Virtual Console Slider

Sliders are used for two distinct purposes: Bus speed setting (Bus slider mode) and Fixture channel level setting (Level slider mode). Every slider can operate on either of these modes and each mode has its own configuration options.

Essentially, the slider sets directly the value for a bus or a collection of channels picked from fixtures in the workspace when the application is in Operate Mode.

When the slider has been set to operate on Bus mode, an additional tap button appears at the bottom of the slider; this button can be used to set the bus time by tapping the button in time with the beat of the currently playing song. The bus value is taken from the time between taps.

Configuration

Sliders can be configured with the properties button found in the toolbar or with the Edit -> Properties menu item.

Configuration - General Tab

The General tab holds all of the sliders properties that are shared between Bus and Level modes.

Slider name Set the slider's name. NOTE: In level mode this name is replaced with the name of the bus that the slider is currently controlling.
Value display style
  • DMX/Time: Display absolute values (time in Bus mode; DMX values in Level mode)
  • Percentage: Display percentage values (0-100%) of the slider's maximum value
Slider movement
  • Normal: Values increase towards the top and decrease towards the bottom.
  • Inverted: Flip the slider upside down so that values increase towards the bottom and decrease towards the top; useful in Bus mode when bigger values mean slower speed.
External input You can attach an external input channel from an input device (like a slider board) to sliders so that you don't always have to use the mouse or touch to move sliders.
  • Input universe: The input universe that you wish to get input data to the slider.
  • Input channel: The individual input channel within the selected input universe that you wish to use for controlling the slider.
  • Auto Detect: When toggled, you can just move/press a button/slider/knob on your external input hardware and it will be automatically assigned to the slider. The latest combination is shown on the text boxes when QLC receives input data. If you don't see anything in the boxes, your input connection might have a problem that you need to fix first.
  • Choose...: Shows the Select Input Channel dialog that you can use to select an input channel manually.

Configuration - Bus Tab

If the slider is not currently in Bus mode, all you see is a button telling you to click it to switch the slider to Bus mode. Clicking it will also show the actual Bus mode properties.

Value range
  • Low limit: The lowest value for the bus controlled by the slider (in seconds)
  • High limit: The highest value for the bus controlled by the slider (in seconds)
Bus Select the Bus that the slider should be controlling.

Configuration - Level Tab

If the slider is not currently in Level mode, all you see is a button telling you to click it to switch the slider to Level mode. Clicking it will also show the actual Level mode properties.

Value Range
  • Low limit: Set the lowest DMX value that the slider can set
  • High limit: Set the highest DMX value that the slider can set
  • From capability: You can limit the slider's level value range to a certain capability range within a fixture's channel. When you have any channel value range selected from the fixture list (for example "Dimmer Control 006 - 128") and you click this button, the low and high limit of this slider are taken automatically from that capability and are set to 6 and 128, respectively.
Fixture list You can select individual channels from this list that contains all channels from all of your fixtures. Those channels that you have placed the tick mark on, will be controlled by this slider.
All Clicking this button will select ALL channels from ALL fixtures.
None Clicking this button will clear ALL channel selections concerning ALL fixtures.
Invert Invert the current selection. If you have channels 1, 3 and 5 selected from all fixtures, clicking this button will de-select channels 1, 3 and 5 and instead select channels 2, 4 and 6 from those fixtures.
By group... If you wish to control a specific channel group from ALL fixtures, you can click this button and select the channel group to control. Accepting the dialog will select ALL channels that belong to the selected group from ALL fixtures. This is particularly useful if you wish to have common control over, for example, all of your scanners' intensity channels.