Q Light Controller Plus - User Documentation Q Light Controller Plus - User Documentation
Virtual Console SliderSliders are used for two distinct purposes: Fixture channel level setting and Function playback and intensity adjustment. Any slider can operate on either of these modes and each mode has its own configuration options.
Sliders can be configured with the properties
button found in the toolbar or
by double clicking the slider itself.
The General tab holds all of the slider's properties that are shared between the slider's two modes.
| Slider name | Change the slider's name. |
| Widget appearance |
A slider can be displayed as a vertical fader
or as a knob  .
The appearance can be changed on the fly.
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| Value display style |
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| Slider movement |
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| Catch up with the external controller input value | When enabled, this feature will help to control the slider with external
controllers that do not support feedbacks or do not have motorized faders. For example, when controlling a few sliders in different pages of a Frame with a single fader of an external controller, it's very easy to have "out of sync" positions when switching page. When this option is enabled, an external controller fader should enter a certain threshold before the slider cursor starts to move, to guarantee a sync state and avoid undesired slider jumps. |
| 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 screen
to move sliders.
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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. After you click it, the Level mode properties will be shown.
| Value Range |
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| 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 beside 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 from 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 channel group from ALL fixtures. This is particularly useful if you wish to have common control over, for example, all of your scanners' intensity channels. |
| Click & Go |
Click & Go is a QLC+ technology which allows you to quickly access fixtures functionalities in
a completely visual way. When Click & Go is enabled, a button will appear at the bottom
of the slider and with just 2 clicks you will reach the desired result. The supported modes are:
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| Monitor the selected channels and update the slider level | (EXPERIMENTAL) By enabled this option, the slider will watch the DMX channels
changes and if they assume all the same level, the slider will update accordingly
for an immediate visual feedback. When activating this option, a reset button and an additional level bar will be displayed in the slider layout. If you interact with the slider while it is monitoring some DMX channels, it will switch into an override state, similar to what happens in Simple Desk. The reset button background will turn to red, indicating that the override is in place, and the right side level bar will continue to indicate the monitoring level. When pressing the reset button from an override state, the slider will go back to the current monitoring level. It is possible to associate and external control to the override reset button. |
If the slider is not currently in Playback mode, all you see is a button telling you
to click it to switch to Playback mode. After you click it, the
Playback mode properties will be shown.
When the slider is in playback mode, the slider acts like a combined button and slider. You can start a function AND simultaneously control the function's intensity with the slider. When the slider is at zero, the function is stopped but any value above zero will start the function (unless it has already been started) and simultaneously adjust the function's intensity (if applicable).
A slider in Playback mode will ignore the attached Function fade in and fade out times,
so fade transitions will have to be performed manually.
If you need fade in/out automations together with the control of the Function intensity,
then the usage of a 
Virtual Console Button
in combination with a Slider in Submaster mode is what you're looking for.
| Function | Displays the function that is currently attached to the slider. |
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Attach a function to the slider. |
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Detach the currently attached function. |
If the slider is not currently in Submaster mode, all you see is a button telling you to click it to switch to Submaster mode. After you click it, the slider will be set to work as a submaster.
When a slider is set to Submaster mode, it will control the intensity of every other
widget in the same frame (please keep in mind that the main Virtual Console area
is a frame too !)
The intensity of a widget depends on the type of widget itself and which functionality
it controls. A submaster will control the intensity of any QLC+ "light emitting"
functionality, either a function or single channel levels.
For example a submaster can control the intensity of a function attached to a
button or the channel levels associated to a
slider in level mode.
Every widget is controlled by a submaster even if the widget's functionality
is not active yet. For example if a submaster is set to 50%, a button pressed
afterward will start its associated function with 50% of intensity.