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 editor.

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
• Effect — Optionally assign an effect that runs while the preset is active
• Ambient — Mark the preset as an ambient candidate (see below)
• Release at end — Release the fixtures when the preset finishes instead of holding its state
• Favorite / Only Admin — Dashboard shortcut and visibility flags

Editing Presets

Web UI only

The Web UI preset editor lists every entry (global, zone, or fixture) with its Intensity, Color, Effect, and Custom values. Each part can be set to Set (apply this value), Ignore (leave the channel as-is), or Exclude (actively remove it for this fixture), giving precise control over what the preset touches. You can copy and paste values between entries and presets, add fixtures directly, and press Go to preview the result live.

Another way to build a preset: set up the look interactively in Fixture Control and use Build Preset to capture it.

Stopping a Preset

An active preset can be stopped, which fades out its output over the configured fade duration. In the Web UI, use the stop button; on the touchscreen, activate a different preset or use blackout/stop. See Blackout and Stop.

Ambient 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.

The Ambient Preset

The ambient preset is a persistent background state that is always active when nothing else is playing — the “house lights” your venue returns to when the system 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

Mark presets as ambient candidates with the Ambient flag, then pick the active one on the Operation > Ambient Presets page (or via a schedule or input trigger with the Apply Ambient Preset action — for example, a warmer ambient state in the evening).

Temporary Presets

When you activate a preset from the list, a timeline event, or 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 when:

• 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: your venue never goes unexpectedly dark.

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, duplicate a preset to create a copy with the same fixture states — useful for variations, like the same scene at different brightness levels.