Android App

e:cue Remote Terminal

The e:cue Remote Terminal allows for customized wireless control of both the e:cue programmer and standalone devices such as the butler classic and butler XT.This app includes unique features such as the ability to choose the number of buttons displayed, height of the buttons, and number of columns used. 

You can find the application by going to the android Market and searching for “ecue” or by scanning the QR code on this page.

 

 

Adding the app to the programmer

  • In order to add the app as a device to the programmer, you must be connected to a wireless network that has the programmer on it.
  • You must also have an ip address in the same range as the server (the first 3 numbers have to match, the last one should be different).
  • Once you have the network set up, you should be able to go to the device manager in the programmer and click the “Find devices wizard” button and the app will be found automatically.

The app uses broadcast mode, so there is no need to specify the server IP from within the settings. You can now use the app with the trigger engine as it were an e:com terminal. If you’re not sure of how to do this, consult the help file in the e:cue programmer.

 

 

 

 

 

Changing the button labels

  • Click your menu button then go to Settings.
  • Make sure the “Enable Label Editing” box is checked.
  • You can now go back to the main screen and hold your button on the button you want to change for about 3 seconds. A dialog will then pop up allowing you to change the text on the button.
  • Once you are done editing all the buttons, go back to the settings and disable editing to avoid making accidental changes.

Customizing Buttons

You have 3 options in terms of customizing the button layout.

  1. You can change the number of buttons from one to 64.
  2. The buttons will always be shown in columns, but you can go to menu/settings and change the number of columns. On a normal phone, one to three columns work best if youare displaying text, while up to 4 columns works well when displaying numbers.
  3. You may also change the height of the rows to get more buttons on the screen at once or larger, easier to press buttons. I have found that on my device, a range of 30 to 60 works best depending on the number of buttons being used.

If you have more buttons than will fit on the screen, you can simply scroll down to the button you wish to use.

Butler Mode (Standalone devices)

  • To use the app to control standalone butlers, the device and the butler again have to be on the same network, in the same IP range.
  • The butler will need it’s slave group to be set to “1″ via the e:cue software.
  • You must also go into menu/settings and enable the “Butler Mode” check box to ensure that the buttons are properly mapped for use with the butler protocol.

Once these are done, each button will correspond to the cuelist of the same number on the butler.

Support

For supplort please email me at ruby@ruby-lighting.com