QuickPlay Pro 2 Quick Start Guide

Feature

Description

Network Topology

Tree based representation of the devices and their hierarchy in the Lighting System. Search, Sort and Filter can be performed on the devices in the tree.

Network Activity

Overview of current activity on the Lighting Network. This allows the user to see what network activity is occurring, how long it may take to complete, and to continue to use the application while tasks are running.

Device Configuration

Discover devices to create a network topology.

Read properties of the devices to determine the current configuration.

Write properties to the devices to set the desired configuration.

Setup DMX Address Map

DMX Address Map of a PDS can be populated by assigning a range of DMX Addresses to desired light luminaire(s). This setup is completed by writing the assigned DMX Start Addresses to the light luminaire(s).

Test DMX Address Map

DMX Address Map on one or more PDS can be tested by setting a desired intensity on set of selected channels.

Live Demonstration

QuickPlay Pro 2 can be used to do a live demonstration of the dynamic lighting effects that can be played on the selected network topology of the system.

Light Simulation

Light Simulation is a generated visual representation of the light points based on the selected part of the network topology.

Import/Export Topology

Network Topology can be exported to a csv or map file.

Importing a map file can load devices and their properties into the Network Topology.

Importing a csv file can be used to perform a bulk write of IP Addresses to ethernet devices and/or DMX Addresses to luminaires.

Tool

Description

Tool Selector

Displays the list of functional tools – Settings, Address, Test, Effects

Device Tree

Device Tree tool is used to work with the Network Topology. It is the core tool used to select the scope of operation in all the other tools.

Tool Widget

Displays the main control area of the selected tool.

Settings Tool

Settings Tool is used to work on the configuration of selected device(s) in Network Topology.

Address Tool

Address Tool is used to setup DMX Address Map on a selected ethernet device or USB device.

Test Tool

Test Tool is used to test DMX Address Map on selected (single or multiple) ethernet device or USB device.

Effects Tool

Effects Tool is used to play a live demonstration of a desired light effect on selected device(s) in Network Topology.

Device Type

Tools Available for Device Configuration

Ethernet Devices

Device Tree – To be able to select one or more ethernet devices.

Scan Luminaires– To be able to discover and read properties of connected luminaires.

Add Luminaires– To be able to manually add luminaire(s) to selected ethernet device.

Read Properties – To be able to read properties from the selected ethernet device(s).

Apply – To apply the changes to the selected ethernet device(s).

Clear Changes – To clear the changes.

Firmware Update – If supported, Update the firmware of the selected ethernet device (One at a time).

Powercore Luminaires

Device Tree – To be able to select one or more luminaires.

Read Properties – To be able to read properties from the selected luminaire(s).

Apply – To apply the changes to the selected luminaire(s).

Clear Changes – To clear the changes.

Firmware Update – If supported, Update the firmware of the selected ethernet device(s).

XMX Luminaires

Device Tree – To be able to select one or more luminaires.

Read Properties – To be able to read properties from the selected luminaire(s).

Apply – To apply the changes to the selected luminaire(s).

Clear Changes – To clear the changes.

Firmware Update – If supported, Update the firmware of the selected ethernet device(s).

RDM Luminaires

Device Tree – To be able to select one or more luminaires.

Read Properties – To be able to read properties from the selected luminaire(s).

Apply – To apply the changes to the selected luminaire(s).

Clear Changes – To clear the changes.

Firmware Update – If supported, Update the firmware of the selected ethernet device(s).

Chromasic Nodes

Chromasic nodes are not configurable.

Property

Description

DMX Address

Set the starting DMX Address for the luminaire.

Light Number

Applies to PDS with Chromasic Nodes and Accent Powercore luminaires.

Indicates the starting index (zero based) to be used for the Connected Chromasic Nodes.

Automatically assigns a range of DMX Addresses to the Chromasic Nodes in a sequence starting from the DMX Address calculated based on Light Number.

Starting DMX Address = (Light Number X 3) + 1.

For example: If you assign a Light Number 40. And there is a 20 Chromasic Node String. DMX Addresses (121 to 180) in the DMX Address Map (1 – 512) will be assigned to this Chromasic nodes in sequence.

KiNET Universe

Universe addresses shall only be applied to Art-NET, sACN, and KiNET DMX OUT packets. KiNET Port Out packets are sent directly to each physical port. The universe address shall have a range of 0-65535 with the default of 0 for all ports.

Port ‘N’ Universe

Universe addresses shall only be applied to Art-NET, sACN, and KiNET DMX OUT packets. KiNET Port Out packets are sent directly to each physical port. The universe address shall have a range of 0-65535 with the default of 0 for all ports.

DMX Mode

Normal or Backwards Compatible.

DMX Input

Enable - Sends data on DMX Interface of Data Enabler Pro.

Disable - Stops sending data on DMX Interface of Data Enabler Pro.

Protocol Version

KiNET version used for output light data.

Scale Factor

Scale factor of the power output to Chromasic nodes.

Range: 1- 255

Pixel Resolution

Certain direct view luminaires offer a variable pixel (node) size.

Factory Node Count

Number of Chromasic nodes in the product.

Current Node Count

Discovered count of Chromasic Nodes.

Enable Bootloader

Enable - Set the device in bootloader mode to allow firmware update.

Disable - Set device in normal operation mode.

Subnet Mask

Subnet Mask to be used by the ethernet device.

Power Mode

Enable Power

Disable Power

Turn off after no data for timeout period.

Turn off after black data for timeout period.

Power Time

Timeout to be used in case Power Mode is set to turn off after a timeout.

Resolution

8-bit or 16-bit Color Data Resolution.

Color Control Mode

N Ch In/Out:

The luminaire accepts four or five channels of DMX data.

Allows for direct control of each individual LED channel.

Chromasync is disabled.

3 Ch In/Out:

The luminaire accepts three channels of DMX data.

Additional channels are disabled.

Chromasync is disabled.

3 Ch In/4 Ch Out + Chromasync:

The luminaire accepts three channels of DMX data.

Sends output to four or five LED channels.

Chromasync is enabled.

N Ch In/Out + Chromasync:

The luminaires accepts four or five channels of DMX data.

Sends output to all four or five LED channels.

Chromasync is enabled.

3 Ch In/Out + Chromasync:

The luminaire accepts three channels of DMX data.

Sends output to the RGB LED channels.

Chromasync is enabled.

Chromasync Mode

Enable - This setting ensures advanced consistency between this and other Chromasync-enabled luminaires in the same product family.

Disable - This setting gives direct control of LED channels.

IW Input Mode

For some IntelliWhite luminaires, this setting determines whether two or three DMX channels are used to control the luminaire.

White Point Optimization

This list is only available when Chromasync is enabled. When rendering whites along the black-body curve, this setting determines whether the luminaire should produce a color that prioritizes CRI or brightness. Select CRI to enhance CRI. Select Flux to prioritize brightness.

Led Speed

Normally, LEDs react to DMX or other control data instantaneously. In some cases, you may want to slow down the reaction speed to achieve smoother transitions when the intensity of different LED channels changes.

Fast - Sets instant LED reaction to control data.

Delay-1 (shortest delay) – Delay-4 (longest delay) for smoother transitions.

Dimming Curve

Normal - Use this dimming curve to achieve consistent dimming behavior in an installation where the luminaire is installed alongside other Color Kinetics luminaires that don’t have dimming curve functionality.

Tungsten - A non-linear dimming curve that emulates the dimming curve of incandescent lamps on a DMX dimmer. This curve offers the most control at low intensities.

Linear - A dimming curve with a linear relationship between DMX input and LED power.

Livescan

Disable - Lights to blink rapidly when they receive/send configuration data.

Enable - Lights do not blink when they receive/send configuration data. We recommend leaving this option Enabled at all times other than commissioning.

Action

Result

Select Ethernet Device

Device Tree:

• If the Ethernet Device has multiple ports, Port 1 gets selected by default.

Address Tool:

• If there was a pending DMX Address Map waiting to be Programmed, a warning message is displayed.

• DMX Address Map context is set to the current selection on Device Tree.

Select a Port on Ethernet Device

Device Tree:

• Parent Ethernet Device is selected.

Address Tool:

• If there was a pending DMX Address Map waiting to be Programmed, a warning message is displayed.

• DMX Address Map context is set to the current selection on Device Tree.

Select Luminaire(s)

Device Tree:

• Parent Port is selected.

• Parent Ethernet Device is selected.

Address Tool:

• If there was a pending DMX Address Map waiting to be Programmed, a warning message is displayed.

• DMX Address Map context is set to the current selection on Device Tree.

Lighting Network:

• Powercore Luminaires: Highlight in green. If multiple luminaires are selected, they are highlighted in green one at a time. Highlight goes on in loop.

• FlexElite Luminaires: Highlight in green. If multiple Luminaires are selected, they are highlighted in green one at a time till all the selected luminaires are highlighted.

• RDM Luminaires: Blink in white. If multiple luminaires are selected, they start blinking one at a time till all the selected luminaires are highlighted.

• Chromasic Luminaires: Not Supported for Setup DMX Address Map using Address Tool.

Drag and Drop selected Luminaire(s) onto the DMX Address Map

Address Tool:

• DMX Address Map is populated.

• Sequence of the luminaires on DMX Address Map is based on their order in Device Tree.

Add to Map

Address Tool:

• DMX Address Map is populated depending on selected option.

• Available Options:

• Use current Address.

• Distribute all luminaires to unique DMX addresses.

• Move all luminaires to one DMX address.

• Remove all luminaires from the map.

Program Addresses

Lighting Network:

• DMX Addresses are written to the luminaires.

• Only the changes are written.

Action

Result

Select Ethernet Device(s)

Test Tool:

• DMX Address Map context is set to the current selection on Device Tree.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on current state of DMX Address Map is sent to all the Ports on the Selected Ethernet Device(s) at 40 fps.

Select a Port(s) on Ethernet Device

Device Tree:

• Parent Ethernet Device is selected.

Test Tool:

• DMX Address Map context is set to the current selection on Device Tree.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on current state of DMX Address Map is sent to the Selected Port(s) on the Ethernet Device at 40 fps.

Select Channel Stride

Test Tool:

• Sets the Clickable DMX Block to the Selected Channel Stride.

Preset Channel Value(s)

Test Tool:

• Sets the preset value for the DMX Block.

Click DMX Block

Test Tool:

• Updates the DMX Address Map with the Preset Value set on the DMX Block.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on current state of DMX Address Map is sent to the Selected Port(s) on the Ethernet Device at 40 fps.

Double Click on DMX Channel

Test Tool:

• Makes DMX Channel editable to set a value.

• Park the DMX Channel at value.

• Makes the DMX Channel Independent of the Preset Channel Value(s).

• Makes the DMX Channel Independent of the Brightness.

• Makes the DMX Channel Independent of Select All or Select None.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on current state of DMX Address Map is sent to the Selected Port(s) on the Ethernet Device at 40 fps.

Brightness

Test Tool:

• Updates all the Values on DMX Channel Map proportional to selected brightness.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on current state of DMX Address Map is sent to the Selected Port(s) on the Ethernet Device at 40 fps.

Select All

Test Tool:

• Updates the DMX Address Map with the Preset Value DMX Block across the entire DMX Address Map.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on current state of DMX Address Map is sent to the Selected Port(s) on the Ethernet Device at 40 fps.

Select None

Test Tool:

• Resets the DMX Address Map.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on current state of DMX Address Map is sent to the Selected Port(s) on the Ethernet Device at 40 fps.

Reset All Modified Channels

Test Tool:

• Resets all the DMX Channels parked using “Double Click in DMX Channel”.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on current state of DMX Address Map is sent to the Selected Port(s) on the Ethernet Device at 40 fps.

Action

Result

Select Network

Effects Tool:

• Effect Engine context is set to generate content for the entire Network Topology.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on the content generated by Effect Engine is sent to the Lighting Network at 40 fps.

Select Ethernet Device(s)

Effects Tool:

• Effect Engine context is set to generate content for the Selected Ethernet Device(s).

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on the content generated by Effect Engine is sent to the Lighting Network at 40 fps.

Select Luminaire(s)

Device Tree:

• Parent Ethernet Device is selected.

Effects Tool:

• Effect Engine context is set to generate content for the selected luminaire(s).

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on the content generated by Effect Engine is sent to the Lighting Network at 40 fps.

Select Effect

Effects Tool:

• Effect Engine context is set to generate content using selected Light Effect.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on the content generated by Effect Engine is sent to the Lighting Network at 40 fps.

Set Color using RGB Color Selector or RGB Channel Sliders

Effects Tool:

• Updates the Input RGB Color for the Selected Light Effect.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on the content generated by Effect Engine is sent to the Lighting Network at 40 fps.

Set White Color us-ing Black Body Curve

Effects Tool:

• Updates the Input White for the Selected Light Effect.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on the content generated by Effect Engine is sent to the Lighting Network at 40 fps.

Set Color using RGB Color Selector or N Channel Sliders

Effects Tool:

• Updates the Input RGB Color for the Selected Light Effect.

• Displays estimated Color Conversion between RGB Color Selector and NChannel Sliders.

Lighting Network:

• DMX Data based on the content generated by Effect Engine is sent to the Lighting Network at 40 fps.

Custom Rainbow Effect

Custom Rainbow Effect is useful when showing the dynamic color changing capabilities and Saturated Colors of the Lighting System.

Sweep Effect

To validate that the DMX Address Map is complete use the Sweep Effect.

Streak Effect

To validate that the sequence of luminaires is correct in the DMX Address Map use the Streak Effect.

Hotkeys

Description

Up

Moves the cursor to the item in the same column on the previous row. If the parent of the current item has no more rows to navigate to, the cursor moves to the relevant item in the last row of the sibling that pre-cedes the parent.

Down

Moves the cursor to the item in the same column on the next row. If the parent of the current item has no more rows to navigate to, the cursor moves to the relevant item in the first row of the sibling that follows the parent.

Left

Hides the children of the current item (if present) by collapsing a branch.

Right

Reveals the children of the current item (if present) by expanding a branch.

Minus

Same as Left.

Plus

Same as Right.

Asterisk

Expands the current item and all its children (if present).

PageUp

Moves the cursor to the top of the model.

PageDown

Moves the cursor to the end of the model.

Home

Same as PageUp.

End

Same as PageDown.

Ctrl + A

Select all items.

Shift + Up

Adds the item above to the selected ones.

Shift + Down

Adds the item below to the selected ones.

Shift + Left

Hides the children of the current item (if present) by collapsing a branch (every second click) and unselected it.

Shift + Right

Reveals the children of the current item (if present) by expanding a branch (every second click) and selected it.

Alt + E

Discovering and reading PDS devices.

Alt + D

Read Devices (Works for both PDSs and Luminaires).

Alt + L

Discovering and reading Luminaire (Works for PDSs).

Hotkeys

Description

Ctrl + A

Select all.

Ctrl + C

Copy selected text.

Ctrl + V

Paste copied text.

Ctrl + Z

Undo.

Ctrl + Y

Redo.

Ctrl + X

Cut selected text.

Tab

Move backward to the previous item in the page.

Shift + Tab

Move backward to the previous item in the page.

Up

Change values in SpinBox and ComboBox.

Down

Change values in SpinBox and ComboBox.

Left

Navigation through the text in LineEdit.

Right

Navigation through the text in LineEdit.

Hotkeys

Description

Ctrl + A

Select all.

Ctrl + C

Copy selected text.

Ctrl + V

Paste copied text.

Ctrl + Z

Undo.

Ctrl + Y

Redo.

Ctrl + X

Cut selected text.

Tab

Move forward to the next item in the dialog.

Shift + Tab

Move backward to the previous item in the dialog.

Up

Change values in ComboBox if it's selected.

Down

Change values in ComboBox if it's selected.

Ctrl + Plus

Zoom in.

Ctrl + Equals

Zoom in.

Ctrl + Minus

Zoom out.

Ctrl + Underscore

Zoom out.

Left

Navigation through the map.

Right

Navigation through the map.

Up

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Down

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Hotkeys

Description

Ctrl + A

Select all.

Ctrl + C

Copy selected text.

Ctrl + V

Paste copied text.

Ctrl + Z

Undo.

Ctrl + Y

Redo.

Ctrl + X

Cut selected text.

Tab

Move forward to the next item in the dialog.

Shift + Tab

Move backward to the previous item in the dialog.

Ctrl + Plus

Zoom in.

Ctrl + Equals

Zoom in.

Ctrl + Minus

Zoom out.

Ctrl + Underscore

Zoom out.

Shift + Left

Select next item in the DMX map.

Shift + Right

Select previous item in the DMX map.

Left

Navigation through the DMX map.

Right

Navigation through the DMX map.

Hotkeys

Description

Ctrl + A

Select all.

Ctrl + C

Copy selected text.

Ctrl + V

Paste copied text.

Ctrl + Z

Undo.

Ctrl + Y

Redo.

Ctrl + X

Cut selected text.

Tab

Move forward to the next item in the dialog.

Shift + Tab

Move backward to the previous item in the dialog.

Ctrl + Plus

Zoom in (Color Picker window).

Ctrl + Minus

Zoom out (Color Picker window).

Left

Navigation through the Color Picker.

Right

Navigation through the Color Picker.

Shift + Left

In working with the text (selecting text).

Shift + Right

In working with the text (selecting text).

Ctrl + 1

Selects a color from window number 1.

Ctrl + 2

Selects a color from window number 2.

Ctrl + 3

Selects a color from window number 3.

Ctrl + R

Increase the red color.

Ctrl + Shift + R

Decrease the red color.

Ctrl + G

Increase the green color.

Ctrl + Shift + G

Reduce the green color.

Ctrl + B

Increase the blue color.

Ctrl + Shift + B

Reduce the blue color.

CKDMX Male Connector Pin Assignment

ESTA Female Connector Pin Assignment

8

6

7

3

6

8

5

5

4

4

3

7

2

1

1

2

DMX address

LED Channel

n

Red Coarse

n + 1

Red Fine

n + 2

Green Coarse

n + 3

Green Fine

n + 4

Blue Coarse

n + 5

Blue Fine

DMX Channel Totals

Mode

3

Full Mode, 8-bit

6

Half Mode, 8-bit

6

Full Mode, 16-bit

12

Half Mode, 16-bit