Guidelines

• To successfully activate a Media Scene (with the rooms being controlled simultaneously), activate the Media Scenes agent before starting any music playback.
• Media scenes are persistent; when activated, a Media Scene remains active until deactivated or until the controller is powered down. If a Media Scene is deactivated while music is playing, the music continues to play in the associated rooms, but the rooms are no longer controlled in unison. Therefore, music can be stopped in one room while it continues to play in another room.
• You can set up a Media Scene one time, and activate it when desired. Then play the music.

To create a Media Scenes agent:

1. Start Composer Pro and connect to a Director.

2. (First time only) In the Agents view, click Add to add the Media Scenes agent to the project.
3. On the dialog that appears, click Media Scenes, and then click OK.
4. In the Agents pane, select Media Scenes, and click Add.
5. Enter a name for your new Media Scene. Example: Party Music.
6. In the Agents pane, select Party Music, and then click Add Room in the Media Scenes pane.

7. In the dialog box is a list of rooms in your system. Check the rooms where you want to play your Party Music, and then click OK. Example: Theater and Family.

Tips: To remove a room from a scene, click Remove Room. To create another Media Scene, return to Step 1.



Tip: You can add all rooms on a floor by clicking, for example, Main. This automatically selects all other rooms in that category. You can also include all rooms in your entire system in the Media Scene by clicking House.

The rooms you selected appear in the new Media scene 'Party Music.'

8. To activate the scene, click Activate Scene at the top of the screen.
9. To deactivate, click the Deactivate Scene button. 
10. You can program a button for your Media Scene. Do this by creating a new Custom Button.
1. In the Agents view, click Custom Buttons, and then below, click a room. In the Custom Buttons pane, click Add.
2. In the Add Screen dialog that appears, enter the name of the Custom Button, and then click OK. 

   Example: Click Theater and call the Screen name Media Scene. Name Button 1: On/Off and click OK. 

   The custom button name appears in the pane. 

11. Click the Programming View.
12. In the Device Events pane, scroll down and click Custom Buttons. In the pane below, Custom Button Events, select the screen you want to program, and then select the Press radio button. 

Example: Select the screen Kitchen - Media Scene, and select the Press radio button. 

13. In the Actions pane, select Kitchen.
14. In the Kitchen Actions pane under Conditionals, press the Media Scene Active button which also selects True.
15. Drag the blue question mark to the Script pane.
16. In the Actions pane, scroll down and select Media Scenes.
17. In the Media Scenes Actions pane under Commands, press the Deactivate button, and then select Party Music.
18. Drag the green arrow on top of the blue question mark in the Script pane.
19. In the Actions pane, scroll up and select Kitchen. In the Kitchen Actions pane and in Conditionals, press the Media Scene Active button, and then the False button.
20. Drag the blue question mark to the Script pane.
21. In the Actions pane, scroll down and select Media Scenes. In the Media Scenes Actions pane and in Commands, press the Activate button, and then select Party Music.
22. Drag the green arrow icon on top of the blue question mark in the Script pane. 


The Script pane now reads, 'When custom button ‘On/Off’ on screen ‘Media Scene’ in Kitchen is pressed...Activate scene ‘Party Music.’'

23. To execute the scene, click Execute.