Using any web browser on your network, you can remotely control Marquee. This is accomplished by first authoring a customized web page or site and saving it to d:\MQWeb on Marquee. You can use any software to build your web site. The examples installed with the software were simply published with MS Word. The key to how it controls different functions in Marquee lies in the syntax of the hyperlinks embedded in objects on your pages. The URL of the links must use the HC.#### script macros.
The easiest way to ensure the syntax is correct is to run Marquee PC on the same machine where you are authoring the pages. Right-click on the virtual macro buttons and, using the Macro Editor, add the commands you want for each action and check their operation using the [S4] - TEST button:
Once you are sure the desired action happens correctly, copy the text from the right-hand edit area and paste it as the URL in the link in your web authoring software:
You need to pre-pend the URL with the text:
http://0/script.mq?
then add the copied text verbatim. For example:
GO on Cuelist A/B would be:
http://0/script.mq?HC.CueListGo('A%20/%20B')
A three second fade to Full on Look 1 on the Main look page:
http://0/script.mq?HC.LookFade('Main',1,100,3)
Compose your custom web page or an entire site that has linked pages and graphics and buttons etc. and save the published version (including subfolders) to the machine running Marquee as described above.
Note:
The main page must be called index.html.
In the Hardware Setup - Console page, check off [S6] - Enable Web Server:
Marquee will then serve up this web page (or site) when the user types in Marquee's IP address in their personal browser's address line:
Any links you have to other pages or embedded graphics or animation etc. will be visible on the machine surfing the site. Any time the user clicks a Marquee specific link, Marquee will execute the script immediately.