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Pattern tab in the menu: create new custom patterns

  1. Press the “Pattern” tab at the bottom

  2. Press “All Zones” then the box to the right of a zone to select the zone

  3. Press x to go back

  4. Press “Pattern Mode” to choose a movement

  5. Press the – and + next to “# Colors” to select the colors

  6. Press the “Adjust” tab at the top to add more effects

  7. Press “Save”

  • Press the pattern tab at the bottom of the screen

  • Select the zone:

  • Press ▼ next to “All Zones” to select the zone you’d like to turn on

    • By default, your system is set to a zone called “All Lights”

    • If you have created your own zones, they will show up here

  • Press the box to the right of the zone you want to make the pattern for, when selected it will have a ✓

  • Press x to go back to the page to create a pattern

  • Select a pattern mode:

    • Press the ▼ next to the pattern mode

      • Color – Solid

      • Chase – Lights moving in sequence

      • Paint – Solid color that changes color by stacking 1 light at a time back and forth

      • Stacker – Solid color that chances color by one light tracing through and stacking to the other side (zones have to be set up to use this)

      • Sequence – All lights flashing through the same colors in the pattern at the same time

      • Multi-Paint – Solid color that changes color by spreading out from a point

    • Select the number of colors in the pattern:

      • Press the – and + next to “# Colors”

      • For a uniform solid color, set the “# Colors” to “1”

    • Change the colors in the pattern

      • Press the color you want to change

        • A selected color will become a circle, meaning you can change it

        • An unselected color is a square and must be selected to change

      • Using the rainbow sliding bar, choose a new color

      • The second sliding bar will adjust the shade/intensity of the color

    • To save a color:

      • Press and hold a square under  “Custom” while the color you want to be saved is playing

  • “Adjust” tab in the upper menu

    • Color Transforms

      • Must have two or more colors selected in the pattern

      • There are different color transforms available for different pattern modes (not all color transforms are available for every pattern mode)

      • Select a color transform by pressing the ▼ next to “No Color Transform”

        • No Color Transforms – Doesn’t do any color transforms

        • Repeat – Changes the amount of lights that are each color in a row

          • If the repeat number is 3, there will be 3 of each color in a row

        • Progression – How many colors will show between the transition from one color to another

          • If the progression number set is 3, the lights change color in 3 steps from red to blue (red, dark pink, light pink, white, reverse)

        • Fade – Changes the brightness intensity from color to color

          • If the fade number is 3, the lights change brightness in 3 steps from color to color (off, half on, fully on, half on, off, change color, repeat

        • Skip – Makes the pattern skip lights, instead of changing every light

          • If the skip number is 3, every 3rd light will move the pattern

        • Fill with Black – Turns lights off between each color

          • If the fill with black number is 3, there will be 3 lights turned off between each color

    • Direction – Changes the direction of the pattern

    • # of LED’s – A pattern playing in multiple places at once

      • If the # of LED’s is 2, the lights will be playing 1 pattern in 2 places

    • Effects

      • No Effect – No effect

      • Twinkle – Flashes 1 white light randomly

        • The slider next to “Twinkle” changes the frequency

      • Lighting – Flashes 3 white lights randomly

        • The slider next to “Lighting” changes the frequency

    • Speed – Use the slider to change the speed

    • Brightness – Use the slider to change the brightness

    • Red – Use the slider to take out or put in red into the pattern

    • Green – Use the slider to take out or put in green into the pattern

    • Blue – Use the slider to take out or put in blue into the pattern

  • “Save”

    • Rename the pattern created

    • Choose the category it will be under on the “List” page or create a new category

    • *Note* – Only saved patterns can be recalled by timer or calendar events, or recalled spontaneously