Cue List 

The Cue List is shown in the lower left pane of the display. Marquee allows you as many cue lists as you like. All Cue Lists are managed from the Cue List Directory pane above the Cue List display.

The Cue List presents all recorded cues in numerical order with their cue attributes. Each cue is shown with a small lighting instrument symbol on the left. These symbols indicate the status of the cues.

Note:

You can have 999 cues between two cue numbers. (i.e., 1.001 through 1.999). For more information on cue numbering, check out the topic called Cue Number Scheme.

The cue currently running is shown with a green lighting symbol:

The last active cue in the Cue List, once it completes its fade, is shown with a red lighting symbol:

If you press Halt/Back when you have a green light (running cue), a yellow lighting symbol with the pause sign shows that the Cue List has paused the current fade:

If more than one fade is active at once (by auto-follows or 'stepping' on cues), the additional overlapping fades are shown with yellow lighting symbols, with the last cue still running shown in green:

Follow Cues appear indented in the cue list (i.e. Stage Management will not call these cues). The cue that initiates the Follow Action is marked with a wrap-around arrow and the Follow time denoted with 'F:'. If the cue is marked to 'Follow After Fade', only the arrow will be present:

Linked Cues have a chain-link symbol in the Action column with the cue it is linking to marked with a 'Q':

If a Cue List is released (not writing to the stage), the cue where the Cue List Pointer is resting is shown with a pink lighting symbol. You can move this pointer using the [STEP UP] or [STEP DN] buttons (QWERTY equivalent "[" and "]" ). Pressing [GO] will run the cue list from the cue list pointer in cue time:

Cues that have fade Profiles have a profile icon preceding the time in the appropriate time column that uses the profile.

Cues that were recorded with one or more fixture attributes using Independent Timing will have the clock icon in the Cue Time column. Any attributes that did not have independent timing specified will use the Cue Time (or other attribute family timing if specified). To clear all independent timing from a cue, position the blue box over the clock icon and press [EDIT] then press [S11]Clear Ind. Time.

 

Asserting Cue Lists

If a Cue is active (red light), but other cues have stolen away from it, the attributes, as recorded in this cue, may not be making it to stage. Attributes that are not under control of the currently selected cue list have a blue background in the fixture grid or use dark blue text in the attribute grid. If you want this cue to take full control again, you must Assert this cue list. To do this press [SHIFT] [GO]. The cue list pointer will not advance.

Go Back

If you press [HALT/BACK] while a cue is running (green light), it will pause the cue list. If a cue list is Halted (red light or yellow light with pause symbol), and you press [HALT/BACK] it will go to the previous cue in the time determined by the Back Time in Default Cue List Options. If you want the cue you are going back to to run in its own cue time, press [SHIFT] [HALT/BACK].

Auto Scroll Cue List - Scroll Lock

The Cue List can be set to scroll automatically as Cues are executed. To enable or disable this function, click the Scroll Lock button in the Cue List Toolbar. The Scroll Lock button changes appearance as it turns off and on . The [S9] softkey mimics the state of this pin.

Note:

If moving light fixtures are selected, the standard Softkeys are not displayed. To see the standard softkeys without affecting editing on stage, press Backspace.

Rearranging and Hiding Columns

You can re-size the columns in the cue list by clicking between two columns and dragging left or right. When you click down, the cursor will change from an arrow to a double arrow like this: If you double-click, the column will size to fit the cell with the largest text.

You can change the order of the columns in the cue list by clicking on the column header and dragging it left or right. When you click down, the cursor will change from an arrow to a box with a double arrow like this: . The first two column cannot be moved.

You can hide individual columns by right clicking and unchecking the desired one in the list:

The order and size of columns will be persistent between sessions. This information is not stored in the show file.

See Also:

Cue List Pointer

Editing cells in the Cue List with the Blue Box

Releasing & Asserting Cue Lists

Profiles

Playback Bubbles

Cue List Directory

Independent Timing

Autoscroll Cue List