CUEPRINT

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Usage

The popup

Tap the CUEPRINT pool button. One popup, three choices:

  • Sequence — leave blank to use the currently selected sequence, or type a sequence number or its exact name (case-insensitive).
  • Mode:
    • Lite export (CSV) — the cue-list sheet, one row per cue.
    • Pro (guion HTML) — the full per-fixture rundown (Pro licenses).
    • Discovery (dump props) — diagnostic mode; only needed if support asks.
  • CSV — Excel espanol (;) for Excel in Spanish/European locales (semicolon separators, decimal comma) or Internacional (,) for classic comma CSV. Only affects Lite.

Press Go. Every run logs what it did — open a System Monitor window (Add Window → More → System Monitor) to see the [CUEPRINT] lines, including the full path of the file it wrote.

Lite: the CSV cue list

One row per cue: Cue No, Name, Trig Type, Trig Time, Fade In, Fade Out, Delay, with the sequence name and export date as a small header block. See the CSV schema for formats and details. Files are named cueprint_<sequence>_<date>_<time>.csv and an existing file is never overwritten — re-exports get a fresh timestamp or suffix.

Pro: the guion

Pick Pro (guion HTML) and type the sequence number (the one-step export needs it). The plugin runs MA3’s own sequence export internally, reads the XML, and writes a single self-contained guion_<sequence>_<date>.html:

  • A cue-list summary up top (cue, name, trigger, fades, value count).
  • Per cue, a fixture table grouped by identical looks — ranges like 101–106 — with Dimmer / Color / Position / Beam columns, real color swatches computed from RGB values, and preset names as chips.
  • Stored values only: what each cue actually changes, like the classic MA2 printout. Tracked state is not repeated cue after cue.

Open it in any browser → Imprimir / PDF button → done. No software to install on the office machine.

Pro on grandMA2

Export the sequence on the desk (Export Sequence 1 "myshow.xml", lands in gma2/importexport/), then drag that XML onto cueprint_pro_viewer.html in any browser. The viewer auto-detects MA2 vs MA3 files and renders the same guion; MA2 parsing is validated against real v3.9 console exports. It’s the cue-sheet workflow MA2 operators have always used — the HTML print step just works in modern browsers again.

Where files land

By default, exports go to the show-files folder (onPC: your MALightingTechnology library). On a physical console that’s the internal drive — to aim exports at a USB stick instead, set output_dir_override at the top of cueprint.lua to the stick’s path (run Discovery once with the stick inserted; its PATHS & DRIVES section lists the real paths on your system). The exact path of every file is printed in the log either way.

Printing tips

  • Guion: use the “salto de página por cue” toggle for one cue per page, then print landscape or portrait — the print stylesheet strips the dark UI.
  • CSV: open in Excel/Sheets, print landscape; the seven columns fit A4/Letter at 100%. Freeze the header row for multi-page sheets.
  • Excel in Spanish showing everything in one column? Re-export with the Excel espanol (;) flavor — that’s exactly what it’s for.