Pololu Maestro - Manual (Page 27)

The Sequence dropdown box along with the Rename, Delete, and New Sequence buttons allow you to create and
manage multiple sequences.
A sequence can also be used to create a script which is stored on the Maestro. There are two buttons for copying the
sequence into the script:
• Copy Sequence to Script sets the script to a looped version of the sequence. In most cases, you will also
want to check the “Run script on startup” option in the Script tab so that the script runs automatically when the
Maestro is powered up, enabling fully automatic operation without a connection to a computer.
• Copy all Sequences to Script is an advanced option that adds a set of subroutines to the end of the current
script. Each subroutine represents one of the sequences; calling the subroutine from the script will cause the
sequence to be played back a single time. These subroutines must be used together with custom script code; for
example, you could make a display in which a button connected to an input channel triggers a sequence to play
back.
Sequence Editing Tips
• You can select multiple frames by holding down the Ctrl or Shift buttons while clicking on them. This allows
you to quickly move, delete, set the duration of, cut, copy, or save over several frames at once.
• You can drag any of the tabs out of the main window in to their own windows. If you drag the Sequence tab
out of the window then you will be able to see the Status tab and the Sequence tab at the same time.
• You can cut, copy, and paste frames by selecting them and then using the Edit menu or the standard keyboard
shortcuts. Frames are stored on the clipboard as tab-separated text, so you can cut them from the frame list, paste
them in to a spreadsheet program, edit them, and then copy them back in to the frame list when you are done.
(This feature does not work in Linux.)
Keyboard Shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used in the frame list:
• Ctrl+A: Select all frames.
• Ctrl+C: Copy selected frames.
• Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert: Paste/insert frames from clipboard.
• Ctrl+X: Cut selected frames.
• Ctrl+Up: Move selected frames up.
• Ctrl+Down: Move selected frames down.
• Del: Delete selected frames.
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