Features

SHOWRUNNER™ has a large number of features focused on the needs of the commercial lighting and hospitality markets and is adaptable to the residential market.

Area Features

• Lighting Loads
• Scene recall
• Master raise/lower
• User configurable scene name, fade time, and load include by scene
• Individual load control within an area
• Select area from touchpanel, areas can be restricted by panel
• RGB controls for applicable fixtures, saved per scene
• Configurable Load Grouping for load consolidation including linked/group area loads
• Dynamic White/Circadian Rhythm CCT Control
  • CCT Control per area for applicable fixtures
  • Global schedule for CCT, astronomical and/or fixed schedules
  • Manual CCT override per area
  • Crestron GLS-LCCT (SolarSync™) sensor integration for daylight tracking
• Demand Response with ability to exclude area from Demand Response event
• Configurable load grouping allows aggregation of loads to a single slider per group, can include linked areas
• HVAC Control
• Shades
• Occupancy Features
  • Occupancy Modes
    • Occupancy
    • Vacancy
    • Disabled
    • Use Hardware Logic (if supported by edge controller)
  • Extend occupancy timeout by user specified seconds, can be scheduled
  • Configurable occupied and vacant scenes, scheduled
  • Configurable grace occupancy support without needing support in hardware
• After Hours support for automatic shutoff after configurable timeout w/ alerting
• Parent Area feature allows one area to trickle down scene recall and raise/lower (if enabled)
• Last Scene Recall timestamp and triggering action recorded

Load Features

• Dynamically assigned/unassigned at runtime to areas
• Supported load types
  • Single Channel
  • Dynamic White/CCT
    • Warm/Cool
    • Intensity/CCT
    • DALI Type 8
    • Pharos Dynamic White
  • RGB/W/A
    • Color Picker
    • W/A channels can be controlled individually or mixed (Pharos)
• Supported load behaviors
  • Dimmable
  • Switched
  • Plug Load
• Dimming Curves
  • Unaffected
  • Linear
  • Linear No Zero Pass (support for EM lights that are not allowed to turn off i.e. Chicago 10%)
  • Logarithmic
  • Non Dim
  • S Curve
  • Soft Linear
  • Square
  • Always On
  • Inverse Log
  • Custom based on input output ranges
• Min/Mix Trim, performed in hardware if supported
• Override Level, performed in hardware if supported
• Unoccupied Level
• Demand Response Level
• Enable/Disable/Override states
• Option to ignore long fade times if the loads is off
• Option recall last level
• Individual daylight harvesting settings, enabled/disabled by scene
  • Open/closed loop
  • Min/Max levels
  • Sensitivity
  • Fade time
• Loads may track other loads
• Remap channels for unusual fixture channel mappings
• Raise/lower, performed with software fade engine if not supported by hardware
• Dynamic White/Circadian Rhythm CCT
  • Custom CCT curves per load or default algorithm
  • Min/Max CCT per load
  • Support for Warm/Cool or Intensity/CCT fixture types
  • Configurable automatic fixture shut off if outside CCT range
  • Crestron GLS-LCCT (SolarSync™) sensor integration for daylight tracking
• Load flashing for identification
• Verified timestamp option
• DALI (DIN-DALI-2/ZUMNET-JBOX-DALI Legacy mode)
  • Addressing/Grouping/Driver Replacement for DALI.  DALI groups are referenced by their controlled load simplifying addressing and replacement procedures.

Scheduling Features

• Algorithm based scheduling engine ensures predictable operation year after year with no need to specifically specify each day
• Area and/or Tag based schedules
• Individual global events or grouped events
• showrunner™ HUB UI Features
  • Day/Week/Month/Time Grid views display all events calculated by the scheduler engine
  • Tree based event/event groups
  • View Built-In Calendars and Groups
  • Create/Edit/Delete Custom Calendars and Groups
• Execute last event on startup (configurable) to bring system in to correct state
• Configurable Actions
  • Scene w/ option to override fade time
  • Change Keypad State (Enable/Disable/Disable Off)
  • Change Occupancy Mode (Occupancy/Vacancy/Disable/Last/Use Hardware)
  • Switch between Normal and After Hours (for Timeout)
  • Change CCT Mode (Auto/Manual)
  • Assign Manual CCT
  • Extend Occupancy Timeout setting
  • Change Scenes Recalled by Occupied/Vacant/On/Off
  • Shade Command (Open/Close)
  • Plug Load Mode (Off/On/Auto)
• Copy Actions from Area to Area
• AM, PM, and Relative to Astronomical (Sunrise/Sunset) Time References
• Event Verification by Date in real-time with month calendar view and event description
• Require a scene to be active before recalling the scheduled scene (optional)
• Advanced Scheduling Feature (Licensed)
  • Event Include and/or Exclude by Calendar(s) and/or Calendar Group(s)
  • Calendar Groups consist of one or more Calendars
  • Calendars can be based on a Date Range or Date Pattern
  • Calendar Properties:
    • Date Range:
      • Start and End Dates
      • Specific Dates selected using Date Picker
      • Recur Annually Option
    • Date Pattern:
      • Year - Restrict to specific year or none
      • Month - Restrict to specific Month(s) or none
      • Week - Restrict to specific Week of the month or none
      • Week Day - Restrict to specific day of the week or none
      • Day - Restrict to a specific day of the month or none
      • Optional: Offset - Offset date based on restrictions
      • Optional: Calculate Observed Weekday Date Before, After, or BeforeOrAfter
    • Enable/Disable
  • Pre-loaded with US Federal and common non-Federal US Holidays

Supported Hardware Features

• Common Settings to all devices
  • Contractor Label
  • Name
  • GlobalId
  • UniqueId (GUID)
• Keypads
  • Support for common fixed configurations, user assignable at runtime
  • Custom keypads with configurable actions per button at runtime
    • Graphic based programming using showrunner™ HUB UI
    • Master raise/lower button support allows assignment of currently selected load/shade/area/etc
    • Custom button layouts w/ labels to assist with generating engravings
  • Flexible Templating Engine
    • Create common keypad templates
    • Apply keypad templates to individual keypads
      • Remap hardware when template is applied
      • Optionally exclude specific hardware and/or buttons
  • User configurable area to control
  • Enable/Disable/Disable Off states
  • Prevent disable option
  • Flip raise/lower on common keypad types
  • Configurable hold time support, done in software if not supported by hardware
  • Configurable double tap time support if supported by hardware
  • Simulate keypads from showrunner™ HUB UI or console
  • Direct load mapping for some common keypads
• Keyswitch and Contact Closure Inputs
  • Supports all versiport and digital inputs
  • Maintained and Momentary supported
  • Feedback output supported
  • Functions
    • Override
    • Scene Recall for Active and Inactive States
    • Demand Response
    • Actions for Active and Inactive States
• Occupancy Sensors:
  • Occupancy configuration for CN and ZUMLINK occupancy sensors
  • ​3rd Party and Non-System occupancy sensor support
  • Occupancy/Vacancy/Disabled/Use Hardware Logic modes, user configurable
  • Configure scenes recalled by area for occupancy and vacancy states
  • Individual max unoccupied level by load for IECC 2018 C405.2.1.3 compliance
  • User configurable assignment of sensor to area(s) and load(s)
  • Occupancy sensors may feed data to multiple areas and loads
  • Last occupied and vacant times recorded
• Partition sensors
  • Support for divisible areas
  • GLS-PART-CN with adjustable sensitivity
  • 3rd party sensor support via hardware inputs
  • User configurable Auto, Combined, and Divided
  • Filtering to ignore noisy partition sensors
  • Change count and last change recorded

Energy Efficiency

• Demand Response/Load Shedding
  • Automatic via sensor input
  • Manually via keypad
• Calculated or Measured Power (Watts)
• Energy Efficiency visualization on floorplan

Security

• Touchscreens: Global User and Technician Passcodes, user configurable.
• showrunner™ HUB
  • Role Based permissions by Group
  • Granular Create, Edit, View, Delete, and Execute permissions by Role
  • Users and API Users assignable to groups
  • Restrict Group by area and tag
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Auto session timeout
  • Login via username/password or PIN code
  • Support for Processor or internal user database
  • Best practices for password handling
• API Users using AWSv4 scheme for authentication per request for maximum security

System Settings

• User configurable time zone, location, and current time
• Addressing and Verification of Cresnet devices by serial number
• Cresnet Device Serial Number capture
• Configurable Global Actions with touchpanel trigger
• Remote hardware support from neighbor ShowRunner System:
  • ​Allows a master ShowRunner system to integrate slave processors
  • AV Serial Interface
  • Loads
  • Controllers
  • Keypad
  • Keyswitches
  • Occupancy Sensor (including setup for Cresnet sensors)
  • Partition Sensors (including setup for Cresnet sensors)
  • Photocells
• Web based reporting directly from the processor allows generation of as built documentation: Cresnet Discovery, Device Status, Event Schedule, Keypad Schedule, Load Schedule, and Panel Schedule

Integrations

• AV Integration protocol via serial port
• BACNET Support for integration of Areas, Loads (Licensed Feature)
• Crestron Fusion (Licensed Feature)
• E-DMX Receiver
  • SACN or Art-Net
  • Enable/Disable control for loads
  • Map DMX to showrunner loads
• EISC Export for AV Integration, dynamic creation from the UI (3-series, classic, EISC Client, EISC Server, VC-4 Client)
• HTTP REST API w/ Authorization
• Lightweight API provides real-time control/feedback of hardware using CoAP
• Zum Floor Hub Support for integration, Export showrunner™ areas to the Floor Hub (Licensed Feature)

Reporting

ShowRunner provides a website via the processor's internal webserver with the following reports.  All data is live at the time of the generation of the report.

• Area Load Schedule - Load schedule by Area
• Area Scene Schedule - Scene settings by Area
• Area - Areas defined
• Cresnet Discovery - Performs an auto-discovery on every attached Cresnet bus and returns the results in a table.  Duplicates are identified.
• Device Status - Provides Cresnet, Ethernet, and Device online status and associated devices.  Cresnet devices include Serial Number [TSID] and version #.
• Event Schedule - Provides configured lat/lon, timezone, sunrise and sunset for current date, scheduled events with associated actions, and Calendars (Advanced Calendaring)
• Keypad Schedule - Provides a list of keypads with Model, Name, Type, Connection Details, Enabled Status, Online Status, settings, and custom actions (if defined)
• Load Schedule - Provides a list of loads per module per panel with connection information and settings.  Report is grouped by panel and module.
• Panel Schedule - Provides a list of lighting modules by panel with module type, label, and connection information.