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These instructions apply to both capsule 2.0 and vision core lights.

Make sure your firmware is up to date! We’ve made significant changes, improvements and bug fixes for most radio issues for capsule 2.0 & vision props. All your vision and capsule 2.0 props need to have the same firmware version to connect to each other, have the same modes, brightness and run-time, so make sure to update the firmware on all your props!

• Click here to download and install the new firmware update

Scroll down to find instructions on how to:

• adjust a favorite
• delete 1 or all favorites
• duplicate, move & re-organize favorites
• create a "dark" mode
• create "looks"
• create "scenes"
• create shows
• favorites pro-tips
• quirky thing about favorites

"Favorites" is an advanced feature that requires you to understand the basic button presses of flowOS. 

You will need to know how to:

• "Page click" to get to the favorites page

• "Press" to select

• "Long press" to adjust (optional)

• "Hold to save"

• “Hold to delete” (optional)

If you are not already familiar with these basic button presses, please refer to this button press guide.

> Check out intro to favorites to learn how to save to favorites + use autoplay here.

delete 1 or all favorites

• You can delete either 1 or all your favorites 
• To delete 1 favorite - hold down until you see the light flashing red, let go after it stops flashing (~15 seconds)
• To delete ALL favorites - delete favorites autoplay

Watch video on advanced favorites to learn how to:

• create looks with favorites solo adjust
• create looks by ungrouping, saving locally
• duplicate & re-organize your favorite modes
• delete a favorite mode
• create a show page & understanding show pages
• create a "dark" mode
• delete all favorites
• save show pages to favorites with adjusted timing intervals
• edit show pages 

There are also notes on these topics below the video if you prefer reading ... the videos are more complete as you can see all the light indicators as Sean and Jeremiah go through the features and offer insight and tips along the way. 

duplicate, move or re-organize your favorites 

• You can move/duplicate a mode to p4m1 by saving it from within p4/Favorites. The original mode remains in its place.
• It's important that you don't adjust it. If you adjust then save in favorites, it stays in the same slot and only saves that solo light’s adjustment.
• You can use this to quickly duplicate a mode during show creation for autoplay timing or delaying mode changes of specific props in a group.
• Because the duplicate copy is always saved to p4m1, you can use this feature to move or re-organize your favorites.
• You can delete the remaining copies if you don’t want them in autoplay, or just leave them until your favorites get full and they are lost off the end of the list.

save a dark mode

• Group-on is not 100% consistent and we don't recommended starting a show from “off” with group on.
• You can save a "dark" mode to Favorites - this enables you to start your show with all your props on, but dark.
• You can use dark modes to make some lights appear to turn off and on during a show.
• To get dark/black: adjust lantern (p1m4) to its dimmest setting and save to p4. 
• Bolder (p3m8) also goes dark at lower brightness, but not at brightness level 5, so it's not recommended.
• Instead of total darkness, we recommend choosing a very dim red, so you can still see that the lights are on and ready.
• The indicators for adjust, off and save are actually the mode blinking on and off - this means you will not see any indicators when saving a dark mode, so you need to count about 10 sec. You WILL see the flashing red delete indicator if you go too far (about 15 sec), it will still save if you let go then :)

create “looks”

• A “look” is the set of saved favorites amongst a group of lights. If you have 2 poi and they're in the same mode, but different colors, that is a "look". If you have 7 clubs and each has a different hue of water mode, that is an awesome look ;)
• There are 4 recommended ways to create looks: 
  • Adjust randomizer: Use adjust randomizer to create a look in any mode and save it to favorites - fast & easy
  • Favorites solo adjust: Save a mode to favorites and then adjust and save each light individually. Saving an adjustment in favorites only saves it locally and the mode stays in the same slot. You can also use this to adjust/fine-tune a look you created with adjust-randomize.
  • Solo-on each light and save a mode to each one separately. This is especially useful if you want different modes in each light, not just different adjustments of the same mode.
  • Ungroup your lights and save your favorites on each separately. This is useful for creating complex shows, plus you can see them all on at the same time, while editing.

create “scenes”

• A “scene” is the set of “looks” amongst multiple props sets in a group
• You can edit scenes just like looks, or by combining multiple separate groups with existing looks

create “shows”

• A show is a series of modes/patterns, looks and or scenes in an intentional order. The sequence of modes may be based on your aesthetic preference, movement style (slow build up, peak, mellow finish, etc.) or a specific song or act.
• We are working on a software/computer/app solution for playing shows to a timeline, but there are  a few ways you can do it directly on your lights:
  • Press the button directly on one of your lights or a remote to advance to the next mode on cue. You can do this discreetly, or work it into your act. This has some advantages, including being able to improvise and adjust to changes in cues. You are in direct control.
  • Have an assistant press the button on an off-stage light or remote on cue.
  • Use auto-play: you can save duplicate modes to increase their duration. Default is 5 sec. per mode. You can adjust the interval. 

  • You cannot save "favorites autoplay" to favorites, but you can save them to show pages

    
    

pro-tips for editing favorites/shows

• If you are adding a new prop to the group, e.g. a new addition or replacement or combining with a friend for a show --> save the favorites before grouping (or temp ungroup) and use an existing group member as reference. 
• Remember the most recently saved mode goes to the first spot, so you’ll need to start from the last mode on the existing prop and work backwards. 
• If you have a lot of favorites to save, make a list. We like the annotation “P#M#” eg. P1M1=Page1 Mode1. For adjusted modes, you’ll need to use your eye and might need the other prop to compare/match.
• To delete all favorites, delete favorites autoplay (the last mode) --> this will revert to the default: 1 favorite: red.
• We recommend not deleting the default favorite (red) as it makes a good landmark for finding autoplay.
• If you use autoplay for your show, you may need to delete the default red mode, just remember what the last mode is, or check by cycling through the modes until you see the first mode, which will show up when you reach autoplay.
• It is possible to save dark/black as a favorite. Do not confuse it for off, or you’ll drain your battery, battery life when "dark" is about 12 hours.
• Modes can be saved to favorites in “adjust” and will retain the adjust position. So if you save bold in adjust when it is green, it will start at green in favorites, and continue adjusting. This can be very useful for shows. Or if you simply like fire mode in adjust where its color is always changing, you can save it that way and not have to enter adjust every time.
• Auto-play modes, including adjusted interval timing, can be saved to favorites, except P5M11 "random-autoplay” and P4 “favorites” autoplay, use show page (p8,p9) autoplay instead.
• Yes, we are working on an app and software solutions that will make all of this faster and easier to do.
  flowOS may only have one button, but the favorites feature is powerful, use responsibly ;D
  
  

• If one light in a group has an extra favorite, or is missing a favorite, it will be out of sync with the rest for every mode after that. 
• To fix this, find and delete or add the missing mode to that single light, or the rest of the group. 
• For details see: "Duplicate, move or re-organize" favorites section above.
• If some lights have more favorites than others, this can cause confusing behavior, especially as they get out of sync in autoplay.