Integrating Light-O-Rama and IGNITE (Fireworks System)

Step 1:

Design Your Fireworks Show

Design your fireworks show using the online IGNITE Show Designer or GLOW 3D from selected retailers to design your fireworks show and generate a 4-digit show code.

Step 2:

Design Your Light Show

Design your Light-O-Rama light show using the Show Time Sequencing Suite, version 6.3.16 Pro or above.

Start by creating your Preview (layout) in the Light-O-Rama Sequencer and draw all of the non-firework elements in your show.

When designing your musical sequence, select the same .mp3 audio file you used with IGNITE.

Step 3:

Add SMPTE to your audio using IGNITE Show Designer

From IGNITE Show Designer, go to the Audio Studio by clicking the MP3 icon from the lower left of IGNITE Show Designer. Then, select to add SMPTE to your currently selected soundtrack.

Step 4:

Split Your Mobile Audio Output

The IGNITE app will play music through the left channel and SMPTE timecode on the right channel. You will need to use an audio output splitter to connect the music to your sound system and SMPTE to your computer running Light-O-Rama.

For newer iPhones and Androids, you can use a type C to RCA  audio splitter cable. For older iPhones, you can use a lightning cable to RCA audio splitter cable. You can then use varying RCA adapters such as a mono RCA to 3mm cables to connect to your computer and / or sound system.*

Step 5:

Configure LOR for SMPTE

In the LOR Control Panel, v6.3.16+, enable Time Code Sync under Settings>Integration (Pro license level).

After enabling, click on the "Play Shows" tab. If you are already in a playback mode, click "Disable Player" in the upper right, then select "Sync Follower."

In "Sync Follower Settings":
1. Set the expected frame rate to 30 fps.
2. Set "If the time code signal is lost..." to 0.
3. Set option to "Sync using SMPTE LTC (via audio)"
4. Select the audio input device that will receive the SMPTE LTC signal. (Typically the microphone input.)

Step 6:

Create Your LOR Cue List

1. if the cue list has sequences from a different show, click the "New" button
2. Click the "+" button at the top left and select the sequence you created in step 2
3. Click the pencil icon at the right side of the new cue list entry. Set the time code to "00:00". Then click the "Update" button at the bottom.
4. The cue list entry should show the duration of the sequence, and then the "00:00:00" time code.

The lights should start playing as soon as the time code is received from Ignite. No music will play from the LOR computer (audio is handled from IGNITE, shown in Step 4).

Step 7:

Fire Your Fireworks Show with IGNITE

Use IGNITE to start your show by going to the Shows section of the IGNITE app and selecting to fire your show. When the show fires, SMPTE will output from the right channel of your mobile device and into Light-O-Rama to start the show in perfect sync.

We recommend performing "dry runs" with IGNITE to simulate your show until you feel comfortable with the integration, audio, and module firing. For questions about IGNITE, contact help@ignitefiringsystems.com.

*Connecting Cables

If using a PC with a combined mic/headphone jack (almost all laptops do, some desktops have separate jacks), you will need a cable like the picture shown to split the mic and headphone.

Then plug a "3.5mm Stereo Male to Dual RCA" adapter into the mic input. The SMPTE signal can be plugged into either RCA jack.

For help with microphone settings, click here.