iPad client?

[Mugwump]

I assume there's no existing app to initiate cues from an iPhone/iPad?

Have started creating one and wondered if it would be of any interest to people? The idea was to have configurable buttons which trigger cues via telnet..

[Theatre III Sound]

Have a look at this entry:
http://www.showcuesystems.com/forum/vie ... mote#p4791

Don't know if the poster ever made the app available for others.

[Mugwump]

Have managed to write my own which works well enough

Would release it if there was enough interest to warrant the hoops Apple make you jump through to get stuff into the app store..

[sjwicks]

Have a look at this entry:
http://www.showcuesystems.com/forum/vie ... mote#p4791

Don't know if the poster ever made the app available for others.

Hi
There didn't seem to be a lot of interest in the app when I first posted the info on the Forum over a year ago. I do still use the app on occasion, and also an RDP session if I need even more control of SCS when I'm not near the computer.

I have also seen that Liine have brought out a "Lemur" app that offers even more programming and designing opportunities. Perhaps too complex and too expensive though. This app also uses TouchOSC and needs a MIDI translator running in the background on the PC.

[runawaymartin]

I imagine that a properly constructed app, with similar screens to the original, would be popular with a lot of SCS users. I am no software writer and so I've been experimenting with programs such as iTelePort and although I've had some moderate success I think it's a bit bodgy and not reliable enough. If anyone's up to writing an app I'm sure users would be willing to purchase it.

[MizeSoundGuy]

OK people, we need to talk about this. I am on the verge of creating a system using an iPhone/iPad to send commands to either the computer running SCS or to a box connected to both the computer running SCS and the lightboard via Midi. The "box" might consist of a hacked wifi access point and an Arduino or just an Arduino with a wifi add-on ("shield") attached. The app on the iPad/iPhone might be TouchOSC or Ardumote or something similar. The goal is to minimize the amount of code to write. Doing anything with the Arduino is pretty easy and I already have hacked the (Asus) wireless access point and installed DDWRT so that it can either be programmed to translate the TouchOSC commands to midi or talk to the Arduino and have it send the midi commands.

Of course, there is already a finished solution to do this: http://wifimidi.com/ It's called The Missing Link and it translates OSC commands to midi.

Why? I have a human resource issue. Finding a light board operator and a sound board operator for every show is a problem for our theatre. So I have just installed $6 USB midi adapter to our SCS sound computer to send the GO command to our ETC Expression (ancient) light board. But it would be great if we could trigger cues from the house while hanging and focusing. Sending the right midi commands to the light board is possible with midi. Of course the problem is generating the midi commands.

Anybody want to collaborate on this?

Jeff
TD Runway Theatre & freelance sound guy.

[Mike Daniell]

I don't have time to assist (busy with SCS 11) but I welcome initiatives like this and would be pleased to promote suitable apps through our web site.

So for SCS users in general, please advise if:

• You are interested in using an iPhone/iPad/similar app to remotely control SCS.
• You can assist in the development of such an app.

[barneyd]

I'd really like to see an iPad remote control app.

For me it would be about the tech rehearsal so that I could sit in the auditorium and adjust levels, not just trigger cues.

[Soundbloke]

Use VNC or RDP to remote your SCS machine! - I've used it in situations like you describe, and for system-checking. Doing this works fine, and allows you to access and tweak your cue list if necessary. - As long as you don't mind not having physical keys or mouse, but you can zoom and pan!!

• (I like UltraVNC server and Wyse PocketCloud Pro client, but there's plenty of choice)

-OR- just bring your PC into the auditorium!

[DumaisAudio]

I would agree with Soundbloke. We usually just bring the PC into the theatre and set it up at the tech table and just the firewire cable back to the booth (we use an extender in the normal setup anyway, so it works just fine). VPN is probably the best way to do that, and would require just running an Ethernet cable or using an existing network. I've used Mac OSX's Screen Sharing feature in that way too when using QLab or Isadora and it works great. I worked in a theatre that used a KVM Extender like setup to just have a keyboard/mouse/monitor at the tech table and run Ethernet back to the booth, and that worked well, but it was 8 years ago. Now things like VPN make it really easy, and you can get apps for the iPad or iPhone so you can walk around the theatre to adjust things if your program or hardware doesn't have a dedicated app. In my opinion, I'd rather go the route of VPN if there wasn't an official app from the developer, as it's probably the simplest way to get the job done.