On-Screen Display¶

The PoleFX Player has a front-panel screen and five buttons for the controls you need without a phone or laptop.

On the Now Playing screen, Up and Down adjust global brightness, Left and Right change the pattern, and Select opens the menu.

Inside the menu, Up and Down move through choices or adjust the selected value. Left goes back. Right opens a section or advances a value. Select confirms the highlighted choice.

Front-Panel Menu¶

The screen shows three rows at a time, but the full menu follows this topology. Items hidden on the player's release channel are hidden here too.

Interactive panel

Scenes¶

Scenes lists every look saved on the web app's Scenes page. Up and Down browse the list, Select applies the highlighted scene immediately, and Left returns to the top-level menu.

A scene does not get a > current marker. Applying one restores its saved look, but any adjustment afterward can change that look, so there is no single scene that remains authoritative.

Patterns¶

Patterns lists every active pattern in the order shown on the web app's Patterns page. The screen shows up to three names at a time. A > before a name marks the pattern currently playing. The highlighted row is the pattern you are browsing, so the highlight and the > can be on different rows until you make a selection.

• Up / Down: move the highlight through the list without changing what is playing.
• Select: play the highlighted pattern.
• Right: move to the next pattern and play it immediately.
• Left: return to the top-level menu.

If a pattern is missing, open the web app's Patterns page and make it active. You can also use that page to change the order shown here.

Playlist¶

Playlist chooses which set of patterns the player uses for Previous, Next, Shuffle, and Sequential playback. The list contains All, Favorites, and every custom playlist created on the web app's Patterns page.

• Up / Down: browse without changing the active playlist.
• Select: make the highlighted playlist active.
• Left: return to the top-level menu.

A > marks the active playlist. The Now Playing screen shows its name below the pattern and counts positions within that playlist.

Playback¶

Playback contains the same live controls as the web app's Adjustments page:

• Levels > Global: master brightness for the whole output, from 0 to 100.
• Levels > Pattern: brightness of the pattern layer, from 0 to 100.
• Levels > Text: brightness of the text layer, from 0 to 100.
• Mode: Single holds one pattern, Shuffle changes patterns randomly, and Sequential follows the active playlist in order.
• Timer: how many seconds Shuffle or Sequential holds each pattern, from 5 to 120 seconds.

On a level or timer value, Up raises it and Down lowers it. On Mode, Up, Down, or Right cycles through the choices. Changes appear on the pole immediately.

Color¶

Color changes how the current pattern is recolored:

• Match: Off uses the pattern's original colors, Static uses one hue, and Gradient maps the pattern across a gradient.
• Static Hue: chooses the hue used by Static mode, from 0 to 180.
• Gradient > Preset: chooses one of the saved gradient presets. A > marks the active preset.
• Gradient > Scroll Speed: moves the gradient backward or forward, from -10 to 10. Zero holds it still.

Up and Down adjust a value or browse presets. Select applies a highlighted preset. The web app's Adjustments page provides the same color controls on a larger screen.

Text¶

Text turns the text layer On or Off. Up, Down, or Right changes the setting. Use Text in the web app to write messages and set their appearance and animation. Text brightness is under Playback > Levels > Text.

Network¶

Network shows the addresses and credentials reported by the running player. For setup diagrams and connection instructions, see the full Network guide.

Wi-Fi¶

Mode switches between Access Point and Client. Open the desired mode, open its confirmation item, then press Select. Access Point creates the player's own network. Client joins the network whose name and password were saved in the web app. Switching modes can disconnect the phone or laptop you are using.

The remaining rows show the current mode, polefx.local address, IP address, network name, and password. The password is shown in Access Point mode and masked in Client mode.

Ethernet¶

Ethernet shows the .local address, the player's fixed pole-network address, and its optional secondary IP.

Change IP opens the secondary-IP editor. Left and Right choose an address octet, Up and Down change it, and Select applies the address. Moving Left from the first octet exits without applying. Use Save > Save Settings afterward if the address should survive a restart.

DMX¶

DMX controls the player's input from a lighting console:

• Status: Disabled ignores DMX input; Active enables it.
• Start Channel: the first of the player's DMX channels. The dial runs to 512, but the block is ten channels wide, so anything above 503 is pulled back to 503. See DMX.

Up, Down, or Right changes Status. Up and Down adjust the start channel. Use Save > Save Settings when the setup is correct. The DMX Control guide covers wiring and the complete channel map.

System¶

Restart App saves the current settings, then restarts the player software. The operating system and front panel remain running.

Reboot saves the current settings, then restarts the whole player. Wait about a minute for the web app and network to return.

Both actions have a confirmation item beneath them. Nothing happens until that item is highlighted and Select is pressed.

Factory Reset¶

Use this when a setting has left the player unreachable, which usually means the Wi-Fi settings. It is on the front panel precisely because it does not need the web app: you can always reach it with the buttons.

Settings puts every setting back the way the player left the factory, including Wi-Fi. The display then shows the network name, password and address to use, so write them down or leave the screen up while you rejoin. Your patterns, scenes and playlists are not touched, and neither are your output settings, so the pole keeps working exactly as it did.

Every setting means every setting. Brightness, the autoplay mode and timer, the color match and your gradient presets, your saved text messages, and the DMX mode and start channel all go back to factory values with the Wi-Fi. Use Undo below if that was more than you wanted.

Pole Type is for the opposite problem: a pole that has gone dark or is showing scrambled output because the wrong output profile is selected. Pick the pole you own, and the player switches to that profile. The other profiles stay on the list, so if you pick the wrong one you can simply pick again.

Undo puts back the settings from just before the last reset. The player saves a copy every time you use either item above, and restarts once it has put them back. If you have not reset anything, there is nothing to undo and the display says so.

Save¶

Most front-panel changes appear on the pole immediately. Save Settings writes the current settings and pattern information to storage so they return after a restart or power loss. The display reports whether the write succeeded, then returns to the top-level menu.

Use Save after any normal front-panel adjustment you want to keep. Restart App and Reboot save automatically, while the actions under Factory Reset handle their own storage changes.