Presets

Presets are saved snapshots of DMX fixture states — colors, dimmers, positions, and more. Activate a preset to instantly apply that state to your fixtures, with optional smooth fading.

Viewing and Activating Presets

On the touchscreen, navigate to Main Menu > Presets. Tap a preset to activate it. If a cue is playing, it will be stopped when a preset is selected. Long-hold for settings.

The top bar expands to show global controls — tap the arrow to toggle it. Controls include Fade to Black, Fade to 100%, master Dimmer level, and Fade Speed.

In the Web UI, go to Lighting > Presets. Click the play icon to activate, or click the preset name to open its detail page for editing.

Interface differences

• Touchscreen: Tap to activate, long-hold for settings.
• Web UI: Click play icon to activate. Click name to edit. Provides additional capabilities: copy/paste, duplicate, effect assignment, and detailed editing.

Preset Types

• Global — Applies to all configured fixtures and universes
• Zone — Applies only to fixtures within a specific zone
• Fixture — Applies to a specific individual fixture

A preset with a single universe will be output to all configured universes when selected. A multi-universe preset will only output to the number of universes stored in the preset.

Preset Settings

• Code — Unique identifier for API and external control
• Name — Display name
• Fade Duration — How long the transition takes when activating or deactivating the preset
• Effect — Optionally assign an effect that runs while the preset is active

Editing Presets

Web UI only

The Web UI provides a full preset editor where you can modify individual fixture values (color, dimmer, etc.) directly. You can also copy and paste preset data between presets.

Stopping a Preset

An active preset can be stopped, which will fade out the preset output over the configured fade duration. In the Web UI, use the stop button. On the touchscreen, activating a different preset or using blackout/stop will deactivate the current preset.

See Blackout and Stop for details about the difference between blackout and stop.

Ambient and Temporary Presets

The DMX Core 100 distinguishes between two layers of preset playback: an ambient preset that defines the baseline state of your venue, and temporary presets that play on top of it for a specific purpose.

Ambient Preset

The ambient preset is a persistent background state that is always active when nothing else is playing. Think of it as the “house lights” setting for your venue — the lighting state the system returns to when it has nothing else to do.

• Starts playing automatically on device startup
• Resumes automatically when a temporary preset, cue, or timeline finishes
• Never has to be manually triggered — it just fills the gap

Configure the ambient preset in Settings > System in the Web UI. You can also switch the ambient preset on a schedule — for example, a warmer ambient state in the evening — using a schedule or input trigger.

Temporary Presets

When you activate a preset from the list, from a timeline event, or via an external trigger, it runs as a temporary preset — it takes over from the ambient, does its job, and when it ends, the ambient resumes.

This fallback happens automatically in all of these cases:

• A timeline containing a preset event reaches its end
• The user manually stops the active preset
• A schedule’s end time is reached
• An input trigger fires a stop action

The result is that your venue never goes unexpectedly dark. The ambient preset is always there to catch the system when active playback finishes.

Tip

A good ambient preset is typically a low-level, always-on scene — like a warm white wash at 20% dimmer. Save more dynamic looks as regular presets that run temporarily on top of it.

Duplicating Presets

In the Web UI, you can duplicate a preset to create a copy with the same fixture states. This is useful for creating variations — for example, the same scene at different brightness levels.