130 Ion Operations Manual
Sneak
The [Sneak] command (when a destination is not provided) removes manual changes from
selected channels and allows the channels to sneak back to their background states (cue or
submaster instruction, if any). For Expression users, this is similar to Release.
If there is no background state from the playbacks, the channel parameters will be set to their home
position. The sneak command follows the sneak timing default established in Setup (see Setup -
{Manual Control}, page 104), unless a timing value is provided as part of the sneak command.
The playback status display will show a red counter for sneak time. If multiple sneak times are being
used, the most recently fired sneak time will be displayed. For an example of the sneak counter, see
Indicators in the Playback Status Display, page 37.
The sneak command can also be used to send a channel parameter to a specific destination, either
with or without timing. The following examples illustrate the various methods of using the sneak
command:
•[channel list] [Sneak] [Enter] - releases manual control, setting parameters to their
background state. If there are current values for those parameters from a playback, those are
the values that will be restored. If there are no values from a playback, the parameters are set
to home (or default) position.
•[channel list] [Color] [Sneak] [Enter] - sneaks color of the selected channels to the default
or background state.
•[Sneak] [Enter] - when no channels are selected, restores all channels with manual values
to their background state.
•[Sneak] [Sneak]- puts {AllNPs} [Sneak] on the command line, which sneaks out all non-
intensity parameters. [Sneak] [Sneak] is a self-terminating command.
•[Sneak] <Time> [3] [Enter] - restores all channels with manual values to their background
state in 3 seconds.
•[Group] [5] <Color Palette> [9] [Sneak] [Enter] - selects group 5 and sneaks it to color
palette 9 using default sneak time.
•[Group] [3] [At] <Color Palette> [1] [Sneak] <Time> [7] [Enter] - selects group 3 and
sneaks it to color palette 1 in 7 seconds.
•[Sub] [4] [At] [5] <0> [Sneak] [2] [Enter] - selects submaster 4 and sneaks it to 50% in 2
seconds.
•[Chan][1] [Sneak] {Preset 1}- selects channel 1 and sneaks it to preset 1 using default sneak
time.
•[Chan][2][Sneak]<Time>[2]{Intensity Palette 3} - selects channel 2 and sneaks it to
intensity palette 3 in 2 seconds.
•[Shift] & [Sneak] - makes any manual data unmanual. The values will remain but they will no
longer be available for [Update] or [Record Only] operations. When used with an empty
command line, this will affect any and all manual data. When used with a channel selection,
only those channels will be affected.
Note:
When recalling a reference from the direct selects to use with the sneak
command, the sneak command has to be entered before the reference.