Use the same device map for a new show/cue file
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2025 3:22 am
I am a new user.
I configured all my devices on the demo show; audio and DMX. Took me an hour.
I then wanted to start a new show of my own so I created a new cue file.
It seems to have created a new device map.
That is despite me having used the same pre-filled "MSI" device map name on creating the new production that I thought the other one was called.
This confused me because I read that a device map is DEVICE specific.
So I had expected it to pick-up the same device map.
I tried a bit of old skool and renamed the old file to the same name as the new device map file (and renamed that _old).
I thought that would nicely bring-in all my configs and save me an hour doing this every time.
But it's not having it. When I load I get options all over the place.
There doesn't seem to be an option in the UI to LOAD a device map from a previous show; that's what I want.
In the absence of that, how do I re-use my device map from the last show/cue file to the new one?
My next approach is to load the old show, clear all the cues to nothing, try to resave it as a new show and then use that.
Is that a good idea?
Thanks in advance,
Rob, UK
I configured all my devices on the demo show; audio and DMX. Took me an hour.
I then wanted to start a new show of my own so I created a new cue file.
It seems to have created a new device map.
That is despite me having used the same pre-filled "MSI" device map name on creating the new production that I thought the other one was called.
This confused me because I read that a device map is DEVICE specific.
So I had expected it to pick-up the same device map.
I tried a bit of old skool and renamed the old file to the same name as the new device map file (and renamed that _old).
I thought that would nicely bring-in all my configs and save me an hour doing this every time.
But it's not having it. When I load I get options all over the place.
There doesn't seem to be an option in the UI to LOAD a device map from a previous show; that's what I want.
In the absence of that, how do I re-use my device map from the last show/cue file to the new one?
My next approach is to load the old show, clear all the cues to nothing, try to resave it as a new show and then use that.
Is that a good idea?
Thanks in advance,
Rob, UK