{"id":3004,"date":"2021-01-17T06:15:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T13:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=3004"},"modified":"2021-01-22T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T23:00:09","slug":"smartdancer-150-smartdancer-menus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=3004","title":{"rendered":"SmartDancer 150 – SmartDancer Menus"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SmartDancer Controller<\/strong> is meant to be an aid<\/strong> <\/span>to design-time experimentation<\/span> <\/strong>and discovery<\/span> <\/strong>via button-presses.\u00a0 It is also responsible for executing notecard-ed sequences of events on a timeline that can be by elapsed-time<\/span> <\/strong>and\/or duration-time<\/strong><\/span> based.<\/p>\n

SmartDancer Controller<\/strong> can be controlled by external devices via chat and channel<\/strong> <\/span>and can also send chat and channel<\/strong><\/span> commands to other devices.<\/p>\n

Below is a detailed discussion of the menus and submenu features.<\/p>\n

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\nReset<\/strong> <\/span><\/h1>\n

You must press the Reset<\/span> <\/strong>button whenever you change notecards, EXEPT sequence notecards.\u00a0 You can use Read&PlaySQ<\/strong> or READ_SEQ<\/strong> buttons to just read<\/span> <\/strong>changes made to *sequence ncs. This will be faster. But a full Reset<\/span> <\/strong>will also re-read *sequence ncs.<\/p>\n

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\nRead&PlaySQ<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Press this button after you have made changes to a *sequence nc<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 This will always read<\/strong> <\/span>the LAST<\/strong> *sequence nc read in.\u00a0 Upon Reset it will always<\/strong> <\/span>re-read *sequence1. <\/strong>Then it will play\/execute that sequence from the beginning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n[Expansion]<\/strong> <\/span><\/h1>\n

This button opens up a sub-menu.\u00a0 The submenus from here were designed to expand SmartDancer<\/strong> from 9 dancers to 18<\/span> <\/strong>dancers as well as hold some other commands. The initial sub-menu leads to buttons to Capture<\/strong> formations for J thru R<\/strong> <\/span>and A thru I<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 A further submenu leads to A thru I formation selection and execution.\u00a0 Also provided is a faster access to creating a target<\/span> <\/b><\/span>for effects and Canons, called TargetExp<\/span><\/strong>. It functions the same as the other Target<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

SwapNines<\/strong><\/span> and UnSwapNines<\/strong> <\/span>allows dancers to execute all 22 formations instead of just the initial 11.\u00a0 By Swapping, A-I<\/span> can also access *formations<\/strong> nc<\/strong> <\/span>animations and J-R<\/strong><\/span> can also access *expansions nc <\/strong><\/span>animations.<\/p>\n

PlayLastSeq<\/span> <\/strong>re-executes the last sequence read without re-reading the nc.<\/p>\n

[Expansions]<\/strong><\/span> leads to a sub-menu that allows A-I<\/span> <\/strong>dancers to execute formations defined on the *expansions nc<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

AutoJuneOff<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 AutoJune<\/strong> <\/span>is ON<\/span> <\/strong>by default. Pressing this button turns it off<\/span>.\u00a0 This means that a June will NOT<\/strong> take effect until the next formation is chosen, as opposed to automatically executing, using the current formations.<\/p>\n

[SetWall]<\/strong><\/span> is an inoperative <\/strong><\/em><\/span>place-holder for a possible future feature.<\/p>\n

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\n[Divisions]<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

This button takes you to a submenu that allows you to select a division. There are 4 divisions. A,B,C, and D.\u00a0 Dancers will belong to 1 and only 1 Division at a time. Divisions are how animations are assigned. It is how up to 4 different animations can be playing among animesh\/poseball dancers at the same time.\u00a0 A new Division called E implies ALL divisions (A thru D);<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n[SendToDivs]\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

This sub-menu off of the Divisions menu lets you designate which of the for Divisions (A,B,C,D) will be receiving sub-sequent animations.\u00a0 SendItToE<\/span> <\/strong>sends to ALL divisions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also there is a CacheAnims<\/strong> <\/span>button that runs thru caching all animations via each dancer twice ad 0.2<\/span><\/strong> second intervals.<\/p>\n

MasterStart<\/strong> is a button that begins executing all sequences listed on the *sequence0 nc<\/strong><\/span>, starting the 1st<\/span> <\/strong>sequence listed and ending at the last<\/span> <\/strong>sequence listed.<\/p>\n

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There are some handy menu lines that help remind you of what buttons you have pressed and which animation was sent last
\nAnim Sent<\/strong><\/span> (this is the actual animation name) and Last Anim for Div(s).\u00a0 Also what division the next animation will be sent to,<\/span> -Next Anim sent for Division(s)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Last Btn<\/strong>:<\/span> A thru E denotes the last animation, by button-name, that was sent to that Division.\u00a0 <\/span>PrevBtn<\/span><\/span><\/span> lists the button prior to the last animation button pressed.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Last Anim for Div(s)<\/strong><\/span> denotes the last division an animation was sent to.<\/p>\n

Cur Div Ptrn<\/strong><\/span> is the current division. Tand Last Divisions are self-explanatory.<\/p>\n

Now is a good time to remind you that once sequences begin, all bets are off. The menu line items are not reliable in reflecting what has been executed on sequences or prepforms.\u00a0 For example, it is now possible to specify an 18 character division using a sequencer command but that may not be reflected here.<\/p>\n

Canon Anim<\/strong><\/span> will tell you if you of a canon animation override via the menu, using the CanonDance button.\u00a0 It will tell you which button you pressed.<\/p>\n

StartKillKeep<\/span><\/strong> will be either StartKill<\/strong> <\/span>or StartKeep.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> StartKill<\/span> is the default and means each new animation becomes a backing animation.\u00a0 StartKeep<\/span> <\/strong>means that the first animation after StartKeep<\/strong><\/span> status becomes the backing animation and is not overridden with subsequent animations.\u00a0 There is a whole post on this subject.\u00a0 StartKillKeep Link<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n[Options]\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n
This button leads to a submenu that allows you to PLAY your last-read-in sequence. It also leads to specifying effects<\/strong>, like Glow, Vanish\/Appear, Color, etc<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0You can <\/span>show\/hide hover-text<\/span> that appears above the animesh and poseballs that identify them as unique and addressable for features like TARGETING<\/span><\/h5>\n

And you can STOP_SEQ,<\/span> <\/strong>(stop the currently running sequence).\u00a0 This STOP_SEQ<\/span><\/strong> button will also attempt to restore the animesh\/poseballs to their initial state of default formations, turn home, june home orientations, and turn off all effects.<\/p>\n

PLAY_SEQ<\/strong> <\/span>plays the current (last read in) sequence.<\/p>\n

ReReadSeq<\/strong> <\/span>will reread the last-read-in sequence WITHOUT playing it.<\/p>\n

ReReadPrep<\/strong> <\/span>will reread the last-read-in PREP nc (*prepform) WITHOUT playing it.<\/p>\n

Show\/Hide<\/span><\/strong> will toggle showing or hiding ot the SmartDancer Controller<\/strong> <\/span>itself.\u00a0 It will reappear on Reset unless AutoHide,on<\/span> <\/strong>is set in the *channels nc<\/span> inside the SmartDancer Controller<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

AutoGlow<\/strong> <\/span>turns on glow AFTER<\/span> <\/strong>AutoGlowAmount<\/strong> <\/span>is set.\u00a0 There was no room for it on the normal Autos menu.\u00a0 This glow effect happens on each Canon cycle\/interval.<\/p>\n

DumpSetting<\/strong> <\/span>will attempt to dump a snapshot<\/span> <\/strong>of the contents of the primary settings you have chosen with the menu buttons into an InstantMessage<\/strong><\/span> sent to you.<\/p>\n

SetRot2Zero<\/strong> <\/span>will reset the SmartDancer Controller’s<\/span><\/strong> orientation (rotation) to (0,0,0).\u00a0 I found this handy when using multiple controllers.<\/p>\n

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\n[Controls]<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

This menus most used feature is the STOPALL<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 This stops<\/span> all<\/span> <\/strong>functions but does NOT restore the SmartDancer dancers.\u00a0 STOP_SEQ<\/strong> is used for that function.\u00a0 Most of the other buttons allow you to view categories of dances as you have defined them in the *animations nc.\u00a0 This saves you having to scroll thru all the animations page-by-page to find the one you wish to audition.\u00a0 The StopLast<\/span> <\/strong>button stops the LAST ANIMATION<\/strong>.\u00a0 This will cause the previous ANIMATION to play.\u00a0 If no previous animation then the standing animation will play.\u00a0 You can get to a submenu for STOPS that allow you to stop via division. Also, you can select a particular PrepForm via the [PrepForm]<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> DanceTime<\/strong><\/span> button allows you to temporarily change a dances time for testing.\u00a0 You can make the time less than the maximum length.\u00a0 You can also tell it to how many times you want it to repeat.<\/p>\n

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\n[Turns]<\/span><\/h1>\n

This menu allows you to turn selected dancers to face a direction.\u00a0 North, South, East, or West.\u00a0 This is accomplished by turning LEFT, RIGHT, or 180.<\/strong> <\/span>Turn-Home, as of this writing, has been temporarily disabled.\u00a0 Two very powerful Turns are the Turn-In<\/strong><\/span> and Turn-Out.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>These 2 buttons only function if GROUPING is HALF or ALTERNATE.\u00a0 These 2 groupings divide the dancers into 2 predefined groupings, referred to as X and Y.\u00a0 The Z grouping implies NO GROUPING.\u00a0 When HALF is chosen, the left-half of the dancers becomes X and the right half becomes Y.\u00a0 \u00a0When Alternate is chosen, every other dancer becomes X starting with A and J. The others become Y.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

HALF
\n<\/strong><\/span>JKLM<\/strong> becomes X<\/span><\/strong> and ABCD<\/strong> becomes X<\/span><\/strong>.
\nNOPQR<\/strong> becomes Y<\/span> <\/strong>and EFGHI<\/strong> becomes Y<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

ALTERNATE
\n<\/strong><\/span>ACEGI<\/strong>\u00a0becomes X<\/span><\/strong> and JLNPR <\/b>becomes X<\/span><\/strong>.
\nBDFH<\/strong> becomes Y <\/strong><\/span>and KMOQ <\/b>becomes Y<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Turn-In<\/span><\/strong> causes X<\/span><\/strong> to turn left<\/span><\/strong> or counter-clockwise and causes Y<\/span><\/strong> to turn right<\/span><\/strong> or clockwise.<\/p>\n

Turn-Out<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0causes X<\/span><\/strong> to turn right <\/b><\/span>or clockwise and causes Y<\/span><\/strong> to turn left <\/b><\/span>or counter-clockwise.<\/p>\n

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\n[Junes]<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Junes allow all formations to rotate around the controller in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. SetJuneLeft<\/span> <\/strong>rotates all dancers within the JuneTarget<\/strong><\/span> in a counterclockwise direction.\u00a0 SetJuneRight<\/span> <\/strong>rotates all dancers within the JuneTarget<\/strong><\/span> in a clockwise direction.<\/p>\n

The June<\/strong> lasts for the duration of the speed of one formation transition.\u00a0 Junes<\/strong> perform the most recent formation for both A-I and J-R unless AutoJune<\/strong> <\/span>is off<\/strong>.\u00a0 (It is on<\/span> <\/strong>by default). Then it will wait and perform the June on the next<\/strong><\/span> formation selected.<\/p>\n

SemiLeft<\/strong> <\/span>and SemiRight<\/strong> <\/span>will perform 2 Junes<\/strong> in a row which will last twice<\/span> <\/strong>the length of a formation transition.\u00a0 This results in an 180 rotation around the primary Controller.<\/p>\n

Junes<\/strong> also can have their own special target<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 You use the XJuneTarget<\/strong> <\/span>button to set a target for subsequent Junes.<\/p>\n

SetJune45L<\/strong> <\/span>will June 45 degrees counterclockwise<\/strong>.
\nSetJune45R<\/strong> <\/span>will June 45 degrees clockwise<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

SetJuneHome<\/strong> <\/span>will return to the home rotation, fixed upon reset.
\nClearJuneTar<\/strong> <\/span>will set the June Target to all (abcdefghijklmnopqr<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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\n[Canons]<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Canons<\/strong><\/span> allow dancers both animesh and avatars, to do solos. They can all do the same animation solo or each one can do a different animation or combinations of both.\u00a0 Canons<\/span> <\/strong>are subject to Targeting<\/strong><\/span>.
\nThere are a LOT of posts and videos explaining more in depth on how the different types of Canons<\/span><\/strong> work.\u00a0 The menu title has\u00a0 values that start with the letter C followed by a blank. T<\/strong><\/span>hese are all Canon values.<\/p>\n

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Canons<\/span> <\/strong>can be animations or turns or both.\u00a0 To make them both, then toggle the Turns&Anims button. Anims Only<\/strong><\/span> is the default.\u00a0 To make the Canons<\/span> <\/strong>only turns, toggle the TurnsOnly<\/span> <\/strong>button.
\nCanons<\/strong> turn left<\/strong> Or right<\/strong> but if they are AnimsOnly<\/strong> then it does not matter which canon-direction button you choose. It will animate but not turn.<\/p>\n

Canons<\/strong><\/span> can run forward<\/span><\/strong>, from first letter of target to last letter of target.\u00a0 Or they can run in reverse<\/span> <\/strong>from last letter of target to first letter of target. Canons have a primary and secondary animation. They also have a primary and secondary duration\/interval.\u00a0 They can be specified in the *smartdancer nc inside each animesh\/avatar to make the animations unique to each dancer, or they can all be overridden at the SmartDancer Controller level<\/span><\/strong>. And the SmartDancer Controller specification itself, can be overridden at run-time by using the DanceCanon<\/span> <\/strong>command and Speed<\/span> <\/strong>command.<\/p>\n

CanonTurnIn<\/strong> <\/span>and CanonTurnOut<\/span> <\/strong>are only valid when Grouping is HALF<\/strong><\/span> or ALTERNATE<\/span><\/strong>. They are subject to the same turn specifications as the [Turns]<\/span><\/strong> TurnIn and TurnOut.<\/p>\n

Select2<\/strong> <\/span>button allows you to toggle between CanonAnimation1<\/strong> and CanonAnimation2.<\/strong><\/p>\n

[CanonOrder]<\/span><\/strong> leads to a submenu that provides more options, including the order of execution of the 2 sets of 9 dancers (A-I and J-R).\u00a0 There are also some more options on this submenu for fancier Canon-ing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The CanonDance<\/strong> <\/span>button provides you with the ability to override the animesh\/avatar level animation and SmartDancer Controller<\/span> <\/strong>animations.\u00a0 It is only temporary but works and is easier to change than having to edit the SmartDancer Controller *channels nc.\u00a0 NOTE that the sequencer command is DanceCanon so don’t assume.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Canon Order]<\/span><\/h1>\n

The Canon Order<\/span> <\/strong>menu has additional Canon features.\u00a0 It started out as just a place to change the order of Canon Execution.\u00a0 Then it grew with a few more features.\u00a0 \u00a0Fortunately we have detailed posts with video to explain some of the extra features.<\/p>\n

You get 6 built-in<\/span> orders but you can create any<\/span><\/strong> type of custom order<\/span><\/strong> at run-time using the CanonOrder<\/strong> command.
\nExample:\u00a0 $182736459 means that the 1st canon will be 01_A<\/strong> <\/span>followed by 01_H<\/span><\/strong> (the 8th letter of the alphabet).\u00a0 Then 01_B,<\/span><\/strong> then 01_G,<\/strong> etc.\u00a0 After it gets to 01_I<\/span><\/strong> (9th letter), it repeats with 01_J <\/span><\/strong>followed by 01_Q,<\/span><\/strong> etc.\u00a0 In other words, the pattern simply\u00a0 repeats A-I to J-R.<\/p>\n

For the Switch\/UnSwitch<\/span><\/strong> toggle please see this post==> Switch\/UnSwitch<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For the Hold\/Release<\/span><\/strong> toggle please see this post==> Hold\/Release<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

For the Finish\/UnFinish<\/span><\/strong> toggle please see this post==>Finish\/UnFinish<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\n[Sequences]<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Th<\/span>e Sequences Menu<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span>a<\/span>llows you to choose a specific *sequence nc to read in as the CURRENT sequence. These serquence names are defined in the *sequence0<\/span><\/strong> nc.\u00a0 You access it via the [Expansion] button from the Main Menu.<\/span><\/p>\n


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The SmartDancer Controller is meant to be an aid to design-time experimentation and discovery via button-presses.\u00a0 It is also responsible for executing notecard-ed sequences of events on a timeline that can be by elapsed-time and\/or duration-time based. SmartDancer Controller can be controlled by external devices via chat and channel and can also send chat and … Continue reading SmartDancer 150 – SmartDancer Menus<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3004"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3188,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions\/3188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}