Trigger PAUSE and RESET with remote control

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Hi,

I am trying to integrate mAirlist with a Soundcraft Series 10 desk.

I can Pre-Fade listen to the physical CD players in the following way: Press PFL and START. The CD player plays the start of the track. Pressing START again re-cues the track back to the start of the track ready to go on air. (The START button latches ‘On’ on the first press and latches ‘Off’ on the second press)

I am trying to get the mAirlist player to do the same, and I am almost there! I have the connected the desk buttons into the PC using a gamepad. I can press the PFL and START on the desk and the track plays. The probelm is getting the player to automatically go back to the start of the track. I need the player to RESET, but because the player is playing, RESET is disabled. What I need is to PAUSE and then RESET with a single keypress.

Is it possible for me to carry out a sequence of commands in the Hotkey/gamepad assignment or can a trigger a script that will do both? Or do I need to ask for an extra option of “PAUSE & RESET” in an already very long list of commands?

(There is no option of using the desk to trigger the “PFL” in the software.)

Hope this makes sense!

Thanks,

C.

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You can chain commands with the ; sign:

PLAYER 1-1 PAUSE;PLAYER 1-1 RESET

(Just type it manually.)

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Excellent! Thank you :slight_smile:

C.

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So I added these commands as instructed and it worked - as long as the other player was not playing.

If no player is playing I can preview and re-cue both players. If Player 1 is on-air and I review player 2, when I pause it ejects the track I previewed and loads up the next track. This happens on a computer not connected to the desk, so can be replicated on any machine.

Is this a configuration setting that I don’t know about, a design feature or is there an issue that I can’t fix?

Thanks,

C.

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Check the player options (Config app -> Playlists -> Playlist 1 -> Player x -> Options tab), there are several options regarding the automatic loading/unloading of players when stopped etc. You should probably uncheck the one about unload on STOP (which also triggers on PAUSE).

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That seems to have me sorted!

Thanks.