In a few months, I will be teaching a workshop on lighting for the Puppet Guild of Greater Philadelphia, in the U.S. Part of this workshop will be me showing how I can control lighting cues using a PowerPoint remote control. Puppeteers are interested in this, since typically it is only one or two people doing a performance.
I was able to get the remote to work with DMX Control by using a keystroke macro program that would convert the characters that PowerPoint uses to advance slides, to also send the keystrokes that DMX Control needs. PowerPoint also receives its keystroke signals, and so a person can use its sound and video playback abilities.
In past correspondence here I learned that the next version of DMX Control would have the ability to re-map its keyboard shortcuts, and thus avoid the need for the keyboard macro program. I am also curious about the state of DMX Control's ability to trigger sound cues. The current version requires that you use a 2nd computer to run any sound or video cues unless you use my approach.
However, it would be nicer to avoid the multiple programs, and just use DMX Control. How soon might we expect the next version to be released?? Will it have the ability to play sound and video cues?
Joe Dunfee
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