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Author Topic: Creating Pause Macro On IMS 2000 Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 10-21-2019 01:05 PM                     I'm working a show tomorrow at a location that has an IMS2K. I've never used one of these before, but I went down to the Theatre early today & I see that except for the UI, it's almost operationally identical to a Doremi DCP2OOO. (Even the default pw's are the same!) So I had no problem ingesting & creating a playlist for tomorrow. BUT- - I have one clip that I want to 'pause' 10sec after it starts. I do not see w 'pause' action anywhere in their cue library. I know how to create & save a pause macro on the Doremi, but I can't seem to figure out how it's done on the IMS 2000. I assume it can be done. Yes, I've gone through the manual. Did I miss something?  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 10-21-2019 01:24 PM                        is it not listed under playback actions?  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 10-21-2019 02:12 PM                     If you're building an SPL, you should have a list of elements on the left and your playlist on the right. First you add your clip and then you add the automation elements to it. Under the Automation Elements there should be the "Pause" action, you can add it to the clip and specify an offset in minutes and seconds.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 10-21-2019 02:42 PM                     Unfortunately, I don't see "Pause" listed under the playback options. I know how to create the pause macro & add it to the playback option menu on a Doremi using the Macro Editor, but I can't seem to do that on this IMS2000. I'll givit another try in the morning, since I"m off to do a screening at another location now.  |  IP: Logged Juan Jose Vazquez Film Handler Posts: 16 From: Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico Registered: Jun 2018 posted 10-21-2019 04:03 PM                     Hi. To create the pause macro, first: press ok and select playback options and then insert: In the next option box select pause and then press ok: The server is currently in version 2.8.25 it's all Regards Juan José  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-21-2019 05:14 PM                        quote: Jim Cassedy I see that except for the UI, it's almost operationally identical to a Doremi DCP2OOO. If the DCP2000 has recent software in it (I have a dim recollection that 2.6.65 was the version in which the web UI was introduced, but am not certain), it also has the exact same web UI as the IMS2000 - just enter its IP address on the management LAN into your browser, and off you go. The 1990s-looking VNC UI is still there as an option, though, if you prefer it. There is no VNC UI on the IMS2000.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 10-22-2019 07:42 AM                     Thanks, Juan for the detailed instructions & pictures. Except for the way the UI is set up, that's pretty much same the way I've done it on the earlier Doremi servers. I'll give it a try when I get to the theater later today. I didn't note what software version they are on, so perhaps the 'pause' option might not be there. I need the pause to freeze a logo on screen several times during Q&A sessions today. I'm running everything manually, so if I can't build the pause into the playlist, I'll just do it myself. It's just that it would be nice to 'automate' it, since it's one less button to remember to push when I'm also dealing with lights & microphones & pesky event producers.  |  IP: Logged

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