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Chapter 9
Scenes
In Pathfinder Core PRO, scenes can only be created using the PathfinderPC_Core client. See Chapter 18
PathfinderPC_Core Client to review how to create scenes.
There are a few differences related to scenes under the hood in Pathfinder Core PRO vs Pathfinder Pro. One is that
there is a read only property which can be used in logic flows for each scene called IsActive. This means that in
addition to activating a scene with a logic flow or a client application or the web UI, you can also create logic based
on whether all of the points in the scene are currently in the requested state.
Another important difference is that under the hood a scene is nothing more than a set of API commands (See
appendix on SapV2 API). So a scene does not have to be just route changes or even route changes at all. You could
create a scene that sets a bunch of memory slots to specific values. Or you could create a scene that includes route
changes, fader changes, memory slot changes and button state changes. Unfortunately, there is no user interface
yet to make these kinds of scenes so in the current version unless you use the API, only route change scenes can be
created. In the future we will have a scene creation interface that allows adding different kinds of changes.
Once scenes are created using PathfinderPC_Core Client, they will be listed and may be activated using the
Pathfinder Core PRO web pages in addition to the PathfinderPC_Core Client. Click on the Scenes link in the
navigation bar to view the available list of scenes:
The columns on this page are dynamic and will show the state of the scenes as they change. The columns included are:
• SceneName: The name of the scene. Scene names may be preceded by a number and an underscore in
some cases. These represent scenes created by PathfinderPC_Core Client that are related to a specific
router number.
• IsActive: This shows dynamic information, and will display True or False depending on whether all of the
entries in the scene are currently in their requested state. The IsActive property is also available to logic
flows so that a flow can perform certain actions depending on whether a scene is active or not in addition to
actually triggering a scene.
• The Activate button on each line will cause all of the changes within a scene to be executed in Pathfinder
Core PRO.
• The edit link is for future use.
• The minus icon allows you to delete scenes from the system.
• The plus icon is also for future use. Use PathfinderPC_Core Client to create scenes.
