Universe Control Setup#

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Runtime Elements#

  • Load Universe Data

    • Click the Load Universe Data button to load all patched/enabled universes associated with the controller up to the max Universe Quantity set within the properties

    • Supported Universe types

      • DMX

      • sACN

      • Art-Net

  • Protocol Status

    • Read only field that displays if the universe is enabled or disabled

  • Universe

    • Read only field that displays the universe type patched/enabled within the Controller

  • Channel Range

    • Enter the desired channels to park/unpark

    • The channel entry can be a combination of comma separated and range values (e.g. 2-6,512,504,500,100-300)

  • Park Level

    • Can be entered as 0-255 or 0%-100%

  • LED Indicator

    • Indicates if the universe is enabled or disabled

  • Park

    • Parks the universe channels at the park level set

  • UnPark

    • Releases park control

    • Any timelines, scenes or overrides that are active will output on the univerese once unparked

  • Toggle

    • Toggles between the park level and unpark

Designtime Properties#

  • Universe Quantity

    • Choices

      • 1-100 (default 1)

  • Plugin Group ID

  • Sync Time Delay

    • Choices

      • 5-3600 seconds (default 5s)

  • Park Button State

    • When the Park button/pin is triggered the park & toggle button will change to this colour

    • Please keep in mind this status is maintained within the Q-SYS Core as there is not a provision for park status within the controller API

  • UnPark Button State

    • When the UnPark button/pin is triggered the unpark & toggle button will change to this colour

    • Please keep in mind this status is maintained within the Q-SYS Core as there is not a provision for park status within the controller API

  • Pushed Button State

    • The control will immediately set to this colour when a user triggers the control

  • Protocol Enabled LED State

    • The LED will change to this colour when the universe is enabled

  • Protocol Disabled LED State

    • The LED will change to this colour when the universe is disabled

  • Show Debug

Control Pins#

Pin Name

Input

Output

Values

Disable

✅

✅

0/false, 1/true

Protocol Status

✅

✅

0/false, 1/true

Universe Park

✅

✅

trigger/true

Universe Toggle

✅

✅

trigger/true

Universe UnPark

✅

✅

trigger/true

Universe Channels

✅

✅

string

Universe Park Level

✅

✅

string

Load Universe Data

❌

✅

string

Protocol Status String

❌

✅

string

Universe

❌

✅

string