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- Page 1 WOLFMIX Reference Manual...
- Page 2 ©2021 ADJ Products, LLC all rights reserved. Information, specifications, diagrams, images, and instructions herein are subject to change without notice. ADJ Products, LLC logo and identifying product names and numbers herein are trademarks of ADJ Products, LLC. Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of copyrightable materials and information now allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter granted.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
C O N T E N T S General Information Limited Warranty (US) Safety Guidelines Activation Startup Key-Combinations Beam Engine Control Flow Fixture Setup Fixture Setup List Fixture Selection Fixture Limits Fixture Builder Fixture Channels Screen Channel Editor Screen Control Screens Home Color FX Move FX... -
Page 4: General Information
G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT I O N INTRODUCTION Please read and understand all instructions in this reference manual carefully and thoroughly before attempting to operate these products. These instructions contain important safety and use information. This document describes each function available on Wolfmix. -
Page 5: Limited Warranty (Us)
All shipping charges must be pre-paid. If the requested repairs or service (including parts replacement) are within the terms of this warranty, ADJ Products, LLC will pay return shipping charges only to a designated point within the United States. If the entire instrument is sent, it must be shipped in its original package. No accessories should be shipped with the product. -
Page 6: Safety Guidelines
This device is a sophisticated piece of electronic equipment. To guarantee a smooth operation, it is important to follow all instructions and guidelines in this manual. ADJ Products, LLC is not responsible for injury and/or damages resulting from the misuse of this device due to the disregard of the information printed in this manual. -
Page 7: Activation
A C T I VAT I O N Wolfmix must be activated at ADJ.com before it can be used. The supplied key is unique to each Wolfmix controller. Each activation key has a unique response key which will be provided by the website during the activation process. -
Page 8: Beam Engine Control Flow
B E A M E N G I N E C O N T R O L F L O W The diagram below explains how the Wolfmix controls DMX channels. The Beam Engine is triggered every 40ms (25 fps). All DMX channels are set to their defualt values at the beginning of each frame, and then each effect is added one-by-one. -
Page 9: Fixture Setup
F I X T U R E S E T U P A list of all fixtures which have been added to the project is shown. Displayed data: • Fixture index and name. • The group the fixture has been assigned to. •... -
Page 10: Fixture Selection
F I X T U R E S E L E C T I O N The fixture selection screen shows all available fixture profiles on the controller, ordered alphabetically by brand and fixture. Displayed data: • Available brands, starting with the 6 most recently added fixtures, followed by fixtures which have been created directly on the Wolfmix controller, followed by brands in the public library. -
Page 11: Fixture Limits
F I X T U R E L I M I T S The fixture limits screen allows for minimum and maximum pan and tilt values to be set on the selected fixtures. When set correctly, fixture beams will move together in the desired area. Displayed data: •... -
Page 12: Fixture Builder
F I X T U R E B U I L D E R The fixture builder is used to create fixture profiles. A fixture profile is a list of channels and features associated with a particular fixture. Fixture channels screen Displayed data: •... -
Page 13: Channel Editor Screen
C H A N N E L E D I T O R S C R E E N Displayed data: • Channel number and type • A collection of feature buttons depending on the channel type. These may include colors, gobos and strobe. -
Page 14: Control Screens
C O N T R O L S C R E E N S The 9 control screens are accessed via the 8 buttons on the left and the bottom right button. When a control screen button is pressed, both the touch display and the central matrix will update to reflect the data on the selected control screen. -
Page 15: Home
H O M E Fixture groups are controlled from the home screen. Each column represents one group. Four groups are available per screen. Groups A-D are displayed by default. Hold shift and hit the BPM tap button to display groups E-H. Displayed data: •... -
Page 16: Color Fx
C O L O R F X Displayed data: • Four buttons along the top to indicate which groups have Color FX enabled. Shift + hit the BPM TAP button to toggle between groups A-D and E-H. • Eight buttons to select the Color Fx type. •... -
Page 17: Move Fx
M O V E F X Displayed data: • Four buttons along the top to indicate which groups have Move FX enabled. Shift + hit the BPM TAP button to toggle between groups A-D and E-H. • Eight buttons to select the Move Fx type. •... -
Page 18: Move Fx Sequencer
M O V E F X S E Q U E N C E R M O V E F X S E Q U E N C E R The Move Fx sequencer allows for eight different positions to be chosen. Each position will be played sequentially according to the FX speed. -
Page 19: Beam Fx
B E A M F X Displayed data: • Four buttons along the top to indicate which groups have Beam FX enabled. Shift + hit the BPM TAP button to toggle between groups A-D and E-H. • Eight buttons to select the Beam Fx type. •... -
Page 20: Beam Fx Sequencer
B E A M F X S E Q U E N C E R B E A M F X S E Q U E N C E R The Beam Fx sequencer allows for eight different beam selections to be chosen. When a beam selection is made, the selected beams will be opened. -
Page 21: Static Color
S TAT I C C O L O R The static color screen contains a palette of ten colors per group. Selecting these colors will override any playing color effects on the group and set the selected colors on the fixture group. Displayed data: •... -
Page 22: Color Picker
C O L O R P I C K E R Displayed data: • The name of the currently selected button. • A preview of the selected color. • A color picker used to select a color. • The color picker mode (RGBW, RGBWAU, Color grid). •... -
Page 23: Static Position
S TAT I C P O S I T I O N The static position screen contains a palette of five positions per group. Selecting a position will override any playing move effects on the group and set all fixtures in the group to the selected position. Displayed data: •... -
Page 24: Position Picker
P O S I T I O N P I C K E R Displayed data: • The name of the currently selected position button. • An X-Y grid used to select a position. • The generated position values. • The FAN and FOCUS values. - Page 25 P O S I T I O N P I C K E R Displayed data: • The name of the currently selected position button. • An X-Y grid used to select a position. • The generated position values. • The FAN and FOCUS values.
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Page 26: Static Gobo
S TAT I C G O B O The static gobo screen contains a palette of 10 gobos per group. Selecting a gobo will recall the gobo on all fixtures in the group. If a gobo is not selected, the open gobo will be triggered. When a fixture is added to a project, the Wolfmix will try to group similar gobos together within the first 5 palette items. -
Page 27: Live Edit
L I V E E D I T The Live Edit screen contains a palette of twenty buttons which can be used to recall a value on any channel. These values override all effects and other static values. Live Edits are layered in order, therefore if two live edits have values on the same channel, the buttons towards the bottom will take priority. -
Page 28: Live Edit Editor - Value
L I V E E D I T E D I T O R - F I X T U R E S ( C O N ’ T ) Displayed data: • The name of the live edit to the top left. •... -
Page 29: Preset
P R E S E T The Preset screen contains 5 pages of 20 presets. Each Preset contains all selected buttons including effect status and palette item status along with group dimmers and effect properties. Displayed data: • A grid of 20 Preset buttons including the preset name and the first 4 colors used within the preset. •... -
Page 30: Flash Screens
They may be used to trigger quick actions during a live performance. • ADJ Logo: triggers a Paparazzi style flash effect. • Strobe: triggers a flickering strobe effect. -
Page 31: Wolf
W O L F The Wolf flash effect plays a Paparazzi style white flash across all light fixtures. Hitting the ADJ button triggers the effect. The effect is released according to the set release mode. Displayed data: • Icon to indicate the effect is playing (this can be disabled within the settings). -
Page 32: Strobe
S T R O B E The Strobe flash effect tells all lights to strobe by triggering the fixtures strobe feature. If the fixture doesn’t have a built in strobe feature, a virtual strobe will be created by flashing the RGB or dimmer channels. The effect is released according to the set release mode. -
Page 33: Blinder
B L I N D E R The Blinder flash effect sets all dimmers to 100% and all color mixing channels to white. The effect is released according to the set release mode. Displayed data: • Icon to indicate the effect is playing (this can be disabled within the settings). •... -
Page 34: Speed
S P E E D The Speed flash effect multiplies the speed of all effects by the set multiplier. The effect is released according to the set release mode. Displayed data: • Icon to indicate the effect is playing (this can be disabled within the settings). •... -
Page 35: Blackout
B L A C K O U T The Blackout flash effect shuts off all beams by setting dimmers to 0%, shutters closed, and color mixing channels to 0%. The effect is released according to the set release mode. Displayed data: •... -
Page 36: Smoke
S M O K E The Smoke flash effect sets Smoke channels. The effect is released according to the set release mode. Displayed data: • Icon to indicate the effect is playing (this can be disabled within the settings). • The Smoke intensity. -
Page 37: Setup
S E T U P The Setup screen is accessed by tapping the icon to the top right of the Home screen to the left of the Fixture icon. • Projects : Save and Load 6 projects. • Groups : Set group names and map DMX input channels to group dimmers. •... -
Page 38: Projects
P R O J E C T S Up to 6 projects can be saved and opened on the controller. Projects contain the following data: • The current fixture list, order, group assignments, and DMX addresses. • Group names and mappings. •... -
Page 39: Groups
G R O U P S Each fixture is linked with a group. Effects, sub-dimmers, static colors and positions are applied to each group. Wolfmix supports up to 8 groups. 4 can be displayed at a time with groups A-D and E-H toggles by shift + hitting the BPM TAP button. - Page 40 S E T T I N G S The Settings screen shows a list of global Wolfmix settings. Displayed data: • A list of settings is displayed on the left along with the title on the right. • The selected setting and value is displayed along the bottom. •...
- Page 41 • Fade effects during preset change: if 2 presets fade together, the effects in both presets will play simultaneously during the fade. This requires extra CPU power and may be disabled if the Wolfmix GUI is running slowly with lots of DMX channels. •...
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Page 42: Dmx Values
D M X VA L U E S The DMX Values screen displays the current value of each DMX channel. It allows for the value to be changed for testing purposes, and for channel settings to be adjusted. Displayed data: •... -
Page 43: Beam Editor
B E A M E D I T O R S Advanced: each fixture is split up into beams and beam features. Each beam feature contains min/max and on/off values which are set automatically by Wolfmix. These values are calculated by the fixture profile and should not require changing. -
Page 44: Lock
L O C K Wolfmix can be locked to prevent unauthorised access. Tapping Lock All from the Settings screen will lock the entire controller. Tapping Lock Edit will lock the palette, preset and fixture editing. When the controller is locked, tapping the Lock button to the top right displays a keyboard to enter the password to unlock the controller (set via the Settings screen). - Page 45 F L A S H S C R E E N S The WTOOLS app is available for PC and MAC. It is not required to use Wolfmix, however it contains a toolbox of valuable features for the controller. • Sync the BPM with Ableton Link and OS2L.
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Page 46: Ls Cloud Sign-In
L S C L O U D S I G N I N WTOOLS uses LS Cloud to synchronize projects and fixtures. LS Cloud is a system created by Lighting Soft AG. Along with Wolfmix, Lighting Soft are part of the Nicolaudie Group. Therefore data stored within the cloud is not being passed on to a third party. -
Page 47: My Wolf
M Y W O L F Information on the connected Wolfmix is displayed on this screen including: • Serial number (to the bottom left): this is a unique ID assigned to each Wolfmix controller. • Active DMX universes along with their assigned XLR sockets: these can be mapped from the controller’s settings screen. -
Page 48: Projects
P R O J E C T S Projects on the computer are displayed on the left and projects in the Wolfmix controller are displayed on the right. Clicking the arrow to the left of the project name will write the project to the Wolfmix controller. Clicking Backup Projects will copy all projects from Wolfmix to the computer and sync with LS Cloud. -
Page 49: Fixtures
F I X T U R E S Fixtures on the computer and in the cloud are displayed on the left and fixtures in the Wolfmix controller are displayed on the right. • The first category Wolfmix includes all fixtures created directly on the controller. •... -
Page 50: Settings
S E T T I N G S The Settings screen shows the current firmware version. Clicking Update Firmware will update to the latest firmware version which is downloaded automatically from WTOOLS when connected to the internet. Other settings: • Erase all fixtures: remove all fixtures from the Wolfmix controller. -
Page 51: Help
H E L P The help page contains offline versions of the Wolfmix Mini Guides, accessible directly from WTOOLS if the Wolfmix website or internet connection is unavailable. -
Page 52: Specifications
S P E C I F I C AT I O N S Setup • Timed release of flash and preset buttons • Standalone (no computer needed) • Fixture FLIP function, for reversing beam order • Compatible with any DMX device •... - Page 53 FCC STATEMENT This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE WARNINGS &...