Quasar Science

How to set up Quasar Science lights in Live FX

Make sure you have the latest firmware before getting set up, if your firmware is too old, the following steps will not work.

Watch the tutorial here:

In the video above, I show you how to set up your Quasar Science fixtures with ASSIMILATE Live FX to do image-based lighting (through pixel mapping).

Once it's set up, it's very easy to sample any area of your canvas and to control the brightness/intensity for each array.

In this article, I will cut straight to the information you need to program your lights on the fixture, and in the software, watch the video for more step-by-step instructions.

Live FX. Notice the area we are sampling is being pixel mapped correctly to the array of 47 Quasar Science fixtures!

Quasar Science Fixture settings

You'll want to make sure you use the following settings on your Quasar Science fixtures:

• Number of Pixels - Max (48 for 8' Rainbow, 20 for 2' Double Rainbow, etc.)

• Profile - 64

• Wired Mode - sACN

• DMX Channel - 1

• Multicast - Enabled

• Universe - Set your array appropriately. For example, if you have an array of 47, make the top fixture universe 1, the second fixture 2, all the way through your last fixture, universe 47.

• Wireless Mode - Off

• Lead/Follow - Off

Make sure you set your Profile to 64, sACN is on, your pixel count is the highest and that you know which universe is the start universe.

Mapping Quasar Fixtures in Live FX

There are a few things to get set up in Live FX.

1. Let's start with Protocols, sACN.

2. Make sure Output (multicast) is turned on, and the correct Ethernet adapter where the Light or network switch is plugged in.

3. You may need to restart Live FX if you don't see your adapter and it was plugged in after you started Live FX.

Make sure your start and end universe covers your range.

sACN settings

1. Now under the Fixture Patching Tab, let's add a new fixture and use the following settings:

• Universe - 1 (or whatever your starting universe is)

• Channel - 1

• Channels - 12

• Globals - 6

• Repeat in Universe - 48* (This is the number of pixels in your lighting fixture)

• Repeat the Universe - 47* (This is the number of fixtures in your array)

For Double Rainbow, you need to double the number of Segments. For example, if you have 6 fixtures, you would have Repeat the Universe as 6 and Segments as 12. May need to do Repeat the Universe as 12 and Segments as 12.

1. Also on the Fixture Patching tab, let's set the channels.

Channels

Channel #	Channel Type	Value	Description
1	Sample: Red
2	Fine
3	Sample: Green
4	Fine
5	Sample: Blue
6	Fine

Global Channels (Make sure to write a description)

Global Channels will not show up until you change the "Repeat in Universe" to a number higher than 1.

Channel #	Channel Type	Value	Description
7G	DMX Value	147	CCT
8G	DMX Value	0	+- Green
9G	DMX Value	255	Spectrum
10G	DMX Value	0	Color Space
11G	DMX Value	0	Output
12G	DMX Value	0	Reserved

The channel assignments in Live FX

1. On the Color Sampling tab, change the Sample grid to Distribute and the segments should be the number of fixtures in your array, in my case, 47.

Don't forget to change the Sample Grid to Distribute and put as many segments as you have fixtures in your array!

Once you've set up your fixture, you can duplicate this fixture (see top left of photo below) or you can export your entire setup using the export button (see bottom left of picture below).

I use the export feature to save my entire stage layout, over 150 fixtures!

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