Input Profiles Howto

This howto document tells you how to associate input profiles to input universes and how to edit these profiles. You should first read the howto on input mapping so that you can access the input manager and know how to edit input universes.

Input Manager

Click the Inputs item from the main window's Manager menu.

Mapping Properties

Select universe 1 and then click the edit button to edit the first universe's mapping properties.

The dialog that opens is the same that has been covered in the input mapping howto. However, the dialog contains two pages: Mapping and Profile that are accessed thru the little tabs at the top of the dialog.

Profile assignment

Click the Profile tab to access the input profile tab.

You'll see a list of available input profile definitions, with a check mark on None. This means that the current universe doesn't have a profile assigned yet. To assign a profile to the universe, simply place a check mark on one of the available profiles by clicking on the empty check box. Only one profile can be assigned to one universe at a time, so the check mark will actually move from its previous position to the item that you have selected.

Click the white box beside Behringer - BCF2000 to assign it to the current universe. If you're happy with this, click OK to close the dialog and accept these mappings.

Add/Edit a Profile

It is probable that your input profile is not on the list and you need to create one of your own.

Click the create new input profile button to start making a profile definition for your input profile. Alternatively, you can edit any existing profile by selecting the appropriate item and clicking the edit button. The procedure is exactly the same in both cases from now on.

Input Profile Editor

A dialog is opened with entry fields for Manufacturer and Model.

Enter the profile's manufacturer and model to these fields and then click the Channels tab to edit the profile's channels.

Now you have two choices for adding channel definitions: Manual and Automatic:


Click the add button to enter individual channel information by hand for each channel.
Click the automatic wizard button to attempt automatic channel detection. You'll receive further instructions from QLC. You must have an input profile assigned to the current universe for this feature to work. Also, you must first stop the wizard to be able to navigate away from this dialog page.


You can edit the existing channels by selecting them and clicking the edit button. To remove selected channels, click the remove button.

When you add or edit a channel, you must enter the channel number, name and type (Slider, Knob or Button). Note that you cannot add the same channel multiple times to one profile.

When you're ready, click the OK button to accept changes and save the input profile. If you didn't enter a manufacturer/model for the profile, you'll be prompted to enter them before you can continue.

Back in the mapping properties dialog

Now you should see the profile you just defined in the list of available input profiles. Remember how to assign it to the current universe? Scroll up to Profile assignment if you don't.

To remove any existing input profiles, click the remove button. Note that some profiles are so-called system profiles and cannot be removed unless you're the administrator.

Click OK to accept these mappings and close the dialog.