Scheduled commands stopped executing

[mixmog]

I run a scheduled command each hour to open a fader for a news bulletin, then close it 2 minutes later. This has recently stopped working (I see a countdown to the next event, they appear in the scheduler, yet the fader does not open), seemingly without reason.

Are they any known bugs which might be causing this?

[radio42]

No.

How do you schedule the command exactly? Via a reminder? What exact command? Where do see a countdown (the scheduler has no countdown)?

[mixmog]

Ok. I need to try to trace back and work out what external influences might be in play here.

The command is scheduled via two scripts which contain one command each (MIXER_INPUT_VOLUME_SLIDE IRN A|1|10 / MIXER_INPUT_VOLUME_SLIDE IRN A|0|10) at 59.55 and 02.03 past the our.

The countdown to which I was referring is actually the timecode display, counting down to the next scheduled event.

[radio42]

So you are using a script-line with the ‚Command‘ mode?‘

Note, that such command is executed when the script-line is evaluated and not when the prev. line track is played!
As such, the Timecode display is totally irrelevant.

[mixmog]

That's correct. Is there a more efficient way of accomplishing the same thing?

Duly noted re timecode.

[radio42]

Yes. But it depends on what exactly you want to achieve?!
Your issue might even be, that when you use the script-lines in two different scripts, the next program/script might start ahead of its start time…

So here are alternatives…

1) if you want independent timings, just use a ‚Reminder‘ in the program scheduler to execute a control-command.

2) if you want the execution dependent on a specific script-line resp. track, use the script-line specific event. Click on the ‚flash‘ icon in the Options column and use one of the events, eg. On Track Played or On Track Stopped to execute a command at the beginning or end of the track.

But you said, they stopped working. So what have you changed?