Introduction

sACNView for iOS allows you to transmit and receive the Streaming ACN protocol for control of theatrical, architectural and other lighting control system. Streaming ACN is more formally ANSI standard E1.31, and is supported by most manufacturers of lighting control systems

Streaming ACN allows for multiple sources, for example you might have both a console and an architectural control system in a typical theatre. Each source has an associated priority, which is between 1 and 200, with 1 being the lowest priority and 200 being the highest

Each source can talk to one or more universes, with a universe being a set of 512 addresses. The app divides up the data in the same way, so you need to select which universe you want to work with - see the Settings section

Getting Started

The application is available for download from the iTunes App Store. Once you have downloaded the app, touch the icon to begin using it

Note that you will need to be connected to a WiFi lighting network in order for the app to be able to control or view levels from your lighting system. The app will not work if not connected to a Wifi network, or if connected to another network such as your company or home network

Main Screen

The main screen shows the following options:

Transmit

Items in the Transmit section allow you to control lights by transmitting control levels. Note that this will affect output from your lighting system, so use caution when using these items in a show situation

Transmit gives the following options

Receive

Items in the Receive section allow you to view the output levels from your control systems on the network.

Recieve gives the following options

Settings

The settings section is where you configure the operation of the app. It includes

Sliders

The sliders page allows you to manually adjust lighting levels in the selected universe using sliders. You can select any address in the universe to start the 8 sliders at by entering a value in the white "Start Address" box; or you can flip through pages of 8 faders using the +/- buttons. When you move through addresses, the values you have entered remain there, so you can alter any and all levels in the universe.

The level of the faders is shown to the left, in the currently selected level format

AutoFade

AutoFade allows you to run an automatic, continuous fade on an address or range of addresses in the selected universe. To enter a range of addresses, tap on the top two white numeric entry boxes on the screen. You can select just one address (for example 1 thru 1) or a range (for example 124 thru 256).

Once you have selected the desired range, the following options are available

The fader at the bottom of the screen allows the rate of the current AutoFade effect to be adjusted, either faster or slower

Keypad

The Keypad allows numeric entry of addresses and levels in a manner familiar to users of most lighting control consoles. It provides a command line view at the top, and a keypad below. The keypad has keys for :

The rest of the keypad allows entry of ranges of addresses and levels; for example a common syntax might be 1 THRU 5 AND 9 @ 56 ENTER; that would set addresses 1,2,3,4,5 and 9 to level 56 percent.

CL clears the current command; press and hold CL to clear all recorded presets

Universe View

Universe View shows all 512 addresses in the current universe, with their levels in a barograph format, and what is currently controlling them. Similar to the maps application, it allows you to touch to move around, and pinch-zoom in or out to see different levels of detail

To see details about the sources controlling a channel, zoom in to see the current controlling source. To see more details about other sources controlling it, touch and hold for a view of all the sources

Press the Info (i) button for a list of all sources for the current universe. From this list, you can view all the details about the source, and alter the color code assigned to it in the universe view

Source View

Source View gives a list of all the sources for the selected universe. For more information on a source, select it from the list

Options

The Options page gives access to the following settings for the app :