Version 1.3.2 contains bug fixes. Show documents are backward and forward compatible with MLA versions 1.2 through 1.3.2.
GENERAL
- Rig Data View – It is now possible to change the fixture type of multiple fixtures from the Edit area popup menu if different fixture types are selected.
- Rig Data View – Fixed issue where only the first 10 DMX modes were available in the ‘Change Fixture Type’ dialog.
- Cue List View – Fixed issue where photos 3 & 4 could not be displayed.
- Preset Documentation View – Setting the first used cue for channels in selected presets now works when multiple presets are selected.
- Preset Documentation View – When multiple channels are selected, the preset photo is now displayed rather than the last channel photo.
- EOS Console – Increased number of allowed fixture profiles to 200.
- EOS Console – Changed import to allow for commas in labels. Console software v2.7.2 onwards changed how it exported commas in labels.
- EOS Console – CSV import is now treated as UTF8 text encoding.
- grandMA 2 Console – Files for importing are again displayed in alphabetical order on macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) onwards.
- grandMA 2 Console – XML Effect import now handles effect lines where the channel number is different from the fixture number correctly.
- grandMA 2 Telnet – Optimisations to improve speed sending commands on Windows OS.
- Watch Folder (Windows OS) – Fixed crash when stopping.
- Universe View – Fixed bug in largest free address and block calculation.
- OSC – Follow Console in the Preset Documentation view adjusted to reduce flicker on the Windows OS platform.
- OSC v1.1 now works again.
- Fixed issue with watermarks when running on macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) onwards.
- Canon drivers updated to v3.9.
- The menu item
Setup
->Camera (High Sierra)...
has been renamed toCamera (64bit)...
as this method of camera control should be used for macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) onwards. - Report Preview – ‘Report’ popup menu is now sorted alphabetically.
- At application startup, MLA will check if the CameraTetherAgent is already running (i.e. after an MLA crash) and will stop the agent. This should fix an issue where it was not possible to choose a camera connection in the ‘Camera (64(bit)’ setup dialog.
- Several internet access routines now use secure (SSL) connections.
- Fixture Profile additions include Martin MAC Encore & Clay Paky Scenius.
SCRIPTING
- Loading of scripts will now be sorted alphabetically. Fixes issue on macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) onwards.
- Fixed issue where scripts using RunScript would not end.
- Added new function
ComputerControl.ApplicationWindowToFront()
. - Added new function
ComputerControl.PressKey()
. - Added ability to trigger a script in the Preset Documentation view when the preset selection is changed. Choose this from the Trigger popup menu for a script in the ‘Manage Scripts’ dialog.
- Added ability to trigger a script in the Preset Documentation view when the channel selection is changed. Choose this from the Trigger popup menu for a script in the ‘Manage Scripts’ dialog.
Note – It is possible for preset and channel selection changes to happen faster than the triggered scripts can run. When this occurs, if the script is already running, the re-triggered script will not run. - Added a new menu item to the Scripts menu to enable and disable script triggering. The affects keyboard, EOS Macro, MA2 Macro and Preset Documentation preset/channel selection change triggers. Triggering a script from the menu will always work.
- Added new function
PresetDocView:GetSelectedPresetCount()
which will return the number of selected preset rows in the Preset Documentation view. - Added new function
PresetDocView:GetSelectedChannelCount()
which will return the number of selected channel rows in the Preset Documentation view.
SCRIPT CHANGES
- HOG4 Export Cue List XML Changed handling for cues with no trigger type or timecode to be set to ‘Halt’
- MA2 Export Cue List XML Fixed out time handling.
- MA2 Export Timecode XML Cues without a timecode will now be ignored.
- EOS Build Focus Cue List Modified to work with EOS v2.7 onwards. A space character is required before the cuelist and cue number slash separator on EOS build 2.7 and greater. The old script is still in the folder, but named ‘EOS Build Focus Cue List EOS Pre 2_7”
- New camera trigger script for Smart Shooter on Windows OS.
- New script ‘MLA Preset Selection Change EOS’ is an example script that could be triggered when the preset selection is changed to send information to an EOS console. This could be to a Magic Sheet on the console. Note that you will need to set the trigger mode for this script.
- New script ‘MLA Channel Selection Change EOS’ is an example script that could be triggered when the channel selection is changed to send information to an EOS console. This could be to a Magic Sheet on the console. Note that you will need to set the trigger mode for this script.
- New script ‘EOS_SetUserID’ can be used to change which user OSC commands are processed as.
-1 = Current console user
0 = Background user
1 to x = Standard user ID - New script ‘EOS Build Scene Breaks’ can be used to set the scene breaks on the console. It will use the ‘Scene’ field in the Cue Information section of the Cue List view. Run this script once the console has all the cues in the cue list.
REPORT CHANGES
- ‘PresetDoc_List_Channels’ report now supports variable row heights for long channel lists.
- ‘PresetDoc_List_Fixtures’ report now supports variable row heights for long fixture lists.
- Generic Report – Preset channel and fixture lists now include a space character between channels/fixtures to facilitate correct line breaks with long channel/fixture lists.
- PresetDoc & Cue List reports no longer display a black box for blank images on macOS.