PoleFX Docs

Web App Overview

The web app is the main way to control your poles: patterns, text, adjustments, effects, scenes, schedules, and settings, all from a browser on your phone, tablet, or laptop.

Read this first

The web app runs on the PoleFX Player itself, not on the internet. Typing polefx.local into a phone that's on your home Wi-Fi or cellular data won't load anything. You first have to join the pole's own network. Here's how.

Getting on the pole's network

There are two ways in. Wi-Fi is easiest; Ethernet is faster and better for running several poles.

Over Wi-Fi (easiest)

Out of the box the player is in Access Point mode. It broadcasts its own Wi-Fi network.

  1. On your phone or computer, open Wi-Fi settings and join the network named pfx_1.
  2. Open a browser and go to http://polefx.local (or http://10.10.10.10).

Over Ethernet (faster, for multiple poles)

  1. Connect your computer to the same switch or router as the player.
  2. Set your computer to a static IP in the 192.168.5.x range (for example 192.168.5.50), with netmask 255.255.255.0. The player lives at 192.168.5.101.
  3. Open a browser and go to http://polefx.local (or http://192.168.5.101).
Nothing loads?

If polefx.local doesn't resolve, try the numeric address instead: 10.10.10.10 on Wi-Fi, 192.168.5.101 on Ethernet. If that still fails, you're almost certainly not on the pole's network yet: recheck that you joined pfx_1 (Wi-Fi) or set a 192.168.5.x address (Ethernet).

See Network for the full picture of how the player, poles, and your control device connect, and the Settings → Wi-Fi and Network tabs for changing how the player joins a network.

What's in the web app

Once you're in, the left sidebar switches between pages:

Page What it does
Patterns Pick and sequence the looks the pole plays
Text Scrolling messages on the pole
Adjustments Brightness, match mode, and display options
Effects Overlay animations on top of the pattern
Scenes Save and recall complete looks
Schedule Weekly scene timer
Preview Full-page live 3D render of the pole
Settings Wi-Fi, network, DMX, outputs, devices, and debug

Good to know

  • The panel on the right is live. It's a 3D preview streaming the pole's real per-LED output, and it appears on every page. For a bigger view, open the Preview page.
  • Changes apply instantly. Picking a pattern, tweaking brightness, or turning on an effect takes effect right away; there's no "apply" step. The Settings page is the exception; its forms have Save buttons.
  • The pole keeps going on its own. It plays whatever you last set even after you close the browser or your phone goes to sleep. You don't need to stay connected.
  • More than one person can control it. Several devices can have the web app open at the same time; everyone sees the same live state.