# Show Modes

Spikemark can be run in Simulator or Live mode.

## Simulator Mode

<figure><img src="/files/FL0vZLnEK3u4U4eyVg4f" alt="Simulator Mode"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

As the names suggest, Simulator Mode allows you to program cues and check out movements in the [Stage Model Viewer](/docs/spikemark-6/navigating-spikemark/show-modes.md) without moving real machines. Cues can be run from the on screen [Cue Controls](/docs/spikemark-6/navigating-spikemark/show-modes.md), a [Showstopper Consolette](/docs/spikemark-6/navigating-spikemark/show-modes.md), or a [Console](/docs/spikemark-6/navigating-spikemark/show-modes.md).

## Live Mode

Once you're ready to start moving real machinery, switch to Live Mode, configure your machinery in Spikemark, and run all the cues that you programmed in Simulator Mode.

<figure><img src="/files/JyA3QjW1ecdOuHw0mg0l" alt="Live Mode"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="info" %}
Notice how in Live mode, the scenery is dark grey by default. This means that it is not yet connected to Spikemark. The tan scenery in the visualizer indicates that it is "connected" and ready to move!
{% endhint %}


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