Follow and Hang on Eos
Symptoms/Issue
In Eos cue programming, what is follow and hang and how do I program them?
Explanation of Concepts
The follow/hang portion of the Eos Family Online Manual can be found here: Follow / Hang | Eos Family Online eManual
Follow and hang are both ways to automatically have the next cue in line execute when executing the cue before it.
Ex: Cue list has cues 1-10. If you want cue 8 to automatically execute after cue 7, you can apply a follow or hang to cue 7.
With Follow, the countdown starts as soon as you execute the initial cue.
Ex: Cue 1 has a duration of 5 seconds and a follow time of 2 seconds. When cue 1 is executed, the next cue will start playing after 2 seconds, even though cue 1 still has 3 seconds left to complete its transition.
With Hang, the countdown begins once the initial cue has completed its duration.
Ex: Cue 1 has a duration of 5 seconds and a hang time of 2 seconds. When cue 1 is executed, the next cue will start playing after 7 seconds, as it must wait the 5 seconds of the initial cue completion and the 2 seconds of the hang.
Follow and hang are applied to the initial cue, not the one that will follow it. If you want cue 8 to activate automatically after cue 7, you apply the follow or hang to cue 7.
Syntax/Programming
For Follow
- Cue list has cues 1 and 2
- Cue 1 has a duration of 10 seconds, you want cue 2 to execute 5 seconds after cue 1 begins to execute
- Syntax: [Cue] [1] {Fw/Hg} [5] [enter]
- This creates a follow of 5 seconds for cue 1
- In the PSD tab, you will see F5 under the Fw/Hg column for cue 1
- When cue 1 is executed, after 5 seconds cue 2 will automatically begin to execute (cue 1 will still be executing at this point)
For Hang
- Cue list has cues 1 and 2
- Cue 1 has a duration of 10 seconds, you want cue 2 to execute 5 seconds after cue 1 finishes executing
- Syntax: [Cue] [1] {Fw/Hg} {Fw/Hg} [5] [enter]
- This creates a hang of 5 seconds for cue 1
- In the PSD tab, you will see H5 under the Fw/Hg column for cue 1
- When cue 1 is executed, after 15 seconds cue 2 will automatically begin to execute