Calculate
Coordinates, local time, Central Time, and daylight-saving rules produce solar azimuth and elevation every 30 seconds.
Component architecture
How the system
moves and decides.
Every user action, audio signal, video source, and device-status message passes through a coordinated Q-SYS network. Follow the diagram from sources through transport and processing to the room.
Interactive device map
Follow every signal to the room.
Hover over a device to learn its job. Hover over a connecting line to identify the connection and highlight both devices. Keyboard users can tab through every device and path.
On a touch device, tap a device or use the connection list below the map.
3 × Extron ShareLink Pro 500 → Q-SYS NV-32-H
HDMIThree local HDMI feeds carry presentation video and embedded audio from the ShareLink receivers into the rack encoder.
3 × HDMI wall plates → 3 × Q-SYS NV-1-H-WE
HDMIA short local HDMI connection carries each wall-plate source into its nearby network encoder.
Q-SYS NV-32-H → Extreme X435 switch
Q-LAN network videoThe rack encoder places the ShareLink sources on the Q-SYS network for routing.
3 × Q-SYS NV-1-H-WE → Extreme X435 switch
Q-LAN network videoThe wall-plate encoders place each room's local HDMI source on the Q-SYS network.
Shure ULXD4Q → Extreme X435 switch
Dante digital audioFour microphone channels travel as digital audio from the Shure receiver across the network.
Soundtrack player → Extreme X435 switch
Network audio + metadataBackground music and track information enter the coordinated room system through the network.
4 × Q-SYS touch panels → Extreme X435 switch
Q-LAN control + PoETouch commands, synchronized interface state, and device power share the network connection.
Extreme X435 switch → Q-SYS Core 24f
Q-LAN system networkThe Core exchanges audio, video, user commands, status, and synchronization data with network endpoints.
Main shade-request switch → Q-SYS Core 24f
GPIO dry contactThe physical wall switch sends up and down requests to Core general-purpose inputs.
Q-SYS Core 24f → 3 × Q-SYS NV-21-HU
Q-LAN video + controlThe selected stream and synchronized display instructions travel to each room decoder.
3 × Q-SYS NV-21-HU → 3 × room displays
HDMI + RS-232HDMI carries picture and sound to each display; serial control manages power and input selection and returns status.
Q-SYS Core 24f → Q-SYS CX-Q 4K8
Q-LAN processed audioThe Core sends the correct room mix and level for each amplifier output channel.
Q-SYS CX-Q 4K8 → Room loudspeakers
70 / 100-volt speaker linesAmplified audio feeds the distributed ceiling, pendant, and Bistro loudspeaker circuits.
Q-SYS Core 24f → Hearing-assist feed
Balanced analog line audioA dedicated Core line output supplies program sound for accessible listening.
Hearing-assist feed → Hearing-assistance system
Analog program feedProgram audio passes into the room's hearing-assistance equipment.
Q-SYS Core 24f → Somfy URTSI II
RS-232 serial controlStructured manual or solar-scheduler commands tell the Somfy interface which shade should move and in which direction.
Somfy URTSI II → 3 × motorized shades
Somfy radio controlThe interface transmits the final movement command wirelessly to the selected shade motor.
New in v1.6.24–v1.6.25
A solar decision loop.
The window-shade scheduler runs entirely inside Q-SYS. It derives the sun’s position, tests whether direct light is reaching the windows, and sends a movement command only after the target has remained stable.
Compare
The result is compared with the windows’ 15° bearing. Elevation must be at least 3° before closing is considered.
Stabilize
A 70° close threshold, 85° open threshold, and five-minute persistence prevent jitter and unnecessary reversals.
Command
Script 04 asks the Room Session Engine to send the matching Somfy command once. A sunset fallback opens both windows nightly.
New in v1.6.17
A protected measurement loop.
System Verification is a technician-only path. Normal room sessions are shut down and blocked while one loudspeaker circuit is isolated, measured, compared, and—only with approval—adjusted.
Test source
Pink, sine, or white noise is selected. A safety gain starts muted at −60 decibels and ramps only inside Verification Mode.
One target
Audio Matrix input 12 routes the protected signal to PDR, Main Ceiling, Main Pendant, Kitchen, or Bistro. Main Combined remains comparison-only.
Calibrated capture
A measurement microphone feeds both the calibrated sound-pressure-level meter and Q-SYS Responsalyzer for delay, coherence, magnitude, and frequency data.
Human approval
The result can be compared with a runtime baseline. A valid recommendation changes only the matching downstream trim after a technician approves it.
Read the flow
The network carries more than content.
Q-LAN carries audio, video, touch-panel instructions, device health, and synchronization. The Core uses that shared state to decide what each room may control, which resources are available, and how all linked panels should respond.
Video path
ShareLink and wall-plate HDMI sources are encoded onto the network, routed by the Core, decoded by the NV-21 at each active display, then delivered over HDMI. Three ordered Samsung QB85C displays now have transition control in the design alongside the existing Sharp controls; the physical serial handoff and Samsung input/feedback behavior still await commissioning.
Audio path
Microphones arrive over Dante; music and wall plates enter through network or analog inputs. The Core mixes and routes them to the CX-Q amplifier and hearing-assist output. A special-event mode also supports six discrete mono Dante sends to an audio cart and a stereo cart return.
Control path
Touch panels send user intent to the Room Session Engine. The Core returns synchronized screen state and controls displays and shades through network, serial, and GPIO connections.