Software · Fleet manager

Polaris

One list for every RavLight fixture on the network. Find, patch and update a whole rig from a PC or a phone.

Download for Windows Portable version

Version 0.3.3 · preview · free, also for commercial use

Polaris device list
How it works

A service on one PC, opened in a browser

Polaris runs on a PC on the lighting network. You open it on that PC, or from a phone or tablet on the same network.

1 · Install

The installer starts Polaris at boot and opens the firewall. The portable version needs no installation: unzip and run.

2 · Find

Polaris searches the network and lists every fixture that answers, with what it is set to.

3 · Manage

Patch, rename, identify and update from the list. Changes are written straight to the fixtures.

Find

Every fixture, every subnet

Give the PC an address on each lighting subnet and Polaris searches all of them. Where a router blocks the search, it probes addresses directly.

  • Personality, universe, start channel and IP in one row
  • Identify flashes the fixture so you find it in the rig
  • Replace moves the settings of a dead fixture onto a spare
Polaris device list
Patch

A whole group at once

Type the first start address and Polaris lays out the rest, each fixture by its own channel count. It proposes, you check, then it writes.

  • Art-Net, sACN or DMX cable, chosen per group
  • Universes and DHCP or static IP for every fixture
  • An Orion counts twice: the winch and its LED outputs
Polaris group patch
Projects

Prepare at the workshop, open at the venue

A project file holds the fleet and the patch. Fixtures not yet on the network are kept as placeholders with their full settings, ready to bind to real hardware.

Project view
Update

New firmware for the whole rig

Polaris downloads the firmware once and sends it to the fixtures over the network. Only the PC needs the internet.

It updates a couple of fixtures at a time and starts with one on its own. If an image is wrong, it stops at one fixture.

Twelve Veyron at BASE, managed with Polaris
Requirements

What it needs

System
Windows 64-bit
Installer
6.9 MB, administrator rights once
Portable
8.9 MB zip, nothing installed
Interface
http://localhost:8420
Ports
UDP 4211, TCP 8420 and 8500–8599
Firmware
2.23.3 or later for network updates
Network
Local only, best on a lighting VLAN
Security
No login: protect the network it runs on