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Point⚓︎

Point is where you manage your Illumibots and illumiFun: their status, locations, projector power and settings.

While illumiFun is plugged in, Point opens straight into illumiFun's screen. Tap back to see your device list. Tapping Point again returns to illumiFun.

Adding a device⚓︎

  • No devices yet? Tap Get Started.
  • Adding another? Tap Add a bot.

Both open the setup wizard described in Setting up your Illumibot. You can scan the Illumibot's QR code or search your network.

Your devices⚓︎

Each device has a card showing:

  • Short ID — the last 6 characters of the Illumibot's ID, or FUN for illumiFun.
  • Location photo — the photo of the active location, as the card's background.
  • Status — Online, Checking, Offline or No location yet, plus the active location's name. When the device is online and playing something, it also shows LIVE in green.
  • Wi-Fi strength — shown when the device is online over Wi-Fi.

Point tab with device cards

Tap a card to open Edit Illumibot. Each card also has quick buttons:

Button What it does
Power Turn the projector on or off. If power control isn't set up yet, this opens the Projector Control Hub. illumiFun cards don't have this button.
Send an image Opens Send Image, so you can show a test image on the projector: Original (location photo), Mask, Checker, White, Black, Color Chart, Red, Green, Blue, Focus or Test Video. Handy for focusing and checking alignment. This button appears once the device has a location.
Go to prompt Open Prompt Chat for this device.

Send Image sheet with test images

Filtering, sorting and bulk actions⚓︎

With more than one device, the top of the page gets extra controls:

  • Show — All, Live (online and projecting), Online or Offline.
  • Sort by — Projecting first, Name A-Z or Recently added.
  • Every-bot actions — these apply to the devices currently shown:
    • Power all on / Power all off — illumiFun is skipped.
    • Show all projections / Hide all projections
    • Reorder bots — drag to change the order.
    • Select bots — pick several devices, then Power them off, Move to a group, or make a new Group. Move to and Group need two or more Illumibots selected. You can also long-press a card to start selecting.

Groups⚓︎

With two or more Illumibots, a Groups tab appears. A group is a named set of locations, one per Illumibot. For example, a Halloween group might use the Garage door location on one bot and the Porch location on another.

  • New group — name it and choose a location for each Illumibot.
  • Power the group — choose Power on or Power off. Power on switches every member to the group's location and turns its projector on. An Illumibot can only show one location at a time, so if the group takes bots from another group, its status line says so (takes N from <group>).
  • Prompt the group — create for every location in the group at once.
  • Group options — Manage group, Rename, Check for updates (update every Illumibot in the group) or Delete group.

Edit Illumibot⚓︎

Tap a device card to open it. The top-right buttons are Power projector, Send image and Settings.

Edit Illumibot screen with locations and setup steps

Locations⚓︎

A location saves one setup: its photo, alignment and mask. Always check the right location is selected before you create.

  • Add location — start a new setup.
  • Location menu:
    • View Prompts — see what you've made for this location.
    • Move to another illumibot / Copy to another illumibot / Duplicate on this illumibot
    • Delete this location — see below.

Deleting a location also deletes everything made for it, and it can't be undone. Before anything goes, the app shows you what will be affected:

  • Prompts made for the location can't be played again.
  • Timeline shows that use it are deleted.
  • Slideshows that use it are deleted or lose those scenes.

Tokens spent on its creations and AI transitions aren't refunded. Press and hold Delete to confirm, or tap Keep to back out. The Illumibot itself isn't touched. If it was the Illumibot's last location, an empty my-location takes its place.

Below the locations are the setup steps: Name, Photo, Alignment, Mask and Prompt. If the location isn't finished yet, pick a Setup Mode first: Automatic Setup (Beta), Guided Setup (Beta) or Advanced Setup.

  • Automatic and Guided Setup take their own photo, so they skip Photo. Neither is offered when the projector is mounted on its side.
  • Advanced Setup starts with Projector Rotation, after Resolution when that step is there.

See Set up a location.

Illumibot Settings⚓︎

Open a device, then tap Settings.

Illumibot Settings: Device Info Illumibot Settings: Maintenance Illumibot Settings: Projection and Playback

Device Info⚓︎

Shows the ID (tap to copy), Version, storage, Temperature, Memory Used, Uptime, IPV4, WiFi network, Resolution and Last seen. The version is green when it meets the minimum supported version, and red when it's older.

Connected Projector shows what the Illumibot reads from your projector over HDMI, such as its manufacturer, model, serial number and when it was made.

Maintenance⚓︎

  • Check For Updates — update the Illumibot's firmware. See Firmware updates.
  • Diagnose & Refresh illumibot — try this first if the projector shows a green Illumibot logo and the Illumibot isn't responding.
  • Restart illumibot — make sure your projector is on first.
  • Connect to WiFi — join the Illumibot to your Wi-Fi from the app. Power the Illumibot on and put it in setup mode, then tap Continue: your phone joins the Illumibot's setup network, and a page opens where you enter your home Wi-Fi details. Only on newer firmware.
  • Replace illumibot — scan a new Illumibot's QR code to move this one's name and locations onto it. The old Illumibot is unlinked from your account.
  • Transfer illumibot — give this Illumibot to someone else (not available for illumiFun). Enter the email they sign in with (they need an Illumibot account), tap Continue, then confirm Transfer.
    • Its locations and shows, and the prompts made on it, move to their account.
    • Anything shared with another of your Illumibots stays with you.
    • You lose access as soon as the transfer starts, and only they can send it back.

Projection⚓︎

  • Projector Control — opens the Projector Control Hub.
  • HDMI power check — when on, the Illumibot reads the HDMI link to tell whether the projector is on. Location setup needs this on to change resolution.
  • View Alignment History — every saved alignment. Favorite the good ones, and Restore any of them to the active location.
  • Reset Corner Skew — clear the corner pins on the active location.
  • Resolution — choose the resolution the Illumibot sends to the projector. Recommended options are listed first. Your corner pins are rescaled automatically.
  • Projector Remote, Set Up IR Control and Projector Automations — on newer firmware, use your projector's remote from the app, teach the Illumibot your remote's buttons over infrared, and chain remote presses. See IRLink and Automations & integrations.

Playback⚓︎

  • Picture & Sound — adjust Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue and Volume, or Mute, on what's playing. Changes show on the projector straight away and last as long as the show does. Keep them to have every show after this one start with the same settings (older firmware can't keep them; update the Illumibot first). Only on newer firmware.
  • Stop what is playing
  • Scheduled Shows / Clear scheduled shows — see what's scheduled on this Illumibot, or clear it. Shows your automations run are kept. Only on newer firmware.

Danger Zone⚓︎

  • Clear Cache — frees space on the Illumibot.
  • Factory Reset — wipes what's stored on the Illumibot. Your locations and creations in the app are not deleted. On newer firmware, you can choose Keep network settings (on by default).
  • Delete — at the bottom of Settings. Removes the Illumibot and everything made for it from your account. You'll see the same review and press-and-hold confirm as deleting a location. The Illumibot itself isn't wiped; to do that too, run Factory Reset first.

Tip

Having trouble? Try Diagnose & Refresh, then Restart, then Clear Cache, before a factory reset.

Projector Control Hub⚓︎

Projector Control Hub with power protocol choices

This is how the Illumibot turns your projector on and off. Open it from Settings → Projector Control, or tap Power before power control is set up.

Under Preferred Power Protocol, choose CEC, IRLink, PJ Link, HTTP or Serial, then set it up. HTTP and Serial appear only when your Illumibot's firmware supports them. Once a method is set up, its button changes to Reconfigure.

CEC (HDMI)⚓︎

Many projectors can be controlled over the HDMI cable.

  1. Tap Start Setup.
  2. Find and turn on the CEC setting in your projector's menu. It's usually called HDMI-CEC, or a brand name such as Anynet+ (Samsung), Bravia Sync (Sony) or SimpLink (LG).
  3. Tap Test Power On.

If CEC doesn't work, try IRLink.

IRLink is an infrared blaster that copies your projector remote. Buy one from the Illumibot shop, then:

  1. Choose Same Button (Toggle) or Different Buttons (Separate On/Off).
  2. Point your projector remote at the Illumibot and tap Record IR Signal (or Record Power ON Signal, then Record Power OFF Signal).
  3. Test Signal. When it works, tap Yes, It Worked! Save. With separate on/off buttons, the first test asks Yes, Record Power OFF instead.

Advanced IR Settings has Rely on HDMI for power status, Send Count and Send Delay, for projectors that miss signals.

On newer firmware, Settings → Set Up IR Control also offers Projectors we know, a library of ready-made remotes. You can copy more buttons (inputs, menu, sound) and use them from Settings → Projector Remote.

For projectors with a network port. Guide to setup PJLink walks you through it.

  • Use Local Connection — on if the projector is plugged straight into the Illumibot with an Ethernet cable; off if it's connected to your router. Hidden when the Illumibot itself is on Ethernet.
  • Projector Addressing — on newer firmware, with a local connection, choose Static or DHCP. With DHCP you don't enter an IP address.
  • Projector IP Address, PJ link Port (default 4352) and PJ Link Password (if your projector has one).
  • Prefer shutter for hide/show — Show/Hide all projections use the projector's shutter (video mute) instead of sending a black image.

Tap Setup & Save. PJ Link also powers the projector on and off automatically when scheduled shows start and end.

HTTP (network)⚓︎

For projectors with their own web interface. The Illumibot sends power, shutter and freeze commands to it.

  1. Tap Setup HTTP.
  2. Choose a Projector Make: Barco, Epson, InFocus or Custom. With Custom, you write the Requests your projector answers to.
  3. Enter the Projector Address. Leave Sign In on VENDOR DEFAULT unless you've changed the projector's web password. If you pick DIGEST or BASIC, enter the Username and Password.
  4. Tap Setup & Save.

Serial (RS232 or network)⚓︎

For projectors that take serial commands. A scheduled show can then turn the projector on at the start and off at the end.

  1. Tap Setup Serial.
  2. Choose a Projector Make: BenQ or ViewSonic.
  3. Choose a Connection:
    • RS232 — a USB-to-RS232 adapter plugged into the Illumibot, connected to the projector's RS232 port with a null-modem cable. Pick the USB Adapter and set the Baud Rate to match the projector's menu.
    • Ethernet — the same commands over the projector's network port. Under Projector Addressing, choose DHCP (cabled straight to the Illumibot), Static (cabled straight to it with an address you set on the projector) or Network (both on the same network through a router). Enter the Projector IP Address if asked, and check the Control Port. Turn on network control in standby in the projector's menu, or it can't be turned on over Ethernet.
  4. Tap Setup & Save.

Start over: on newer firmware, the Hub's menu has Delete all control methods. It makes the Illumibot forget every way of reaching the projector, so you can set it up again from scratch.

Firmware updates⚓︎

When an update has downloaded and is waiting for your approval, Home shows Update ready under Needs attention. Tap it to approve the install. When a newer version is out, Needs attention shows Update available, which opens the update page. You can also check from Settings → Check For Updates.

  1. Check your illumibot is online.
  2. Before you update:
    • Use a good internet connection. Ethernet is best.
    • Keep the Illumibot powered on. Updates can take up to an hour.
    • The projector shows a white screen while it updates.
  3. Tap Update Now and follow the progress: Queued → Download → Install → Restart.

When it's done, you'll see Your illumibot is up to date. If an update fails, the app shows Last update didn't finish. The Illumibot stays on its previous version. Dismiss the message and tap Update Now to try again. If the page can't check for updates at all, tap Try Again.

You can update every Illumibot in a group at once with Group options → Check for updates.

Automations & integrations (advanced)⚓︎

On newer firmware, Settings → Integrations lets your Illumibot react to the world around it.

Integration What it's for
Set Up DMX / DMX Fixtures / DMX Groups / DMX Automations / DMX Presets Connect to lighting rigs over USB DMX, Art-Net or sACN. Trigger shows from DMX channels, or send DMX levels.
Set Up Arduino / Arduino Automations Plug an Arduino into the Illumibot over USB. Trigger shows when a pin changes, something moves into range, or a sensor reading crosses a threshold.
Webhook Triggers Get a web address that starts an action when something on your network calls it.
Projector Automations (under Projection) Chain remote presses, such as switch to HDMI. They have their own editor, with four triggers: When you ask, The projector comes on, The projector goes off and The picture changes size.

DMX, Arduino and webhook automations each run one or more actions, chosen under What should it do?:

  • Run a show (optionally looping) or Stop what is playing
  • Control what is playing — pause, resume, mute or unmute the projection
  • Tell the projector — power, blank or show the screen, mute or unmute audio
  • Set DMX levels or Drive a pin — these appear once a DMX setup that can send, or an Arduino, is set up and turned on.
  • Call an address — send a web request

If the Illumibot says it cannot run automations yet, update its firmware first.