Essential Topic for learning Bottango.
Driver and Master Live
Every piece of hardware has a live/not live toggle (as does Master as well). You saw this when we were looking at motors earlier in Motor Basic Configurations. When something is live, you have indicated to Bottango that you want it, if at all possible, to be sending commands or moving that piece of hardware. A live hardware driver will execute animations, register motors, and take other actions. A live motor will move to match what is visualized in Bottango if it can.
Master Live and Not Live
Section titled “Master Live and Not Live”At the very top of the screen, on the right-hand side, is a toggle to show the current “Master Live” status. When Master Live is off, there will be no communication from Bottango to any connected hardware, regardless of the live state of that specific hardware piece. When Master Live is off, all hardware in your project is treated as if it is not live as well.
You can turn Master Live on or off by clicking on the toggle. You can also set Master Live to off in any menu by pressing the escape key on your keyboard. Pressing the escape key will set Master Live to off wherever you are in the application, and try to send the “stop” signal to all live hardware drivers and motors. Pressing escape again does not turn Master Live back on. Instead you must click the switch to re-enable.