Magic View - Operations

   To start Magic View, log in as the user 'magic' from the main console. 
After a few moments the main screen will come up, and you will see the 
players across the top, the log on the left, a set of user buttons below,
and the control panel on the right.

   MagicView, referred to henceforth as MV, uses the same RS-HD system as the 
Smartcaster.  In order to keep from overriding commands that a connected 
Smartcaster could be giving, the MV program will not send any commands 
until you tell it to take control.  

- The Smartcaster will see this and relinquish control of the system to MV.



Taking Control:


1. Select the "Util" tab of the control panel

2. Click on the red "Take Control" button.  
  
   A. It will turn green, and the text will change to say "Release Control".
      After taking control, the "exit" button grays out, signifying that 
      you shouldn't exit the program until you release control back to the 
      Smartcaster.

   B. The left hand "cart" will have its start button begin flashing, showing
      that it is the next item to play.  If this is not the exact position you
      wish to be in, scroll through the log using the scrollbar on the rigth 
      hand side, and double-click the position to cue up.



Releasing Control:


1. Select the "Util" tab of the control panel

2. Click the green "Release Control" button.  It will become red again.
   At this point, the exit button will "ungrey".




Setting up a Button


1. To set a button up, right click on it.
   
   A. This brings up the button setup screen.  Clicking "Pick" for the 
      Cut ID will bring up a list of all cuts in the system, which can
      be sorted by clicking on the columns at the top of the list.  An
      option box at the bottom allows selecting all cuts, spots, functions
      or music only.

   B. The first time this screen is brought up, it will have to build a cut
      list, which may take a few moments.  Subsequent uses will be much faster.
      To select a cut, either highlight it and click the OK button, or just
      double-click the cut in the list.  The title will automatically be filled
      in on the button.  You can select one of 16 colors for the text of the
      button, and one of many colors for the background.


Controlling Play-Through


1. When playing the log, MV can be told to play through everything, stop at 
   the end of each break (which is where the colors on the log change), or
   to stop after every item.  Additionally, any item can immediately be told
   to "stop after this" or not by the use of the "Stop After" button on the
   individual player boxes.  When lit, the system will go into pause mode after
   that item plays.



Keyboard Control


The following keys operate the Magic View program :

[ALT]+[X] - Exits the program, if it is not in control.  You will be asked
            to verify that you really want to exit.

[F5]  - Play button for box 1 (light blue)
[F6]  - Stop button for box 1
[F7]  - Stop-After button for box 1
[F9]  - Play button for box 2
[F10] - Stop button for box 2
[F11] - Stop after button for box 2
[SPACE] - Fade the current playing item and start the next one.
[Ins] - Inserts a cut onto the log after the highlighted position
[Del] - Delete a cut from the log (after confirmation)

Please Note: The log insert and delete functions are also 
             available as buttons on the Util panel.



Button Sets


1. Multiple sets of buttons are available by using the "login" button of the
   Util panel.



Main Buttons


1. The ten buttons on the main panel are the same for all users, and would
   probably be used for such things as legal IDs, etc.