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programming is done, you’ll see the light on the Director Board blink 10
times, pause, then repeat. That’s your cue that the program was uploaded
successfully.

Press the “RST” button again to reset the system and begin the program!

If you have any troubles, visit the troubleshooting page for help resolving
your issues.

Summary of Contents for 14486

Page 1: ...rough the Spectacle User s Guide It will give you the basics you ll need to know about how Spectacle works to follow the rest of this tutorial Spectacle Audio Board The Spectacle Audio Board allows yo...

Page 2: ...output Be certain you are plugging cables into the right jacks Plugging an audio device into one of the Spectacle jacks could cause damage to the audio device Note that the Spectacle data jacks are di...

Page 3: ...figuration application Filename examples are 00 ogg 01 ogg 02 ogg and so forth Spectacle Button Board The Spectacle Button Board allows you to add input from buttons or switches to your Spectacle proj...

Page 4: ...y grab on and hold the wire in place If you need to remove the wire later an small object bobby pin ballpoint pen etc can be used to depress the release button allowing the wire to be extracted withou...

Page 5: ...Spectacle Light Board integrates with the rest of the Spectacle ecosystem to allow you to control lighting effects relatively effortlessly It has two 1 8 3 5mm jacks for Spectacle control signals Pay...

Page 6: ...fied lower down wait __ seconds and play This is the first delay in the system You can sequence events however you see fit by delaying when a sound plays file number __ This is where you tell the boar...

Page 7: ...e a continuous switch type output Action on press Trigger an action when a button is first pressed regardless of how long it is subsequently held down When button number __ is pressed This is the numb...

Page 8: ...for turning on a light strip effect for instance Action on press or release Trigger an action when a button is pressed then trigger the same action again when the button is released When button number...

Page 9: ...ating a sound or for turning on and keeping on at least while the button is held a lighting effect Latch On Latch Off This action is like a latching power switch One press turns the signal on another...

Page 10: ...effect displays a rainbow of colors across the strip changing the color of each pixel indvidually to make it appear as though the rainbow is scrolling along the lightstrip While channel number __ is a...

Page 11: ...reate multiple actions chase speed slider controls how fast the pattern moves as it scrolls past color picker input allows you to select the color of the lights Scanning effect Scanning mode sees a sm...

Page 12: ...continuous input signal is needed twinkle lightstrip number __ Select which lightstrip you wish the twinkle effect to operate on To have the same effect on multiple lightstrips you must create multip...

Page 13: ...ten the lightning strike occur moves as it scrolls past fury slider controls how furious the lightning is Play with it Flame effect Causes the entire strip to crackle like a fire While channel number...

Page 14: ...color color picker The other color which the strip fades to and from periodically fade speed slider Controls how fast the fading action occurs Fill Fills some number of lights on the light strip with...

Page 15: ...g Sounds to OGG Vorbis Format The files used by the Spectacle Audio Board must be in OGG Vorbis format This free lossy codec has a higher compression ratio than MP3 and more importantly can be used wi...

Page 16: ...d others By default Audacity shows all files not just compatible audio files when you bring up the open dialog There s a dropdown menu that allows you to change that so it shows only compatible audio...

Page 17: ...iliar looking save window should pop up Right below the File name field you ll see a drop down menus labeled Save as type Select Ogg Vorbis Files in that drop down A slider will appear at the bottom o...

Page 18: ...of that dead time before and after the sound plays To do so simply click inside the playback position window and drag as though you are trying to select a section of text The part you ve selected wil...

Page 19: ...ip Well first of all the preset amplification only takes into account the peak value of your sound so if one small section of the audio is allowed to clip it may allow the vast majority of the sound t...

Page 20: ...Program jack on the Director Board Take the other end of this cable and plug it into the audio jack of the phone tablet or computer that you ll be using to program the system Then take the other end...

Page 21: ...rd Now plug the speaker into the Audio Out jack on the Audio Board Insert the micro SD card into the Audio Board Plug another of the TRRS cables into the Out jack on your Audio Board Plug the other en...

Page 22: ...e light which blinks one time then pauses then repeats This shows that power is present and the boards are up and running Setting up the board configuration We re going to assume that you followed the...

Page 23: ...e Add a board button at the bottom of the page This will bring up a list of the available boards We re going to add our Button Board first of all so click anywhere in the Button box to add it Now repe...

Page 24: ...he boards in hardware If the order of your boards differs from that in the image above you can use the up and down carets in the board name bar to change the order of the boards Now you ll need to add...

Page 25: ...for the Button Board This list will pop up after you click the Add an action button We re going to add two actions Action on Press and Action on Release Click the Action on Press list item then click...

Page 26: ...ou need to put a value in every field for the design to be valid Here are the settings you ll want to put into place for this project You can see that the Action on Press is tied to channel 0 and we r...

Page 27: ...ack button to return to your list of boards This will automatically save the changes you ve made You can see here that the actions we added for the Button Board appear in the main board list as a remi...

Page 28: ...Board It s the only action the Audio Board supports Fill in the blanks on the play sound page as shown above Back in the main frame you ll see that the play sound action has been added to the Audio B...

Page 29: ...shows the full list of actions that the Light Board supports We re going to use the Fill Color option twice for our project Below are the settings for the first Fill Color effect to be added This turn...

Page 30: ...pixels off when the button is released You can now click the Go Back button to return to the main page Congratulations You ve completed configuration of your first Spectacle project Now let s cover l...

Page 31: ...source music video etc is playing in the background Then press and hold the RST button on the Director Board press and hold the PROG button then release the RST button This will put the Director Board...

Page 32: ...Spectacle User s Guide MAY 4 2017 The Spectacle system is designed to help those without electronics or programming experience integrate electronics into projects Spectacle Audio Board Hookup Guide A...

Page 33: ...eed to use the Spectacle Motion Kit in one place Spectacle Motion Board Hookup Guide All the information you need to use the Spectacle Motion Kit in one place Spectacle Button Board Hookup Guide All t...

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