Eos CuePoints Companion
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I can't decide if this should replace my original Eos Timecode Companion or not, it's
a natural evolution for me but the original version remains useful with apps other than
CuePoints, so I've kept it for now.

When configured, this app turns CuePoints into an effective Timeline Editor for Eos. 

It will only work with relatively 'simple' shows (i.e. a timecode firing a cue) and is
not designed for complicated triggers on multiple cue lists. It was designed for my
own use and is offered to others in the hope you find it useful. 

Eos Configuration
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Enable the OSC TCP server in System Settings => Show Control => OSC

OSC TCP Mode: SLIP (v1.1)
OSC TCP Server Ports: [Any]

On newer versions of Eos you can just leave the port as 3037 and enter the IP in the 
app (or 127.0.0.1 if you're running Nomad on the same computer as CuePoints) and 
the OSC Settings in Eos become irrelevant (as 3037 is always enabled)

** BACKUP YOUR SHOW FILES **
  This app can modify your show file, that's the point. I accept no responsibility for
  deleted cues or things that don't look right - make a backup first! 

CuePoints Configuration
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This app uses the CuePoints XML "Cue Sync" function to update Eos in near real-time.

In CuePoints, find your Lighting marker and edit it, change Sync: to Broadcast and
specify a destination file. Select this file in the app, this connects Cue Points to Eos.

Due to limitations of the CuePoints sync format, there are two things that need to be
specified manually, these are the destination Cue List and the Timecode Offset (as this
isn't contained in the file) so we add these to the end of the Track Name as follows 

If you have a track called "Song 5" with a Timecode Offset of 05:00:00:00 then you would 
rename it "Song 5 15/ 05:00:00:00" to put Song 5 into Cue List 15 (the trailing / and
space after it is needed) - this isn't ideal but it's the only way to get it into the
app. 

You must also select Enable Cue Sync from the Tools menu.

Companion Configuration
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Companion has three very simple self-explanatory options. The only one that is worth
further discussion is "Delete Cues if Deleted" - this will delete cues if you delete
them in CuePoints. It can be useful when initially programming a sequence, but also
will delete a cue with no consideration for what's in it.  The first time you delete a
cue it will ask for confirmation. 

Latency
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Most changes will happen within a few seconds, but this delay is from CuePoints itself 
updating the file, so outwith my control entirely. 


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