LAS 6.

1 Action Pad
System Manual
Version 6.1
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Contents
The Action Pad................................................................................................................4
About the Action Pad...................................................................................................4
User interface...............................................................................................................5
Starting the Action Pad................................................................................................5
Additional features.......................................................................................................6
Action Pad items..........................................................................................................6
Item properties.............................................................................................................7
Using the Color Picker...............................................................................................11
Network Parameters..................................................................................................11
Using codepages in Action Pad.................................................................................12
Action Pad with multiple pages..................................................................................12
Kiosk Mode................................................................................................................12
Action Pad System Menu...........................................................................................13
Publish Action Pad to browser...................................................................................14
Action Pad in remote PC browsers............................................................................14
Automatic startup on computer start.........................................................................15
Remote access with iPad/iPhone/Android.................................................................15
Remote access with Android devices........................................................................17
Actions in standalone mode for Butler XT2................................................................18
Remote Action Pad on Butler XT2.............................................................................18
Notes..............................................................................................................................20

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The Action Pad

About the Action Pad
The Action Pad is a graphical user
interface for the Programmer. With the
Action Pad you can build your own fully
customized user interface for the
Programmer, typically for end users or
operators. You can place buttons, faders
and more on the desktop and create a
user interface for your installation, select
colors and backgrounds.
This Action Pad can then be used on the
display of the server, via a remote web
browser, on the Butler XT2 in standalone
mode or even with apps for iOS and
Android on tablets or smartphones.
The default size of the Action Pad desk-
top is 640 x 480 pixels. You can resize
the desktop, but be sure that the used display fits for these layouts.
The Action Pad has two states: the Edit Mode, to create the interface, and User Mode. In Edit
Mode you can add and place:
ƒƒ Buttons for starting actions, like playing
cuelists, or so called Flash Buttons.
ƒƒ Cuelist elements similar to the ones in the
main window of the Programmer.
ƒƒ Faders for Grand Masters, Versatile Masters
and Cuelist Submasters.
ƒƒ Displays for normal and dynamic text.
ƒƒ Different pages with different content and
selection of pages.
ƒƒ Background images.
ƒƒ Varying images for buttons and fader knobs
to build a specialized user interface.

After building your interface you can switch to

Normal Mode and start playing. The Program-
mer offers a full-screen Kiosk Mode where only
the Action Pad is visible. Also, if you lock the
Programmer with a password, an operator can
play back the show from the Action Pad, but
cannot change anything. This is done by setting
the Programmer to User Mode. This will be explained in the following chapters.

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User interface
Switch between Edit mode and action mode.

Add a new page in the Action Pad

Delete current page.

Import a saved page.

Save current page set.

Add an element (button, fader or cuelist control).

Delete an element.

Edit element properties.

Cut selected element(s).

Copy selected element(s).

Paste elements from clipboard.

Adjust, arrange or position element.

Set screen size.

Switch to full-screen (kiosk) mode.

Publish the Action Pad to browser.

Starting the Action Pad

To open the Action Pad select View | Action Pad from the main
menu or use the Action Pad icon from the main icon menu.
ƒƒ Press the Edit Page button to toggle between Normal Mode
and Edit Mode.
ƒƒ You can add elements by clicking Add Item, selecting an element, and
clicking & dragging inside the Action Pad window.
To edit an element you can double-click it or press the cogwheel icon.
The functions for elements are listed below. When you are done, or for
testing purposes, you can switch back to Normal Mode by clicking Edit again.

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Additional features
ƒƒ Select several elements at once by drawing a rectangle around them – or hold Shift while click-
ing elements to add them to the selection.
ƒƒ Delete selected elements by pressing the Delete key.
ƒƒ Move selected elements by clicking & dragging them or using the arrow keys on your key-
board.
ƒƒ Resize elements by clicking & dragging the handles (small black squares) in the corners of the
particular element.
ƒƒ Align – You can align several elements by selecting one of the available options, e.g. Align Left
inside the Extras menu. The menu also shows keyboard shortcuts.
ƒƒ Adjust Size – You can adjust the size of several elements by selecting one of the Adjustment
options inside the Extras menu.
ƒƒ Background wallpaper and background color can be adjusted for the current page by clicking
the Properties button without having any element selected.
ƒƒ Cut, Copy and Paste – you can use appropriate buttons or Ctrl-X, Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V.
ƒƒ Several Pages (Tabs) – Click to add a new page to the Action Pad. You can delete a page with
the delete button.
ƒƒ Saving and Loading – You can save the current page of the Action Pad by using the floppy
disk item. Import a page by clicking on the folder icon.
ƒƒ Element Properties – Highlight an Action Pad Item and press the Properties icon to open the
Properties dialogue for it. Alternatively, you can double-click the particular Item.

Action Pad items

ƒƒ Generic Buttons can be used for several purposes. You can assign functions, or actions, to
buttons like you do it for cues.
ƒƒ Flash Buttons are not bound to Actions but only to faders. When pressed the current value of
the fader is saved and the fader is set to 100%. When releasing the Flash Button, the old value
is restored.
ƒƒ Inserts a fader. In the properties for the element you select whether you want the fader to be a
Grand Master, Sub Master, Speed Master, Network Parameter or Fader-on-current-page. Fur-
thermore you enter the number of the master or network parameter that this element should
control, or in case of Fader-on-current-page the fader number between 1 and 12. Faders
always show values as percent.
ƒƒ The Color Picker allows to select an RGB color value and map the value of the three color
channels to Versatile Masters.
ƒƒ Cuelist Control – Inserts a control for cuelists like in the Cuelist Window of the Programmer. As
parameter you can select the cuelist this element should control.
ƒƒ A Cuelist Play Button draws a Generic Button but is already bound to a Play Cuelist Action.
ƒƒ A Media Play Button, like the Cuelist Play Button, creates a Generic Button which is already
pre-configured for the Media Player.
Text Display either shows static text, like descriptions or names, or Autotext. »Autotext« is a sys-
tem internal value of the Programmer like the current cuelist, cuelist name, network parameters or
time/date, which is fetched and used as text element.

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Item properties
To display the properties of an
Action Pad item, you can either
double-click the item or click the the
item once and then the Item
Properties icon in the toolbar. A
dialog will open. The first tab is
nearly the same for all elements. In
this dialog you can set all parameters
for the element like colors, fonts and
font sizes for captions and text, also
background and foreground colors.
The Scripting ID is a symbolic value
to address the element from an
e:script macro. Setting the item to
invisible only hides the graphical
display of the item, not the control-
ling function; in this way you can use
a background image as the graphical
interface, e.g. a room or floor image,
and assign actions to areas in the
image. Only if you reset the Enable
flag, the item becomes inactive.
ƒƒ If the current item is a button, it
will have two more tabs where you
can define two different Actions
for this button, e.g. play cuelist or execute an e:script macro.
ƒƒ For a fader there are no Actions, instead you can assign a master function to it, control the
Media Players or even the Windows mixer.
ƒƒ Cuelist Controls have no parameters to set, they just control cuelists.
With the Item Properties you will define all aspects of the
display and function of an item like a Button or a Fader. You
can select colors and sizes, even transparency of the
background. Using images for Buttons you can build the ideal
display type as seen on the first page of this chapter, a locker-
type switch that uses two different shapes for active an
inactive state.
For buttons there are several styles to choose from. Note that
these styles also apply to other control elements, here show
for cuelist play controls.

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Item Properties in detail

Caption A caption for the particular item, displayed on the item at an adjustable posi-
tion. To add Autotext, use the button below the caption window. It is possible
to display Auto Text information of a connected machine using peer connec-
tors. The syntax is like in normal Auto Text prefixed by \\peer name\. This way
the information is taken from the particular peer. More about Autotext and peer
connectors can be found inside the e:cue Advanced System Manual.
Image 1 & Im- An image as an item’s background. This image will be sized to fit but will also
age 2 keep its aspect ratio, except for the fader control item. To prevent uncovered
item background you should always mark the item background as transpar-
ent when you are using images. A second image can also be specified. This
image will only be used by some of the items: when specified for a fader item
the second image will be used for the controller knob. For a Button in toggle
mode the second image will be displayed when the Button has been toggled to
depict its current state.
Properties Here you can adjust advanced parameters like caption font, colors and most
importantly, state control. State control will affect the behavior of the item. For
Buttons you can select if the Button will be a static display, a toggle Button,
a standard push Button and more. The certain State Controls will be affected
differently by the State Control Parameter. See the following list of State Control
Parameters.

Main properties

Tooltip Text This help text is displayed when the mouse cursor hovers over the item.
Scripting ID The item can be accessed and controlled via e:script. The Scripting ID identifies
the item for access.
Decode Auto- Parse and display Autotext.
text
Visible The item is visible or invisible. When being invisible the control stays active, like
a Button, but is not displayed.
Enable If set the item is not active, it does not have control functions.

Item Style Settings

Background Various types of backgrounds are adjustable. When set transparent the back-
Style ground is not displayed. This is especially useful with Buttons.
Active These four parameters define the colors for background and borders of items.
Background An active item is for example a Button in an active state. If a Button is a toggle
Color, Inactive type and e. g. plays a cuelist, it is active.
Background
Color ...
Indicator A small indictor showing the item’s state as active or inactive. With the following
two parameters you may select the colors for the states.
Item Padding The space top/right/bottom/left for the item.
Settings
Font Font size and type of the caption.

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Active Text The color of the caption text when the item is in active or inactive state.
Color, Inactive
Text Color
Text Shadow Enable or disable a shadow for the text.
Horizontal and Controls the position of the caption in the item.
vertical Align-
ment
Line Format Can be Multiline, Singleline and Wordwrap. Controls the way the text is broken
if longer than the display area.
Add End El- If the text does not fit into the item it is shortened and an … gets displayed at
lipsis the end.
Text Margins Padding areas for the text at the item.

State Control Parameters

Button Automatic Based on the selected action, the button will try to auto-
matically act properly.
None The button will not change it’s state
Push Pressing the button will perform the first action, while
releasing performs the second action.
Toggle Pressing the button for the first time will perform the first
action, pressing the second time will perform the second
action. While pressed, button is in active state. While
released inactive.
Caption The State is defined by the last Autotext element inside the
caption.
Cuelist The State is defined by the status of the particular cuelist,
selected by State Control Parameter.
Network The State is defined by the selected Network Parameter.
Parameter
Fader Grand Master The Fader controls the Grand Master.
Cuelist Submaster The Fader controls the selected Cuelist Submaster.
Versatile Master The Fader controls the selected Versatile Master.
Network Param- The Fader affects the selected Network Parameter.
eter
Fader On Current The Fader controls the particular Fader on the current page.
Page
Media Player 1/2 The Fader controls the volume of the selected Media Player.
Cuelist Control Cuelist The integrated intensity control affects the intensity of the
belonging cuelist.
Fader On Current The integrated intensity control affects the Fader # on the
Page current page.

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Properties assimilation
You can either select multiple elements by
clicking them keeping the Shift key pressed
or by drawing a rectangle around while keep-
ing the left mouse button pressed. When
you now double-click one of these elements
the properties dialog opens and you modify
properties. When closing the properties
dialog another dialog comes up asking
which properties you want to change for all
selected items.
Be sure to change only the intended proper-
ties. Otherwise you will overwrite properties
which should not be modified like Actions or
e:script IDs!

Selecting colors for items

When clicking on the color selection field
of an item, e. g. Active Background Color,
an additional small button gets visible. Click-
ing this button open the Color Selection
Dialog. You either pick a color from the color
field, or you can enter the HSL (hue, satura-
tion, luminance) or RGB (red, green blue)
value of the desired color.
The Alpha field is the alpha channel of the
color. A value of 255 means full color, a lower
value makes the color more or less transpar-
ent. A value of 0 hides the color area.

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Using the Color Picker

With the Color Picker you can select a color
interactively in the Action Pad and map the
three RGB color values on Versatile Masters.
There are two types of Color Pickers: a Color
Picker Box and a Color Picker Wheel. With
the Color Picker Box you select the color in
the color display, the intensity with the slider.
The small area on the right reflects the
selected color.
The Color Picker Wheel lets you select hue
by the ring, saturation and lightness by the
diamond. In the Properties Dialog for the
Color Picker you can define the width of the
wheel and its border color and to have a
preview of the selected color or not.
Controlling a fixture color
To use the Color Picker to control a color,
proceed as follows:
ƒƒ Create three identical cuelists, one with
full red, one with full blue and one with
full green intensity. The cuelists must be
identical and have no Mutex Group, they
must run in parallel.
ƒƒ Use a separate Versatile Master for inten-
sity for the three cuelists.
ƒƒ Map the color channels of the Color Picker
on the Versatile Masters of the three cuel-
ists.
In blog.ecue.com you will also find a video
showing how to use the Color Picker on the
Action Pad.
Note: the Color Picker does not work with the current firmware of the Glass Touchscreen!

Network Parameters
Network parameters are a set of 1000 predefined variables which are always present in the
e:cue Programmer. Other systems or applications can read or write these parameters via TCP/
IP. Network parameters can then be displayed (and changed) via a fader or display, they can
influence the Actions of push buttons or they can be used even more flexibly together with the
macro language of the e:cue Programmer. Please refer to the Advanced System Manual for more
information about this topic, available for free download from www.traxontechnologies.com.

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Fader On Current Page

Unlike cuelist elements, which always refer to a single cuelist (e.g. cuelist 19), the Fader On
Current Page refers to one of the 12 cuelists on the currently active page. Usually a show in the
Programmer contains cuelists 1 - 12 on Page 1, cuelists 13 - 24 on Page 2 and so on. In this
normal configuration a Fader On Current Page with the parameter set to 1 refers to cuelist 1 if the
currently active page is Page 1. If the page switches to Page 2, that fader would refer to cuelist
13. A Fader On Current Page with the parameter set to 3 would refer to cuelist 15 if the page is
set to Page 2. The Fader On Current Page has a similarity to faders on the e:cue faderunit, as
those also refer to different cuelists depending to which page is currently active. in the properties
of a element you can enter AutoText in the Setup field. For example you can enter #<fader X> -
replace X with the number you entered in the Parameter field.

Using codepages in Action Pad

The Action Pad works with different code
pages, so it is possible to use the country
specific code page for char codes higher
than 127. For using this feature, please install
a specific code page in Windows 7 Ultimate,
or use a specific language version. It is
possible to use this chars in the tablet or
browser Action Pad as text. To use the
correct codepage you first must adjust the
codepage settings for Windows.
In the Control Panel for Windows select Re-
gion and Language, select Adminstration
and set the Locale, which is the non-UTF
character interpretation. These menu items
depend of the language version of your Windows version.

Action Pad with multiple pages

There may be several pages in the Action
Pad. You can add pages with the Add Page
icon in the main icon. menu.
To navigate between pages use a button and
assign the Action Goto Page | Action Pad
Page to it. This way, hiding the button display
and placing the button in a building images as
background you can call different pages for
different parts of the building.
The page order can be rearranged in edit
mode now by using drag and drop.

Kiosk Mode
If the Programmer runs on a kiosk computer, accessible to the public, it is not wise that users are
able to access all features of the program. Users should only see the Action Pad without being
able to edit the show. The Programmer can be put into a special Kiosk Mode by command line

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parameters. In order to achieve this, do the following:

ƒƒ First create the show as usual. Save the show and take a note of the path and filename, such
as C:\Shows\KioskShow.shw.
ƒƒ Go to Application Options in the Programmer and deactivate the option for Reload last
loaded show (on the first page under Options), if it was activated before. Shutdown e:cue
Programmer.
ƒƒ Now in order to pass command line parameters to e:cue Programmer, you need to edit the
shortcut on the desktop. Right-click the icon for e:cue Programmer Standard or e:cue Pro-
grammer Enterprise respectively. Select Properties from the context menu which appears. In
the appearing dialogue click the tab for Shortcut.
ƒƒ In this window there is a text field named Target. In a regular installation of e:cue Programmer
with a dongle connected it should say “C:\Program Files\ecue\Programmer...\Programmer-
Plus.exe”
ƒƒ Now insert a space after that text and append -kiosk. After that parameter, again insert a
space and now write the complete filename of your showfile including the path, e.g. C:\Shows\
KioskShow.shw Note: If the filename contains spaces it must be enclosed by double quotes.
For example: “C:\Shows\Kiosk Show.shw“.
ƒƒ The complete entry for Target would look like this: “C:\Program Files\ecue\Programmer V6.0\
ProgrammerPlus.exe” -kiosk “C:\Shows\Kiosk Show.shw”.

After clicking OK to save the changes and double-clicking the shortcut the programmer should
start in Kiosk Mode. This means the Action Pad will be displayed full screen and you cannot ac-
cess other parts of the program. To prevent users from just exiting fullscreen, you can log out the
Programmer to user mode. This can also be done inside the Action Pad menu on the bottom-left
of the window. For more information about Supervisor and User Mode, please refer to the cor-
responding chapter.
Kiosk Mode with several pages
By default, each Action Pad page will have a link on the Action Pad menu bar at the bottom of
the window. This allows switching pages even in full screen. If you want to prevent particular
pages selectable in User Mode, open the page properties and uncheck Create Taskbar Link
under Taskbar and Menu.

Action Pad System Menu

At the bottom side of the Action Pad window, also visible in

Kiosk Mode, you find a Windows taskbar-like system bar. On
the left side of the system bar, there is an e:cue button for a
system menu. The menu differs depending on whether you are
logged in as supervisor or not. The following table shows all
available options:

Menu item Supervisor User

Mode Mode
Logout yes no Logout/switch to User
Mode.
Login no yes Login to Supervisor Mode

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Status yes yes Show the Programmer

Status Window
Logbooks yes yes Show the Logbook Window
Automation yes yes Show defined trigger rules
DMX Output yes yes Show the DMX Output
Window
Network yes read- Open Network Configura-
Setup only tion Window
Goto/leave yes/yes yes/no Enable/disable Kiosk Mode
Kiosk Mode
System yes no Shutdown the computer
Shutdown
System yes no Reboot the computer
Reboot

Publish Action Pad to browser

When using the Action Pad on a remote system, the HTTP server in the Application
Options of the Programmer must be started. Also enter the correct server IP for the
HTTP server!

The Action Pad is not only available on the local system, but also via HTTP to any other
system in the network running a web browser. In this way, the Programmer can be remote-con-
trolled from any other system. So you can place the main system with the Programmer in a save
place, showing a custom-build user interface on a remote system, without harm for the central
server controlling everything. To use an external system for Action Pad access: Make sure the
HTTP server is started in Application Options. Publish the Action Pad with the Open in Browser
button. Usually this opens the Action Pad in
http://serveraddress/ActionPad/ActionPad.html

Action Pad in remote PC browsers

When the Action Pad is used on a remote PC with a standard browser, the user interface is
implemented with Adobe® Flash® elements. The client can be limited to a Group of pages by
setting Group=<identifier> in the URL. The start page can also be given as a script ID in the
URL using Page=<script ID>. The old way of selecting the page by index is still supported, but
not recommended.

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A touchscreen-optimized user interface is available that replaces the tabs and start bar and also
provides a convenient thumbnail view of all directly navigable pages. This user interface can be
enabled by including TouchUI=true in the URL. Scrolling and the visibility of scrollbars can be
disabled by adding Scrollable=false to the URL. Since LAS 5.5 SR1 the rendering and behav-
iour of buttons and faders has been improved. Particularly, text layout is more correct and hidden
items are now handled properly.

Automatic startup on computer start

If you want to have an autostart feature inside the Standard Programmer do this:
ƒƒ Open up the Programmer Standard Exe`s properties.
ƒƒ Go to the Target dialog and set behind the Folder\ProgrammerStandard.exe the param-
eters /KIOSK c:\Folder\showfile.
This will open up a showfile and if you want it will open up in Kiosk mode as well. For an auto-
matic startup after Windows starts, simply put the shortcut into the startup menu.

Remote access with iPad/iPhone/Android

Accessing the Action Pad is also possible with an
iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch and Android devices. The Apps
are available from the iTunes App Store or from the Google
Play Store. Search in a search engine for “e:cue action pad
iPad”. To download and install the iOS client just search for
“ecue” in the App Store on your iOS device and tap on the
search result “e:cue Action Pad for iPhone or iPad”. For
Android look for “e:cue” or “Action Pad” in Google’s Play
Store. Download and install the App on your tablet or
smartphone. In general both the iOS and the Android App
are the same, only created for the two different operating
systems.

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On startup the app will try to connect to the last known server. If this is not reachable, it will show
you the server selection page with already defined entries for our demo servers. Tap Edit to add,
remove or edit server entries.

Tap the cogwheel to edit the entry, tap the stop sign to
delete an entry. Tap Add to add a new server link.

Set the server’s IP

address or the full
server name if
using a DNS server
for allocation. The
port number is usu-
ally 80. Define a
group number if
using only selected
pages for this
device, Start Page
is the first page that
gets displayed after
connection.
If the Action Pad
is secured with user and password setting, enter the user
name and the right password.
You can also define the display orientation here, if the display is scrollable and if Direct Fade is
supported.
Click Ok when the entry is complete, or Cancel to abort settings.
Program Options
The Program Option can be reached via the top left cogwheel in both server settings pages. Here
again you can set parameters for page orientation or if the pages are scrollable. If Show Device
Status Bar is set to On, the Front Page displays the status bar. Show Title Bar defines visibility of
the title bar, Stats are mostly needed for debugging only. Tap Ok to end setting program options.
After a server was selected from the server overview, the Action Pad connects to the server.

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The application now loads the pages and connected images and displays the Action Pad.
Building Action Pad pages for iOS and Android
When choosing fonts for button texts we suggest to use
MED, Arial or Verdana since these fonts will look very
similar (but still not identical) on Windows and iOS. If you
absolutely need an exact match then you will have to
resort to prerendered bitmaps.

Remote access with Android devices

Since LAS 6.0 there is also an Android App available for
Remote Action Pad access. Visit the Google Play Store
to download the free app. Search for “e:cue” or “Action
Pad”.
The setup and configuration of the Android Action Pad is
the same as for iOS devices.

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This Android App requires Adobe Air, if it is not installed please follow the redirect or
go to the Play Store and install Adobe Air (free). Some very old Android versions will
not be supported and the installation will abort.

Navigation between Action Pad pages can either be done with the two arrows
in the lower navigation bar of the Action Pad or with the Menu button of the
Android device.

Actions in standalone mode for Butler XT2

See chapter Actions for a description of Actions.

Cuelists: Stop, Play, Toggle Play, Pause, Toggle Pause, Reset All, Stop All Cuel-
ists
Set Intensity Grandmaster, Versatile Master, Cuelist Submaster
Step Intensity Grandmaster, Versatile Master, Cuelist Submaster
Ramp Intensity Start Grandmaster, Versatile Master, Cuelist Submaster
Ramp Intensity Stop Grandmaster, Versatile Master, Cuelist Submaster
Mutual Exclude Group Stop, Play, Pause, Previous, Next
Goto Page By Index, By Name, By Offset
Others Reset All, Hibernate, Freeze, Trigger Label

Remote Action Pad on Butler XT2

Since firmware version 2.0 the Butler XT2 can be controlled in standalone mode with Action Pad
pages on a connected PC or PC-like system. All that is needed is a system with an Ethernet con-
nection and a Flash-enabled browser like Firefox, Chrome, Opera or Internet Explorer. Make sure
that the Adobe Flash plugin is installed.

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Connect the Butler XT2 via a switch with a WLAN access point. Configure the access point or the
WLAN enabled switch. Make sure that no address conflicts with other devices in the network, e.
g. Butlers or servers, can happen. Connect your Android device with the WLAN access point.
ƒƒ Create the Action Pad pages as usual, you may use all elements like Buttons, Faders and even
background images.
ƒƒ Create the cuelists for the Butler XT2, if required configure the complete Butler XT2/S2 cluster.
ƒƒ Set Actions and Triggers. Send them via Quick Update to the Butler XT2.
ƒƒ Go to the Export Show dialog. See details in the Chapter »Exporting Shows«.
ƒƒ Do not forget to set the checkmark Action Pad Export in the Export Dialog.
ƒƒ Export the cuelists, the Action Pad pages get exported automatically.

Do not forget to enable the Action Pad for the Butler XT2 in the configuration dialog
for the Butler XT2 in the Device Manager! If the Butler XT2 misses this flag the Action
Pad pages are not exported.

The Remote Action Pad can only be used in standalone mode of the Butler XT2. As long as it is
in online mode, the HTTP server in the Butler XT2 is not available. So to use the Action Pad on
this engine, disconnect it from the e:net network or disable network output in the Network tab of
the Programmer.

ƒƒ Connect the Butler XT2 with a web browser and the remote system via a switch.
ƒƒ Use a so called cross cable with changed RX and TX lines, if no switch is available.
ƒƒ Start the browser and enter this URL:
http://ip-address-of-butler-xt2/ActionPad/ActionPad.html

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