ability to enter a password to override the lockout. I wrote a little server in node.js that communicates with the M-Series Manager telnet server, and sends that data to a custom webpage running on an 8″ Kindle Fire. So we just needed to write our own web server that would talk to the M-Series Manager telnet server and a cheap tablet to mount by the main door.

Luckily, M-Series manager has a telnet server that gives you access to a lot more information than the web server, and an adapter exists to allow our existing house light system to speak DMX. Unfortunately, there were still a couple problems: Our existing house light system didn’t speak DMX, and the M-Series Manager web server lacked some important features (like remote lockout and ability to tell which cues are active).

Martin M-PC has a little addon program, M-Series Manager, which lets you create simple web pages to trigger light cues. We started using Martin M-PC around Easter to control our stage lighting. Anyone want to guess which button turns the lights on? The Solution This presented a problem: Anyone using the auditorium would have to walk through the dark into the soundbooth, try to find the switch, and figure out which magic button turned the lights on. When our building was built-out, due to budget constraints the only house lighting controls were placed in the sound booth.