Airstream DMX Manual APP User V1.1

2016-01-04

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Airstream DMX

for IOS

Revision 1.1

Contents

Overview .................................................................................................... 4

Connecting to the Airstream DMX Bridge ........................................................ 5

App Navigation ............................................................................................ 7

Fixtures Tab ................................................................................................ 9

Patching Fixtures ................................................................................... 9

Custom Profiles .................................................................................... 11

Bridge Settings .................................................................................... 14

Lock ................................................................................................... 16

Channels Tab ............................................................................................ 17

Sliders ................................................................................................ 17

Clear Button ........................................................................................ 17

Color Picker ......................................................................................... 19

Pan / Tilt Control .................................................................................. 20

Save Button ........................................................................................ 20

Effects Tab ................................................................................................ 21

Effects Buttons .................................................................................... 21

Shape Effect ........................................................................................ 22

Save Effect .......................................................................................... 24

Color Effect ......................................................................................... 25

Flash Effect ......................................................................................... 26

Edit Effects Files and Buttons ................................................................. 27

Scenes Tab ............................................................................................... 28

Scene Definition ................................................................................... 28

Saving Scenes ..................................................................................... 29

Scene Files .......................................................................................... 30

Delete Files and Button Assignments ...................................................... 30

Solo Button ......................................................................................... 31

Effects ................................................................................................ 31

Edit a Saved Scene............................................................................... 31

Shows Tab ................................................................................................ 32

Edit a Show ......................................................................................... 32

Show Files ........................................................................................... 35

Delete Files and Button Assignments ...................................................... 35

Show Playback ..................................................................................... 35

File System and ITunes .............................................................................. 36

Contacts ................................................................................................... 38

Overview

Airstream DMX is a lighting control app designed for DJs, bands, nightclubs,

churches, trade shows or anywhere intelligent lighting fixtures are used. It is a

universal app compatible with all IOS devices running version 8.4 and higher. The

screenshots in this manual were made using an IPhone 6s. Other IOS devices will

have views that are very similar to these.

To use this app with lights, you will need the Airstream DMX Bridge available from

your ADJ products supplier. The bridge provides a private Wi-Fi network for the

IOS device to join and an ADJ Wifly network than can wirelessly control your ADJ

Wifly equipped lights. In addition, a three pin DMX512 jack is provided to control

your wired DMX512 intelligent lighting fixtures.

The app will let you patch and select up to 24 individual lighting fixtures although

more fixtures can be used if they share the same DMX512 starting addresses and

run in unison. The total number of control channels is limited to 512 (one DMX512

universe).

With this app you will be able to patch and select fixtures so that you can

program them with sliders, a color picker or a pan/tilt control and then save what

you have programmed as scenes. There are special effects generators for

movement, color and flash effects that can be saved as scenes. You can also

create scene lists and run them automatically as a timed show.

Connecting to the Airstream DMX Bridge

To control intelligent lighting fixtures using DMX512 or ADJ’s Wifly wireless

network, your IOS device needs to be connected to the Airstream DMX Bridge’s

Wi-Fi network. (The app can still run without the bridge but no lights will be

controlled). When the bridge is powered, it will create a local Wi-Fi network that

you can join using the Wi-Fi settings on your IOS device. The bridge network will

show up on the list of available networks in the Wi-Fi section in your device

settings. The default network name is “ADJ Airsteam DMX” and the default

password is “airstream”. Select and join this network as you would join any other

Wi-Fi network from you device. It is highly recommended that you change the

password for your bridge network before using it in public. The network will

appear on any Wi-Fi device in the vicinity of your lighting system. The “Bridge

Settings” section later in this chapter explains how to change the password.

If your device is connected to the bridge network you should see an alert similar

to the one on the left when you start the app. If you are not connected you will

see something similar to the alert on the right. The app will continue to try to

connect every few seconds until a connection is established.

The Wi-Fi range from your IOS device to the bridge will vary depending on the

environment but you should expect no more than 75 feet for a reliable

connection. The range of the ADJ Wifly network is far greater than the range of

the bridge Wi-Fi network so it is recommended that the bridge be kept close to

your IOS device rather than close to the lights.

Important Note: If you lose your Wi-Fi connection to the bridge, your IOS

device may try to reconnect to another known network. If for example, you turn

off the bridge power or if you step out of the Wi-Fi range of the bridge, your

device might automatically connect to your home network. In that case you would

have to set the Wi-Fi on your device back to the bridge network when it is re-

established. When you see the “No Connection” alert, always check Settings to

confirm the Wi-Fi network your device is connected to. If the bridge network is

the only known network on your device, it will automatically re-connect to it when

the network is re-established.

App Navigation

The app uses a tab bar at the bottom of the screen that’s visible while your device

is in portrait orientation. In landscape orientation, the tab bar will temporarily

disappear to allow more space on the screen to work with. For IPad, only portrait

orientation is supported so the tab bar will always be visible.

The tabs divide the app into five major sections of workflow. You can move from

tab to tab from anywhere within the app by touching a tab icon.

From within each tab, you can navigate to other views by tapping the buttons in

the navigation bar at the top of the screen. Like the tab bar, the navigation bar is

only visible while in portrait orientation. It will disappear temporarily while in

landscape orientation to allow more space on the screen. The screen shot below is

an example of one of the Effects views and how the navigation bar is used from

within that view.

In addition to the tab and navigation bars, some views allow a swipe from the

edge of the screen to call the next view. An example of this would be to move

from Scene page 1 to Scene page 2 as shown below.

Some views will provide both a navigation bar button and allow a swipe to move

to the next view.

In a typical IOS tabbed style application, there can be many layers of views within

each tab. Each layer allows you to go deeper into the menu system depending on

where you are in your workflow. When you select a new tab you will see the last

view that was used in that tab. If you tap the tab icon a second time, it will go

back down to the tab’s root view. Tabs allow you to move quickly from function to

function without digging in and out of menu layers. For example, you can touch

the fixtures tab to select fixtures to program and then touch the channels tab to

adjust channels for the selected fixtures. This allows you to go quickly back and

forth to select new fixtures and adjust new channels.

The remainder of this manual will explain each tab and its contents.

Fixtures Tab

The fixtures tab is where you will select fixtures to program and where you can

configure your fixture layout. The first view you will see is a field of 24 fixture

selection buttons. If you are running the app for the first time, your field will be

filled with empty buttons.

You will notice in this example that the top row of buttons is highlighted while the

other rows are dimmed. This indicates that the top row has been selected for

programming. Fixture selection is used to program the fixture channels as well as

to program some of the effects.

Patching Fixtures

Tap the “Patch” button in the upper right navigation bar to call the patch view.

You will see a table of assignments for each of the 24 buttons. The fixtures are

assigned using a library of pre-programmed lights included with the app or from a

custom library that you can create using the fixture profile editor. DMX starting

addresses are automatically assigned to each fixture as it is patched.

The following is an example of the Patch view.

Tapping one of the rows will show the library list view with all of the fixtures

available to choose from as shown in the example below. The list is quite large so

you will have to scroll to find a desired fixture. Most ADJ fixtures are pre-loaded

and ready to go. There are also generic fixture types at the end of the list for

most LED applications. A check mark appears next to the fixture type currently

assigned.

When you select a fixture from the list, the row

will expand to show the quantity selector. Use

the inc/dec button to select the desired number

of fixtures to patch. In this example, four Inno

Color Beam LED fixtures have been selected.

Four of these fixtures will be patched starting

at the selected button location after tapping

the “Patch” button.

Helpful hint: If you plan to customize a group

of fixtures, first make a single custom profile as

explained in the next section, then save it.

Return to the patching view and then patch the

group from the custom profile.

Custom Profiles

Tapping the detail button in one of the Patch Table’s rows will show the Profile

Editor for that fixture. From there you can customize that individual fixture and

save it as a custom fixture profile. The following is an example of a profile taken

from the ADJ list. Profiles from the ADJ and generic libraries can be modified to

make custom profiles.

If there is a fixture assigned at the location, the Profiler fills the information from

that fixture, whether it’s a custom fixture or from the standard library. If there is

no fixture assigned, the Profiler will show an empty fixture with one channel. You

can use this to make a new profile from scratch or if you can find one from the

library that is close to what you need, modify it and then save as a custom

profile.

Important Note: The “Button Image” and the “Button Name” selectors allow you

to change the picture that appears inside the fixture button and the label under

the button. You can edit both of these for each fixture button without saving a

custom profile. Even if you are using fixtures from the standard library, you can

choose any image and enter any name to individualize each button.

File Name: This will be the name of your custom profile when you save it.

Button Image: This will bring up a table of fixture images to choose from. You

can individualize each button with its own image without saving.

Button Name: This will be the label that appears under the fixture button. You

can individualize each button with its own name without saving.

Number of Channels: Select the number of DMX512 channels to be used by the

fixture.

Channel Configurations: Based on the number of channels selected, a row will

be added for each channel. When you tap the row, a new table will appear

allowing you to edit a list of parameters for that channel as shown below.

Channel Name: This is the name that will be displayed above the channel slider

and also used to identify the channel for certain features and functions. A list of

keyword channel names is shown below the row. Some color names and functions

like “Dimmer”, “Pan”, and “Tilt” are keywords used by the app. For example, the

color picker looks for “Red”, “Green” and “Blue” channels. The spelling must

match and the first letter must be capitalized. The color picker will also accept

“Red 1” as it looks for names starting with the word “Red”. “Pan” and “Tilt”

channels are used to identify channels for the pan/tilt controller and the shape

effects generator. “Dimmer” is used by the flash effects generator. Adding the

word “Fine” to the name of an already existing channel name will allow the

crossfader to match channel pairs in order to use 16 bit fades, for example “Pan”

and “Pan Fine”.

Fade Mode: This controls how a channel will behave during a crossfade when a

scene is called. The choices are “8 bit crossfade” - a linear one channel crossfade

to a new value, “snap before fade” - the channel jumps immediately to a new

value at the start of the scene, “snap after fade” – the channel jumps to a new

value at the end of the fade, “snap during fade” – the channel jumps to a new

value at some point in the middle of the fade, (use the slider to select the snap

point), “16 bit fade” – this is the high or coarse channel as with “Pan” when there

is a “Pan Fine”, “16 bit fade fine” – this is the low or fine channel as with “Pan

Fine”. The last two modes will generate a 16 bit linear crossfade to the new value

as long as the channels names match as explained in the previous section.

Invert Channel Output: This will invert the channel’s output on the Wifly and

DMX512 signals. Use this to adjust things like pan and tilt to match your stage

setup.

Save: There is a “Save” button in the upper right of the Profiler view. This will

create a new custom profile in your library and assign it to the fixture you are

editing. As mentioned earlier, you don’t have to use “Save” if you are only

changing the button image or label.

Swipe to Delete: Do remove a patch or delete a custom profile from your file

system, use the standard IOS swipe to delete method on any table row. When

you delete a patch (button assignment) the profile will not be erased from the

library. If you delete a custom profile from the library list, the file is permanently

deleted.

Bridge Settings

Tap the “Bridge” navigation button in the upper right of the Patch table view to

show the Bridge settings view. This is where can edit the Airstream DMX Bridge

network settings.

Wifly Settings: The top two rows are settings for the ADJ Wifly network. If you

are using ADJ Wifly enabled fixtures, set Wifly Enable to on and set the Wifly

channel to match the Wifly channel settings on your fixtures. Wifly supports

channels 0-14. One of the example screenshots on the next page (right side)

shows the view for setting the Wifly channel.

Note: When only using DMX512 wired fixtures, disabling the Wifly can improve

your Wi-Fi connection.

Network Name: This is the name of the private Wi-Fi network that the bridge

will create and appear in your list of available networks from Wi-Fi Settings on

you IOS device. The network name can be 1 to 32 characters long using letters,

numbers or spaces. When you change the name, it will take effect the next time

the bridge is turned on and resets.

Password: This is the network password that will be used to join the Wi-Fi

network. It must be 8 to 16 characters long using letters or numbers. The change

will take effect the next time the bridge is turned on. It is highly recommended

that you change the password so that your lighting network will be

secure as the network will appear on any Wi-Fi device in the vicinity.

Wi-Fi Channel: This allows you to select from channels 1-11 to run your Wi-Fi

network on. Select a channel that is less used by viewing the bar next to the

channel. The selection table will show the amount of radio energy on each

channel as a green bar graph. It is recommended that the Wi-Fi and Wifly be set

to different channels and if possible be kept several channels apart. In the

examples below Wi-Fi channel 9 and Wifly channel 3 have been selected. As you

can see from the pictures, channels 1-3 are in use by other devices. The graphs

are only a quick snapshot of the radio energy at the time the view is displayed.

Bridge Firmware: This button will display the current firmware versions being

used by the various systems in the bridge.

Lock

In the upper right of the Bridge Settings view there is a navigation button labeled

“Lock”. It will show a view similar to the example below. This will allow

permanent installations to lock out all programming features of the app. When

lock is turned on, only the Scenes, Shows and Unlock tabs will be available. A four

digit PIN is required to unlock. This view allows you to create your PIN and enable

lock. Take note of the pin before you touch the lock switch as you won’t be able

to unlock without it.

Channels Tab

The views within the channels tab are used for setting channel levels for selected

fixtures. Before using any of these views you must first highlight one or more

fixture buttons from the fixtures tab.

Sliders

The first view in the channels tab is the sliders view. It’s a scrollable list of

channel sliders matching the selected fixture(s). The view’s sliders will match the

current settings of the most recent fixture that was highlighted. Moving one of the

sliders will edit a channel for that fixture and any other fixture that is selected and

is of the same type. In the example below “Inno Pocket Wash” is the selected

fixture type. The channel name appears above each slider and the current

DMX512 value appears to the right of the slider.

Clear Button

In the upper left of the view is a navigation button labeled “Clear”. This button is

very important and only appears in this one location in the app. It is used to clear

selected groups of channels. When you clear a fixture or group of fixtures, the

fixture’s channels will be set to zero and they will be removed from the current

scene. When you tap the clear button an alert will appear as shown in the

screenshot above on the right. Tapping one of the choices in the alert will do one

of the following:

Clear this fixture: This will clear only the channels in the most recently selected

fixture, those that are currently shown in the slider view.

Clear selected fixtures: This will clear all highlighted fixtures.

Clear all fixtures: This will clear every fixture channel whether it is selected or

not.

Important Note: When you move a channel slider, that channel is automatically

marked for inclusion in a scene. To remove channels for inclusion in a scene, use

the clear button.

Color Picker

To show the color picker view, tap the “Color” navigation button in the upper right

of the sliders view or swipe from the right edge of the screen. The color picker

view will appear as shown in the screenshot below.

Any selected fixture that that has a Red, Green or Blue channel will be affected by

touching the hue gamut control at the top of the view. Hue values range from 0

to 360 degrees starting from left to right. Full saturation is achieved by touching

the top third of the control with decreasing saturation as you move to the bottom.

The selected color will be shown in the sample box beneath the control with the

Red, Green and Blue DMX512 values shown to the right of the sample box.

There are four faders at the bottom of the view that can control some commonly

used LED fixture channels provided the selected fixtures have channels with these

names.

Pan / Tilt Control

Tap the Pan/Tilt navigation button in the upper right of the color picker or swipe

from the right edge of the screen to show the Pan/Tilt view.

Any selected fixture with a Pan or Tilt channel can be controlled by touching the

screen and moving the crosshairs. The DMX512 pan and tilt values will be

displayed in the lower right of the screen. There is also a Center button in the

lower right that will set the pan and tilt to the center position.

Save Button

Each of the three channel control views have navigation buttons labeled “Save”.

Tapping one of these will take you directly to the scene assignment table view.

From there you will be able to quickly save a static scene to one of the scene

buttons. For more information on scenes and how to save them, consult the

chapter “Scenes Tab” later in this manual.

Effects Tab

The app supports three types of special effects editors. A pan and tilt movement

shape effect, a changing color effect and a flash effect. Each type of effect can be

edited and then saved to one of 24 effects buttons that will allow you to turn the

effect on and off and include it in a scene.

Effects Buttons

The first view that appears when you select the effects tab is the effects buttons

view. If there are no effects saved, buttons will be empty. In the picture below

there are three effects saved on the first three buttons; a shape effect on button

1, a color effect on button 2 and a flash effect on button 3.

All three buttons in the example are highlighted indicating that all three effects

are running. Tapping an effect button will toggle the effect on or off.

Important Note: When an effect is running the sleep timer on your IOS device

will be turned off temporarily to allow the effect to continue running. If you leave

the app while an effect is running the effect will temporarily pause.

Shape Effect

Tap the navigation button in the upper right of the effects buttons view or swipe

from the right edge of the screen to show the shape effects editor. The large gray

area is the shape draw view where you can draw the path that your beam will

follow. The lower left corner of the draw view represents value 0 for both pan and

tilt and the upper right corner represents value 256.

In the three examples above you can see there are three ways to generate

shapes; circles, free draw and point to point. Select the drawing method using the

segment switch just below the draw window.

Circle: This method will automatically draw the circle for you. You can use a two

finger pinch gesture to change the size of the circle and use a single finger drag

to move the circle location.

Draw: This method requires that you draw the desired shape path with your

finger. The initial path will appear as a dotted line until you tell the editor to finish

the path by tapping the “Run” button or by tapping the “Close” button. When

finished, the path will become a solid red line.

Points: This method is similar to the draw method only you enter single points by

tapping the screen. The editor will automatically connect the points as you enter

them. Finish the path by tapping the “Run” button or the “Close” button.

Clear Button: Tap the “Clear” button to erase a drawing in order to start over.

This only works for the two draw methods, not the circle.

Close Button: Tap the “Close” button to connect the end of your path to its start.

Use this to create a path that you want to loop continuously. If you don’t want the

path to loop, don’t close the path, the beam will travel from end to end of your

path (bounce).

Fwd/Rev Button: This button controls the direction that the beam will follow

along the path. This will only apply to a closed path that is looping.

Run/Stop Button: This button will allow you to end the path editing process and

animate the beam path on the view as it runs. A white dot will simulate the beam

motion on the drawing.

Slider: This controls the speed of the beam. Speeds can also vary depending on

the size of the shape and distance between points.

Editing the finished path: Use a two finger pinch to shrink or enlarge the path

or use a single touch and drag to move the path. You most likely will need to view

the effect on the lights to get the desired size and location. You can move back

and forth to the fixtures tab to select fixtures to include in the effect. Only

highlighted fixtures with pan and tilt channels will respond. When you leave the

edit view the effect will pause. Tap the run button to restart the effect when you

return to the view.

Helpful Hints: The circle and points shapes are generally more precise than the

free drawn shapes. When using the draw method, the speed that you move your

finger while drawing will affect the speed of the effect. The slower you draw, the

more points will be included in the path making it run slower. Experiment until

you get the feel for what works best. To make simple linear movements like up

down or side to side, use two points. Don’t worry about the initial size or location

of the path as you can resize it and move it after drawing. Point to point paths will

often appear smoother as the crossfading is handled by the bridge. The fade time

between points will be equal so keep point to point distances close to equal if you

want an even looking effect.

Save Effect

Tapping the “Save FX” navigation button at the top of any of the effects editors

will show the effects buttons assignment table as shown below on the screenshot

on the left. To save the effect to one of the buttons, select an empty button row.

Note: You can also select a row that’s occupied; the effect that’s assigned will be

replaced with your new effect, it won’t be erased from memory, it will only lose its

button assignment. The view on the right will appear when you select a button

location.

The button image for each type of effect will be like the ones shown in the

example. You can enter a long descriptive file name for the effect and also a short

button label that will appear on the effects button page under the button. Effects

files are stored in their own folder in the app’s documents directory. After you

have entered the names, tap the “Save” button in the upper right to save the file

and button assignment.

Color Effect

The color effect can be used on any fixture that has Red, Green and Blue

channels. The effect creates a changing hue gamut that fades through a range of

hue steps. Show the color effects editor by tapping the “Color FX” navigation

button in the upper right of the shape editor view or by swiping from the right

edge of the screen while in the shape editor view. A View similar to the examples

below will appear.

The range control at the top is used to set the endpoints of the color effect as

shown in the screenshot on the right. When running the effect from the editor,

the color box will show the current state of the effect. Tap the “Run” button to

view the effect in the color box and on your lights. The slider will adjust the speed

of the effect. The time display over the slider shows the total time to run the

entire gamut in hrs:min:sec format. The “Loop/Bounce” button sets the playback

mode to loop through the gamut or bounce from endpoint to endpoint. At any

time you can go to the fixtures tab and select fixtures to include in the effect. To

save the effect, use the same method as described in the previous section for the

shape effect. Note: Some fixtures may require dimmer channels to be turned on

to see the effect.

Flash Effect

The flash effect creates a flash chase for fixtures that you select using flash

buttons. The effect will work with any fixture that has a Dimmer channel. To show

the flash effect editor, tap the “Flash FX” navigation button in the upper right of

the Color FX view or swipe from the right side of the screen while in the Color FX

view. A view similar to the example below will appear.

Each of the 24 flash buttons represents one of the 24 fixtures. Only fixtures that

have dimmer channels will be highlighted in the button array. Tap each fixture

button in the order that you want the chase to run. Tap the “Run” button to view

the chase on the display and on your connected fixtures. Use the “Intensity”

slider to adjust the brightness of the flash. Use the “Speed” slider to adjust the

speed of the chase. The “Loop/Bounce” button will set the chase to loop or

bounce from endpoint to endpoint. The “Clear” button will clear the chase so that

you can start over. Fixtures to flash are selected from the flash buttons and not

from the fixtures tab as in the other effects editors. To save the effect, use the

same method as described in the previous section for the shape effect.

Edit Effects Files and Buttons

From the effects buttons view, tap the “Edit FX” navigation button in the upper

left. This will show a table view similar to the example below on the left. If you

select a row that contains an effect, the effect will be copied to the appropriate

editor. An alert message will confirm. You will have to unwind the views back to

the editor that matches the effect you selected for editing. From the editor you

can then make changes to the effect and then resave to the same or to a new

button location. If you change the filename for the edited effect, the original

effect will remain in the file system if you should need it later.

Tapping the detail button in a row brings up the list of effects files and shows the

file that is assigned to that button, as shown in the example on the right. A check

mark will appear next to the assigned file. You can select from the list of files to

change the file that is assigned to that button. As with most of the table views in

this app, use the “swipe to delete” method to remove a button assignment or to

delete a file. Note: Deleting a button assignment does not delete the file assigned

to the button, to delete the file you must delete from the files list (the example

above on the right).

Scenes Tab

The scenes tab provides 72 scene buttons by using three pages of 24 buttons as

shown in the screenshot below. This example shows 12 scenes assigned to some

buttons on page 1. The second button “Blue Wash” is highlighted showing that

scene 2 is active. Tapping any scene button will toggle the scene on or off. When

turning on, the scene’s channels will fade in using the fade time that was saved

with the scene. Pages 2 and 3 can be called by using a swipe from the right side

of the screen.

Scene Definition

Scenes are collections of select fixtures and select channels and any running

effects. You can also save a fade time with a scene that will control how long it

will take for the scene’s channels to fade in. A scene does not necessarily control

every fixture and every channel, only those channels that are included when the

scene is saved. A scene can be as small as a single channel value.

To include a fixture and some channel values, select a fixture from the fixtures

tab, then change a channel value from the channels tab by moving one of the

channel sliders or by using the color picker or pan/tilt controls. Only channels that

have been changed since the last “Clear” will be included in the scene. “Clear” is

explained in the “Channels Tab” chapter.

Another way to include channels in a new scene is to call other scenes. When you

save the new scene, the other scene’s channels will automatically be included.

Important Note: When a scene is called it will check to make sure that each

fixture in the scene matches the fixtures currently patched. If a mismatch is

detected, the mismatched fixture levels will not be used. In other words, if you

re-patch your fixtures, old scenes that used other fixture types may not work.

Saving Scenes

Tap the “Assign” navigation button in the upper right of any of the scene button

pages to show the button assignments table as shown in the example below on

the left. The table shows the scenes that are assigned to each of the 72 scene

buttons. Selecting one of the rows will call a view similar to the example on the

right. In the examples below, empty button row 15 was selected and the view on

the right is filled in with default names and a button color.

You can enter a new file name or use the default name. Typically a long

descriptive name will be used here. The button color will try to use a color that is

in the scene but will default to blue if no color is found. A short button label can

be entered, preferably a name that will fit under the scene button. Use the slider

to set the fade-in time from 0 to 12.75 seconds. Touch and drag inside the button

color box to select a new hue for the scene button. Finally, press the “Save”

button in the upper right of the view to save the scene to a file. You will see an

alert confirming the save or warning that another scene is already using that

name. If successful, the new scene will be added to the scene files folder and the

scene assigned to the selected button.

Scene Files

Although there are only 72 scene buttons, you can have as many scene files

saved as you like. The app has a scenes folder that can hold as many scenes as

memory will allow. A single scene file is very small, even if all channels are

included in the scene. To view the list of scene files, tap any of the detail buttons

in the Assign table list. A view similar to the one below will appear.

In this example, the detail button for row 1 was

tapped and a checkmark shows the file that is

assigned to that button. You can assign any file

to a button by selecting a row in the files list. A

new checkmark will show the current selection.

This allows you to manage far more than 72

scenes.

Delete Files and Button Assignments

You can use the “swipe to delete” method on

any button in the buttons assignment list or

any file in the files list. If you delete an entry

from the buttons assignment list, the button

will show “empty” but the file that was assigned

to the button will remain in the files folder. If

you delete a file, the deletion is permanent and

the file will be gone.

Solo Button

At the top of each scene page is a button labeled “Solo”. “Solo” will be displayed

in red when on and gray when off.

When solo is turned on only one scene at a time can be active. Only the channels

that are part of that scene will be activated and all other channels will be set to 0.

When solo is off (gray color) you can have many scenes active at once as long as

they don’t overlap. Any new scene that replaces an old scene will turn the old one

off. A new scene can partially replace an old scene if some but not all channels of

the two scenes overlap. In that case both scene buttons will stay lit indicating

that there are channels active within both of those scenes. Toggling a scene

button from lit state to dim will turn that scene off by setting its included channels

to 0. Any effects attached to the scene will also stop.

Effects

Any effects that are running when you save a scene will be included in that scene.

Turn effects on or off by tapping effects buttons within the effects tab.

Important Note: A scene only keeps a reference to the effects button number,

not the effect itself. If you change the effect that is assigned to an effects button,

it will also change the effect used by a scene that included that button.

Edit a Saved Scene

To edit a scene that’s been saved, simply call the scene by tapping its button,

(use solo mode to isolate the scene if needed), make any changes to channels

then re-save the scene. You can also combine scenes this way by calling multiple

scenes then saving as a new scene.

Shows Tab

Shows are simply scene lists that run on a timer. The show editor lets you

arrange a list of scenes and assign a hold time to each step in the list.

The first view in the shows tab is the show button array as shown in the example

below on the left. Button 1 is highlighted indicating that the show is running.

Edit a Show

Tapping the “Assign” navigation button in the upper right of the buttons view will

show the button assignment table as in the example above on the right. From the

assignment table you can start editing a new show or an existing one. To start a

new show, select a row that is empty. To make edits to an existing show, select

an occupied row of a show to edit. A view like the one below on the left will

appear when you select a row. In this example button 4 was selected that has an

existing show.

Each row in the table represents a step in the show’s scene list. To add additional

steps, tap the last row and an empty step will be added. Select any step row and

it will expand as in the example’s third row. Use the inc/dec buttons to select a

scene button number to assign to that step then use the slider to assign a hold

time. The hold time is shown to the right of the slider in min:sec format.

Tapping the “Edit” navigation button in the upper right will change the view to

appear as on the example on the right. Tapping one of the red buttons will delete

a step and touching and dragging one of the line edit buttons on the right side of

each row will let you rearrange the step order. When you are finished editing the

step order, tap “Done”.

Important Note: The scene list only references the scene button number. If you

change the scene that is assigned to a scene button it will also change the scene

that’s in any show that uses it.

Tap the “Save” navigation button at the top of the show editor when you are

finished editing and a view similar to the example below will appear.

From this view you can enter a long descriptive file name for the show and a

shorter name that will appear under the button in the Show buttons array. Touch

and drag within the button view to change the button color. Tap the “Save”

navigation button in the upper right to save the file. An alert will appear to

confirm the save or to warn if another show is already using that name.

Show Files

Although there are only 24 show buttons, you can have as many show files saved

as you like. The app has a shows folder that can hold as many shows as memory

will allow. A single show file is very small. To view the list of show files, tap any of

the detail buttons in one of the Show Assign table list. A view similar to the one

below will appear.

In this example, the detail button for row 1 was

tapped and a checkmark shows the file that is

assigned to that button. You can assign any file

to a button by selecting a row in the files list. A

new checkmark will show the current selection.

This allows you to manage far more than the 24

scenes that are accessible from the buttons.

Delete Files and Button Assignments

You can use the “swipe to delete” method on

any button in the buttons assignment list or

any file in the files list. If you delete an entry

from the buttons assignment list, the button

will show “empty” but the file that was assigned

to the button will remain in the files folder. If

you delete a file, the deletion is permanent and

the file will be gone.

Show Playback

Only one show is allowed to play at a time. Tapping a show button will toggle a

show on or off. A show will loop indefinitely until you turn it off.

Important Note: When a show is running the sleep timer on your IOS device will

be turned off temporarily to allow the show to continue running. If you leave the

app while a show is running the show timer will temporarily pause.

File System and ITunes

Scenes, effects, shows, and custom profiles are stored in the app’s documents

folder in your IOS device. Subfolders are created for each of these. There is also a

file that contains all of the button assignments named “buttons.assign”. You can

access these files using ITunes running on your Mac when your IOS device is

connected to it. The screenshot below is an example of the file sharing display in

ITunes connected to an IOS device that has Airstream DMX installed on it.

In the app’s documents window on the right you can see the four folders plus the

buttons.assign file. The folders can’t be opened in ITunes but they can be dragged

to your desktop where you can open and edit them. You can then drag them back

to ITunes where they will be copied back into your IOS device automatically.

The screenshot example below shows a Finder window with the contents of the

profiles folder containing 6 custom profiles.

You can use ITunes to back up your folders on your computer or to load new files

into your IOS device. To Share custom profiles with another user, copy any new

profiles into the profiles folder on your desktop then drag the updated folder into

ITunes.

The buttons.assign file is a list of all Fixture, FX, Scene and Show button

assignments. You can store multiple copies of this file on your computer for

different lighting setups to be reused at a later time.

Contacts

Information and specifications in this document are subject to change without

notice. ADJ Products assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or

inaccuracies that may appear in this manual.

ADJ Products

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Los Angeles, CA. 90040

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