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Introduction
Enable CuePilot Remote for the Sender
Enable CuePilot Remote for the Receiver
Enable CuePilot Remote for Sending & Receiving
Introduction
With CuePilot Remote enabled, a host CuePilot, such as the director's computer, the sender, can remote control a client CuePilot, the receiver, such as a production assistant's, so that their CuePilot application follows along to the director. This functionality adds collaboration as well as redundancy.
A receiving CuePilot application might have its own custom views enabled, or hide certain Timeline Tracks for focus. The receiving CuePilot application will follow all the actions of the sending CuePilot, like when the sender opens a Rundown, plays an Act or skips to the next Act. Also such actions as turning LTC1 Sync On/Off, Step Mode On/Off.
The sender and receiver must have the same CuePilot Project opened. All devices must be on the same network in the same IP range. i.e. All on the same wired network, all with IP addresses starting with 192.168.1.XX
Edits made to the CuePilot Timeline do not get sent over CuePilot Remote through the local network, edits are applied on all CuePilots through the Cloud Server when it syncs the changes, this requires an internet connection.
Enable OSC for the Sender
If you are the sending CuePilot, your device acts as the host. We need to tell CuePilot which device is to receive the actions that this CuePilot sends.
- In Setup > OSC, change the Status from Disabled to Enabled.
- With OSC enabled, you can set which Interface and Interface IP that your computer is to use. With OSC enabled you will see an OSC icon in the status bar.
- Set CuePilot Remote to Send.
- Enter the IP of the device where the receiving CuePilot application is running. They must be on the same network in the same IP range.
Enable OSC for the Receiver
If you are the receiving CuePilot, your device acts as the client. We need to enable Remote OSC for your device to receive the actions that the sending CuePilot, the host, sends.
- In Setup > OSC, change the Status from Disabled to Enabled.
- With OSC enabled, you can set which Interface and Interface IP that your computer is to use. With OSC enabled you will see an OSC icon in the status bar.
- Set CuePilot Remote to Receive.
- With Receive enabled, open the same Project as the sender. The receiving CuePilot will now follow along to the actions that the sending CuePilot makes.
Enable OSC for Sending & Receiving
If you want to set up redundancy and control CuePilot from both a director and production assistant's devices, so either of you can operate CuePilot, you may want to set up Send and Receive on both.
- In Setup > OSC, change the Status from Disabled to Enabled.
- With OSC enabled, you can set which Interface and Interface IP that your computer is to use. With OSC enabled you will see an OSC icon in the status bar.
- Set CuePilot Remote to Send and Receive.
- Enter the IP address of the receiving CuePilot, (that also happens to be the sender).
In this situation, either device can be used to start/stop playback, load the next act, open the next rundown. They are both simultaneously the host and the client. It's like the keyboard is plugged in to both devices at the same time.
An alternative situation might be for when you want to receive from a sending CuePilot, but also send on to another CuePilot. The steps are the same, but you'll need to enter the IP address of the receiving CuePilot, and also check they've enabled receiving.
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