{"id":2370,"date":"2020-02-08T23:14:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T06:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=2370"},"modified":"2020-02-08T23:22:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T06:22:24","slug":"smartdancer-123-tutorial-107-the-canon-autocanon-autochat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=2370","title":{"rendered":"SmartDancer 123 \u2013 Tutorial 107 \u2013 The Canon \u2013 AutoCanon &#8211; AutoChat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/390257391?app_id=122963\" width=\"474\" height=\"182\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen title=\"AutoCanon-AutoChat\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are 4 ways to <strong>highlight<\/strong> the featured dancer <strong>automatically<\/strong> during their <strong>Canon cycle<\/strong>. It is a way to make them stand out from the other dancers and draw the audiences attention to them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AutoGlow<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> AutoFade<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> AutoColor<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> AutoChat<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Auto values have an <strong>IN<\/strong> and <strong>OUT<\/strong> value.\u00a0 The <strong>IN<\/strong> value is the value assigned at the <strong>BEGINNING <\/strong>of their Canon Cycle. The <strong>OUT<\/strong> value is the value assigned a the <strong>END <\/strong>of their Canon Cycle.<\/p>\n<p>There is also an <strong>AutoOn<\/strong> and <strong>AutoOff <\/strong>for each of the 4 types of Autos.\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>AutoOn<\/strong> enables and <strong>AutoOff<\/strong> disables.<\/p>\n<p>For <strong>AutoChat<\/strong>\u00a0use the\u00a0 [<strong>Groupings<\/strong>]&#8211;&gt;[<strong>AutoCanon<\/strong>]&#8211;&gt;<strong>AutoChatOn <\/strong>or\u00a0[<strong>Groupings<\/strong>]&#8211;&gt;[<strong>AutoCanon<\/strong>]&#8211;&gt;<strong>AutoChatOff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>********<\/p>\n<p>AutoChat may be the most powerful of the <strong>AutoCanons<\/strong>.\u00a0 It has the ability to send a\u00a0 start message on one channel and a stop message on the same or different channel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This means that you could for starters:<\/strong><br \/>\n1) Trigger <strong>external products<\/strong> action like a particle emitters, set rezzers, outfit changers, essentially any product that takes a command over a channel<br \/>\n2) Emulate the Artiste Performance HUD sending a command to an <strong>Artiste Palette to &#8220;move&#8221; or do other functions<\/strong><br \/>\n3) Send a command back to yourself emulating the HUD sending an SD command to the <strong>SmartDancer Controller<\/strong><br \/>\n4) Send a command to the <strong>Animesh and\/or poseball<\/strong><br \/>\n5) Send a command to the <strong>Artiste Relay<\/strong>, emulating the HUD<br \/>\n6) Send a command to another <strong>SmartDancer Controller\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The AutoChat menu button allows you to send:<br \/>\n2 channels followed by 2 commands.<\/p>\n<p>In my demo I sent:\u00a0 <strong>123,456,PartStart,PartStop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AutoCanon-AutoChat-AutoChatTextMsg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2375\" src=\"http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AutoCanon-AutoChat-AutoChatTextMsg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These commands <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>start<\/strong> <\/span>a<span style=\"color: #008000;\"> <strong>particle emitter<\/strong><\/span> at the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>beginning<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>of a Canon cycle and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>stop<\/strong> <\/span>the same <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>particle emitter<\/strong><\/span> at the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>end<\/strong> <\/span>of its respective Canon cycle.<\/p>\n<p>I did add a custom script that looks for these values and starts and stops the particle effect upon encountering.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sequencer example:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>1,AutoChat,<span style=\"color: #000000;\">123,456,PartStart,PartStop<\/span> | <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>0<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">2,AutoChatOn | <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">0.1<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>PREPFORM example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">1,AutoChat<span style=\"color: #000000;\">%123%456%PartStart%PartStop,<span style=\"color: #008000;\">AutoChatOn<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 4 ways to highlight the featured dancer automatically during their Canon cycle. It is a way to make them stand out from the other dancers and draw the audiences attention to them. 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