Miranda is not only a device, but a service as well. You will need an account to access the Miranda Programmer and the Miranda Management Portal.
This account can be set up by contacting support@benpeoples.com. Please provide the email you want tied to your device/account.
7. Log In
Under Miranda Cloud Login > Email, fill in your account email and click Request Token. It will only take a minute or so to get your code via your registered email account.
When the email arrives from Miranda Login (search your spam folder if it doesn’t appear after five minutes), copy the code into the field below your email labeled Token and press Authenticate.
If this is your first time using a new Miranda setup, a Project file will appear that has been customized for you. It will be named (Purchaser Name) System (Year/Month/Date) where Purchaser name is yours or the client’s name.
Select this file from the drop down, then click on Download Project.
A popup window will allow you to choose where to save a local version of the file and adjust the name. When you are done making adjustments, press Download to continue.
Click on the Patch Tab on the left. To add fixtures, click and drag a profile (for instance “8-bit RGBW”) below the controller.
When you select the fixture, the Fixture Properties window appears to show information about the fixture.
Set the starting address for your fixture using absolute addressing. This means, if you have a fixture starting on the first address of the second universe, set the Address to 513 (512+1=513).
If are using many of the same kind of fixture, after you have set the first one up and addressed it, simply right-click and select Duplicate or Duplicate Multiple to create as many as you need.
Once you have your fixtures input, and your first fixture addressed, you can select the range of fixtures by clicking the first, holding shift and clicking the last fixture.
Right click and select Auto-address Fixtures. Miranda will automatically address your fixtures, continuing from the first address.
Setting the first fixture of any new group of fixtures is necessary for Auto-addressing to work.
Project Colors are created and stored on the left of the Colors Tab and edited on the right. The Color Picker is the default way to create a Project Color, and in this window there are several ways to choose your exact color.
To start, drag the white rectangle at the bottom of the color picker to choose the initial hue.
Once you have chosen your hue, click anywhere in the Color Picker above to choose your color.
As the Color Picker does not use the white emitters you may have, use the Black to White slider below the hue slider to control your white light emitters directly.
Be sure to name each color at the top of the Color Picker view by clicking the Name field to edit.
Since there is no “Record” or “Update” required for Miranda, creating a cues starts with adding an empty cue, then adding a Cue Step and placing intensities and colors within it.
In the lower right hand corner, click Add Cue.
Create a new cue step by typing a name in the New Cue Step field. You must have at least one cue step.
With a cue step created, whatever changes you make will be saved automatically into the cue.
Once you have created a cue (or cues), you can tell Miranda when to automatically trigger these cues in the Triggers Tab.
Click the Add New Trigger button at center to create a new trigger.
Select your new trigger to view the Trigger Properties column.
Trigger Properties
Label: A field to label the trigger to keep things organized.
Description: Another field for extra information describing the trigger.
Priority: Allows you to define which triggers take precedence over others.
Action: Lets you choose which cue the trigger will fire.
Start Type:
Time: Time of day, expressed in 24 hour clock for manual entry.
Sunrise: Since sunrise moves each day, Miranda can use your latitude and longitude to know when that is each day.
Warning: You must input your latitude and longitude for this feature to work as designed.
Sunset: Since sunset moves each day, Miranda can use your latitude and longitude to know when that is each day.
Warning: You must input your latitude and longitude for this feature to work as designed.
Button: The buttons correlate to the device’s contact closures.
Startup: Allows you to set a trigger to fire when Miranda powers up.
Time: If you have chosen Time as your Start Type, this is where you enter the time, expressed in 24 hour clock, or click the clock icon to choose graphically.
Time Offset: If you did not choose Time as your Start Type, you may enter a time offset here in minutes, either in a positive or negative.
(An example could be a Type of Sunrise and a Time Offset of -30 minutes to have the cue triggered half an hour before Sunrise.)
Start Date: expressed in MM/DD
End Date: expressed in MM/DD
Days of Week: Choose which days of the week the cue will trigger using the checkmarks.
Button: Choose which contact closure will trigger your cue. Remember that Buttons 6-8 are for local use only (the toggle switch built into Miranda) and are perfect for testing needs.
An email link will be sent to you shortly. Click the link to sign in.
Once you are signed in, you will be greeted by the Dashboard. Ben Peoples Industries will have your controllers already entered into your account.
All data you have uploaded from the Programmer will be present here.
Select Preset Recall at the top center of the screen.
The Preset Recall Tab includes an interactive display of all cues. This is the interface that appears for clients to trigger cues whenever they choose.
Touch the a button to trigger the corresponding cue.
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Pressing Clear Output will issue the following warning:
Confirming OK will turn off ALL lighting controlled by Miranda.
