CHAUVET DJ BTAir User manual

User Manual

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. About The App............................................................................ 1

Downloading the App.................................................................................... 1

Text Conventions .......................................................................................... 1

Symbols ........................................................................................................ 1

Disclaimer ..................................................................................................... 1

2. Operation .................................................................................... 2

Before You Begin .......................................................................................... 2

Startup........................................................................................................... 2

Program Screen Overview ............................................................................ 2

Pairing and Grouping .................................................................................... 3

Pairing Screen Overview.................................................................................... 3

Rename a Group................................................................................................ 3

Add Un-Grouped Products to a Group............................................................... 3

Organize a Group............................................................................................... 4

CLEAR ALL and AUTO GROUP........................................................................ 4

Creating Programs........................................................................................ 5

Program Types................................................................................................... 5

Designing a Program ......................................................................................... 5

Programming Colors................................................................................................ 5

Deleting a Preset Color or Program Color ............................................................... 6

Color Picker ............................................................................................................. 6

Saving a Program .............................................................................................. 7

Program Playback......................................................................................... 7

Selecting Groups for Playback........................................................................... 7

Deactivating Products Within a Group..................................................................... 7

Selecting a Saved Program ............................................................................... 8

Playback Screen Overview...................................................................................... 8

Renaming or Deleting a Program ............................................................................ 8

Blackout ........................................................................................................ 8

3. Contact Us .................................................................................. 9

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About The App

1. About The App

The BTAir app runs on Apple iOS® and Android™ operating systems to control any of the BT products
from CHAUVET DJ through a smartphone or tablet. No additional hardware is required. The smartphone

or tablet running the BTAir app connects to the product with Bluetooth
The BTAir app sends out 4 color commands — red, green, blue, and amber. It has built-in pre-mixed

colors, as well as an easy-to-use custom color mixing tool.

The Bluetooth
use of such marks by Chauvet & Sons, LLC is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those
of their respective owners.

®

word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any

Downloading the App

The BTAir app is available from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store. Chauvet BT products are
not required at the time of downloading or installing the app. For more information about downloading and
installing apps onto your mobile device, see the documentation that came with your mobile device.

Text Conventions

Convention Meaning

1–512 A range of values

50/60 A set of values of which only one can be chosen

Settings A menu option not to be modified

<ENTER> A key to be ed on the product’s control panel

ON A value to be entered or selected

®

wireless technology.

Symbols

Symbol Meaning

Electrical warning. Not following these instructions may cause electrical damage to
the product, accessories, or the user.

Critical installation, configuration, or operation information. Not following these
instructions may make the product not work, cause damage to the product, or cause
harm to the operator.

Important installation or configuration information. The product may not function
correctly if this information is not used.

Useful information.

Disclaimer

Chauvet believes that the information contained in this manual is accurate in all respects. However,
Chauvet assumes no responsibility and specifically disclaims any and all liability to any party for any loss,
damage or disruption caused by any errors or omissions in this document, whether such errors or
omissions result from negligence, accident or any other cause. Chauvet reserves the right to revise the
content of this document without any obligation to notify any person or company of such revision, however,
Chauvet has no obligation to make, and does not commit to make, any such revisions. Download the latest
version from www.chauvetdj.com

The works of authorship contained in this manual, including, but not limited to, all design, text and images
are owned by Chauvet.

© Copyright 2018 Chauvet & Sons, LLC. All rights reserved.

Electronically published by Chauvet in the United States of America.
CHAUVET, the Chauvet logo, and BTAir are registered trademarks or trademarks of Chauvet & Sons LLC

(d/b/a Chauvet and Chauvet Lighting) in the United States and other countries. Other company and
product names and logos referred to herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

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Operation

Product Groups

To Pairing Menu

Program Types

Blackout Toggle

(see Blackout

)

Program Settings

Save Current

Program

To Playback Menu

2. Operation

Before You Begin

Before opening the BTAir app on your mobile device, do the following:

• Enable Bluetooth connectivity on the mobile device.

• Connect all Chauvet BT products to power.

• On all BT products, press <MENU> repeatedly until bLE shows on the menu, then press <ENTER>.

Startup

Upon opening the app, the app will show the pairing screen (see Pairing and Grouping), and the following
pop-up should appear:

The app will automatically find and group compatible products (Chauvet BT products in Bluetooth control
mode). After this is completed, the app will navigate to the program screen.

To re-arrange the groups, see Pairing and Grouping

Program Screen Overview

.

To begin programming, see Creating Programs.
To play back saved programs, see Program Playback

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Operation

Manually Group

Selected Products

Group Icons

CLEAR ALL

(Un-Groups All Products)

To Program Screen

AUTO GROUP

(Resets all links)

Un-Grouped

Products

Pairing and Grouping

To access the Pairing screen, tap the icon marked PAIRING at the bottom of the program screen or
playback screen.

Pairing Screen Overview

If new products have been turned on and set to Bluetooth control mode, it may be necessary to restart the
app before they will appear in the Links List.

Rename a Group

To rename a group, tap and hold the icon of the desired group. The following pop-up will appear:

Type the desired name and tap Yes. To cancel, tap Cancel.

Add Un-Grouped Products to a Group

To manually add un-grouped products to a specific group, select the desired products from the Links List,
and tap CONFIRM. The following pop-up will appear:

Tap the icon of the desired group on this pop-up to send all selected products to that group.

Only products of the same type can be grouped together.

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Operation

Tap to Remove

Product from Group

Empty Slots

Filled Slot

Tap and Slide to

Change Order

Tap to Exit

Organize a Group

To organize the order of products in a group, or remove a product from a group, tap the icon of the desired
group on the Pairing screen.

The Group screen shows each of the (up to 8) products in the selected group. The following can be done
on this screen:

• To move the selected product from one slot to another, tap the orde r icon next to a produc t and slide
up or down. The order of products determines the playback order of chase programs.

• To remove a product from the group, tap the X icon next to that product.

• To send a product to another group, tap the slot of the desired product. The following pop-up will
appear:

Tap the icon of the desired group.

• To return to the Pairing screen, tap the large X at the bottom of the screen.

CLEAR ALL and AUTO GROUP

Tapping CLEAR ALL will remove all products from groups and add them to the Links List.
Tapping AUTO GROUP will reset all links and add all found products to groups.

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Program Types

Add Color to Program

Dimmer Slider (0–100)

Strobe Slider (0–100)

Speed Slider (0–100)

Program Colors

(default: empty)

Preset Colors

Program Colors

(default: empty)

Custom

Color

(to Color

Picker)

A multi-color program

(Swipe to the left or right

when 7 or more colors)

Add

Color to

Program

Creating Programs

Program Types

There are 4 types of programs available in the BTAir app:

• Static. The FIXED option sets a static color, the dimmer level, and an optional strobe rate.

• Auto. These options set a series of colors to follow one after another, the dimmer level, an optional
strobe rate, and the program speed. The auto program options are FADE and PULSE.

• Chase. In a chase program, each product in a group will be offset by one color from the previous
product in the group, creating the effect of each color moving from product to product.
These options set a series of colors to follow one after another, the dimmer level, an optional strobe
rate, and the program speed. The chase program options are SCROLL and RAINBOW.

Chases will run from product to product within each group. Multiple groups will not
chase each other.

• Sound-active. The SOUND ACTIVATED option sets a series of colors to follow one after another,
the dimmer level, and an optional strobe rate. The selected products will trigger color changes as
they receive sound input.

In a SOUND ACTIVATED program, the linked products will only respond to low
frequencies of music (bass and drums).

Designing a Program

To design a program, follow the instructions below:

1. Select the program type from the list on the left.

2. Set the Dimmer, the Strobe rate, and (for all but FIXED and SOUND ACTIVATED) the program

3. Add colors to the program.

Programming Colors

For a FIXED program, tapping the Color icon will navigate to the Color Picker. For any program type other
than FIXED, tapping the Add Color to Program icon will bring up a selection of preset colors.

Tapping a preset color will add it to the color list of the program, placing it before the Add Color icon.
To mix a custom color and add it to the program color list, tap the Custom Color icon. This will navigate to the

Color Picker

To view all colors or the Add Color icon in a program with 7 or more colors, swipe the color list to the left or right.
To change a color in a program, tap the desired icon in the color list. This will navigate to the Color Picker.
After custom mixing a color in the Color Picker, that color will be added to the preset color list.

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Speed, from 0–100.

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Operation

Tap When Finished

Individual Color Sliders

(0–255)

Color Preview

Color Wheel

Deleting a Preset Color or Program Color

To delete a color from the preset list, or a color in a program, tap and hold the icon for that color until the
following pop-up appears. Then tap Confirm. To cancel, tap Cancel.

Color Picker

To access the Color Picker, do one of the following:

• Tap the Add Color icon in the preset color list (this will add the generated color to both the current
program and the preset color list),

• Tap a Color icon in the color list of a program (this will change the selected color, and add the
generated color to the preset c

• Tap the Color icon in a FIXED program (this will set the static color of the program, and add the
generated color to the preset color list).

olor list), or

To mix a custom color in the Color Picker, do one or both of the following:

• Use the color wheel to select a color by eye.

• Use the individual color sliders to precisely adjust the value of each color LED.

• The color wheel will not affect the value of the amber slider.

• The amber slider will not affect products without amber LEDs.

The color preview will show the product output as selected on the color wheel or as set by the color sliders.
When the color is set as desired, tap DONE to return to the program screen.

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Program Screen

Active Groups

Each active group is

lit red

Active Products

Each active product in
a group is represented

by a lit green dot

Saving a Program

To save a program, tap SAVE on the bottom right of the program screen (see Program Screen Overview).
The following pop-up will appear:

Enter the desired name, and tap Yes. To cancel, tap Cancel.
Once saved, a program can be played, renamed or deleted (see Renaming or Deleting a Program

).

Program Playback

Selecting Groups for Playback

Before playing back a saved program, select the group or groups which will run the desired program.

To activate or deactivate a group for playback or programming, tap the icon of the selected group as shown
above. Active groups are lit red.

Whether or not a group is active during programming will not affect playback. A selected
program will run on all groups that are active when the program is selected.

Deactivating Products Within a Group

Individual products within a group can also be deactivated or reactivated if desired.
To deactivate or reactivate a specific product or products within a group, tap and hold the icon of the

selected group. The following pop-up will appear.

All products in the group will be listed, with corresponding check-boxes.
Un-check a box to deactivate the corresponding product. When all products are activated or deactivated as

desired, tap Confirm.

• A deactivated product will continue running the last instructions it received.

• Deactivating all products in a group will deactivate the group.

• Deactivating a group and then reactivating it will reactivate all products in that group.

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Operation

Saved Programs

To Program Screen

Blackout Toggle

(see Blackout)

To Pairing Screen

Selected Program

Selecting a Saved Program

To select a saved program to play back on all active groups, navigate to the Playback screen by tapping

PLAYBACK on the bottom of the program screen.

Playback Screen Overview

Select the desired program from the list of saved programs. All active groups will run the selected program.

Renaming or Deleting a Program

To rename or delete a saved program, tap and hold the icon of the desired program until the following pop­up appears:

To rename the program, enter the desired name and tap Rename.
To delete the program, tap Delete.
To cancel, tap Cancel.

Blackout

The program screen and the playback screen both have a blackout toggle on the bottom. To toggle
blackout for all active products, tap the blackout toggle.
When the blackout toggle is green before tapping it, tapping the blackout toggle will disable output for all
active products. When the blackout toggle is white before tapping it, tapping the blackout toggle will enable
output for all active products.

• Only active groups and products will be affected by the blackout toggle.

• A product that is blacked out will stay blacked out if it is deactivated when the blackout

toggle is tapped.

• A product that is not blacked out will not black out if it is deactivated when the blackout

toggle is tapped.

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Contact Us

Contact Us

World Headquarters

UK

Benelux

France

Germany

Mexico

Address: Av. de las Partidas 34 - 3B

Lerma, Edo. de México, CP 52000

General Information Technical Support

Address: 5200 NW 108th Ave. Voice: [phone]

Sunrise, FL 33351 Fax: [phone]

Voice: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

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Toll Free: [phone] Website: www.chauvetdj.com

Address: Unit 1C Email: [e-mail]

Brookhill Road Industrial Estate

Pinxton, Nottingham, UK Website: www.chauvetdj.eu

NG16 6NT

Voice: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Address: Stokstraat 18 Email: [e-mail]

9770 Kruishoutem

Belgium Website: www.chauvetdj.eu

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Address: 3, Rue Ampère

91380 Chilly-Mazarin

France Website: www.chauvetdj.eu

Voice: [phone]

Address: Bruno-Bürgel-Str. 11

28759 Bremen

Germany Website: www.chauvetdj.eu

Voice: [phone]

(Entrance by Calle 2)

Zona Industrial Lerma Website: www.chauvetdj.mx

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Email: [e-mail]

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Email: [e-mail]

Outside the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Benelux, France, Germany, or Mexico, contact the dealer of record.
Follow the instructions to request support or to return a product. Visit our website for contact details.

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