Quick guideKueSync 0.15.17

Timer messages and Live notes

Put the Timer on a screen, send it messages, choose how long they stay up, and move to Live notes when you need more room. The green numbers in each picture match the steps beside it.

1. Timer on a screen
2. Send a message
3. How long it stays up
4. More room: Live notes
5. Keys and Companion

1Put the Timer on a screen

Pick the screen. Times are always set from KueSync Control; every Timer screen shows the same clock.

A display on this machine

An external display or projector

Settings › Displays › Timer screen

1Opens on: choose the display.
2Open full screen. From then on, Open Timer in the KueSync menu opens it there too.
3Copy link gives its address for any browser on the show network.

Another machine in the fleet

A confidence monitor on a follower

On the Leader: Settings › Displays › Screens on every machine

1On that machine's Timer row, choose its display.
2Open full screen. Its KueSync menu bar or tray app opens it within a few seconds.

Screens on every machine: the Timer row for KA-M3 Black set to Downstage monitor, with Open full screen

A machine that only ever shows a screen: turn on Dedicated full-screen display on it, so a deck launch never lands there.

Any screen with internet

A Timer link

Settings › Displays › Timer links (with Internet access on)

1Name it, and add an email to send it.
2Create internet Timer link. Open it on the screen and enter its PIN, or enter its pair code at kuesync.com/pair.

Timer links: a name, an email and Create internet Timer link

2Send a message

In KueSync Control, under the Timer.

KueSync Control: the message box with two lines, Recent, Send, Clear, Clear after, Shrink the timer and the fit chip

1Type the message. Shift+Enter or Cmd+Enter (Ctrl+Enter on a PC) starts a new line, up to three.
2Send (or Enter) puts it on every Timer screen and clicker.
3Clear takes it down now.
4Recent: the messages sent during the show. Click one to put it back in the box, then press Send.
5Clear after: how long it stays up (step 3).
6Shrink the timer to fit longer messages (off by default).
7The chip shows how the message will fit before you send it.

The message also shows under the clock at the top of the Timer in KueSync Control, as it reads on the Timer screens, so you always see what is up.

On the Timer screen

Timer screen with a two-line message under the clock — Two lines, at full size.

A long message sized to fit in three lines under a full-size clock — A long message sizes itself to fit three lines, always all on screen. The clock keeps its size.

With Shrink the timer on, the clock is smaller and the long message is larger — Shrink the timer on: the clock gets smaller in place so the message stays large. It returns to full size when the message clears.

3How long it stays up

Clear after, beside the message box: 10 s, 30 s, 1 min, 2 min, 5 min or Until cleared. With Until cleared, the message stays until you press Clear or send another. The choice is shared by every operator and kept for the next show. It starts at 30 s.

Messages set on a Timer cue or a Show Flow cue carry their own Clear after, chosen on the cue. See KueSync Timer in the FAQ.

4Need more room? Use Live notes

Timer messages are for short lines. When you need more than three lines, or text the speaker can scroll, type it as a live note on a Notes screen. Set it up once:

Step 1Make the Leader the Notes source

Settings › Fleet › Notes source

1Choose This machine (Leader).

With no deck open on the Notes source, every Notes screen shows only the Timer and your live notes. When a deck opens there, its slide notes come back under the live note.

Step 2A big Timer on the Notes screen

Settings, Displays, Notes: Show Timer (PIP) on, top position, Timer size 2x

Settings › Displays › Notes, on each machine that shows Notes

1Show Timer (PIP) on.
2Position: top, centre.
3Timer size: 2x. The notes start below it.

Step 3Open a Notes screen

Exactly as for the Timer in step 1: Settings › Displays › Notes and Opens on for a display on this machine, Screens on every machine for a fleet machine, or Notes links for a screen with internet.

Step 4Type live notes

In KueSync Control, Teleprompter controls:

Teleprompter controls with Live notes on, a two-line note, Clear after, Send and Clear

1Notes opens the Notes pop-out (below).
2Top, ▲ and ▼ scroll the Notes screen. Hold an arrow to keep scrolling.
3Live notes on.
4Type the note. Enter or Cmd/Ctrl+Enter starts a new line.
5Clear after: 10 s to 5 min, or Never (the default).
6Send puts it on every Notes screen. Nothing goes up until you press it.
7Clear takes it down. Live notes off also takes it down.

The Notes pop-out has the same Live notes box, a live preview of the Notes screen, and auto-scroll:

The Notes pop-out: preview, Play, speed, scroll arrows and Live notes

1Play scrolls the notes by itself; press again to pause.
2Speed in words per minute, while it runs.
3Step with the arrows; hold to keep scrolling.
4Live notes on or off.
5Send the note.
6Clear it.

On the Notes screen

Notes screen with a 2x timer and a live note, no slide notes — No deck open on the Notes source: the Timer and your live note. A long note scrolls.

Notes screen with a 2x timer, a live note and the slide notes below it — With a deck open: the live note stays in view under the Timer while the slide notes scroll beneath it.

5Keys and Companion

Do this	Key or button
New line in a Timer message	`Shift`+`Enter` or `Cmd`/`Ctrl`+`Enter` (up to three lines)
Send a Timer message	`Enter` or Send
New line in a live note	`Enter` or `Cmd`/`Ctrl`+`Enter`
Send a live note	The Send button (no key puts it up)
Notes pop-out: play or pause, step, speed, top	`Space`, `↑` `↓` (hold to scroll), `−` `=`, `Home`

Companion (set up): Timer: Send on-screen message, Timer: Messages clear after, Timer: Shrink the timer to fit longer messages, Notes: Live notes on / off / toggle, Notes: Show a live note (type \n for a new line) and Notes: Clear the live note, with presets SHRINK TIMER, LIVE NOTES and CLEAR LIVE NOTE.

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