I have noticed that there is only an option to set switch state at the beginning of a sequence run. Wondering what the point in that is, because the equipment needs to be connected.
Would it not be better to have the Switch State set during the “Connect All Equipment” routine, so that way, it enables all the ports defined, and then performs a connect (after a brief delay to ensure devices are ready for connection).
The option to change the state of switch ports at the beginning of the sequence seems a strange place to put it, because you want everything to be connected and camera cooled etc before starting the sequence.
A switch is not always equivalent to a “power switch”. A switch can be used for many different things… power just being one of them so there are a lot of use cases for setting state at sequence start.
That said, we realize that “power switches” are a very common type of switch and the beta has added a bunch of new options for using them in this manner. Specifically:
Coordinate a delay between switch state application and equipment connect
Coordinate the order that switch state is to be applied
Coordinate delays between individual switches in a switch state