Shift Key Magic

There are two Shift buttons on Cognito at the lower left and lower right. The Shift buttons  button_shift.png may be used to select, or deselect, ranges of lights on the touch screen.  Touch the first light required.  Press and hold the Shift button, then touch the last light of the range desired.

 

The Shift buttons provide additional functions when used with other buttons on the console.  Press and hold the Shift button (either one) then press the second button or icon from the list below, to access the desired action or function. 

 

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SHIFT + BUTTTON

Action/Function

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PIN

Allows adjustment of Pin crossfade time.

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Go

Asserts cue on one second fade time.

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Pause

Releases the Playlist assigned to the selected Playback.

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Help

Closes the Hints overlay (not the hyperlinked help manual).

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Record

In PLAY, updates current Cue or Memory (instead of recording to next available location).

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Bump Momentary

 

Forces the button button_bump.png action to latch ON (toggle).

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Bump Toggle

 

Forces the button action to bump ON (momentary).

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Bump Radio

 

Forces up an active radio button (clears radio group).

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Left/Right

In SELECT, changes Arrow icons to Par Can icon.  Par Can icon moves the selection indicator to the next higher or lower light.

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Playlist  Up

& Down

In PLAY, jumps the screen to the top or bottom of the Playlist

 

Memory Drag

In PLAY, after pressing button_edit.png when you drag a Memory with SHIFT, it copies the Memory vs. moving it.

 

Cue Drag

 

In PLAY, after pressing button_edit.png when you drag a Cue with SHIFT, it copies the Cue vs. moving it. Don't forget to rename the new Cue.
 

Room

In SETUP | ROOMS shift clicking on a Room row header will mute all the NSB stations in that Room.
 

Space

In SETUP | ROOMS shift clicking on a Space column header will mute all the NSB stations in the Rooms in that Space.

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ABCD

In CONTROL, when any of the A, B, C or D buttons are pressed with Shift down it sets the associated attribute to the default value. If applicable, when pressed a second time, attribute is set to its low limit; when pressed a third time, attribute is set to its high limit.

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Wheel

In CONTROL | WHEELS allows fine control of current associated attribute, such as pan or tilt, or splitting of color/gobo slots.

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Wheel

In RECORD or PLAY | EDIT, allows 0.1s timing changes when editing fade times.

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Wheel

In PLAY | PLAYBACK, jumps to top or bottom of current Playlist.

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Shortcut buttons

In CONTROL | WHEELS, move backwards through available Wheel Bank tasks.

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Shift

Pushing both Shift buttons returns to the previous screen.