VFLOW Controller on stage
VFLOW

VFLOW

Patch your lights once. Dial a flow. Tap to fire it to the music.

A standalone, 5" touchscreen DMX controller for moving heads, washes, and pars. The whole show lives on the unit — no laptop, no console, no software to install. Instead of programming cue-by-cue, you build a look and VFLOW drives your entire rig from it. Run it from the touchscreen, or walk the room and control everything from your phone.

No laptop required Up to 16 fixtures Wi-Fi web control Over-the-air updates Online fixture library

See It In Action

VFLOW, live

Real fixtures, real show — driven entirely from the touchscreen.

Quick Tour

A 60-second walkthrough of the interface and controls.

Everything It Does

VFLOW Controller on desk

đŸ•šī¸ Standalone — No Laptop

The entire show runs on a 5" touchscreen. Patch your fixtures, build looks, save scenes, and run the night — no computer, no lighting console, nothing to install.

🔄 4 Movement Patterns

Circle, Figure-8, Sweep, and Wander (organic random drift). Each with adjustable speed, range, and phase so fixtures fan and cascade instead of moving in lockstep. VFLOW reads each fixture's real pan/tilt range to keep circles round across a mixed rig.

đŸŽ¯ XY Aim Pad

Drag the pan/tilt pad to point your rig anywhere, nudge with the D-pad, or one-tap re-center. Set range to zero and the pad becomes a precise manual-position control.

đŸŽŦ 8 Instant Scenes

Your busking surface. Build 4–8 go-to looks, save them across scene slots, and tap to fire them to the music — instant, no menus. Hold a slot to save, hold again to overwrite, rename from your phone.

🎨 Full Color Engine

Solid, Alternate, or Chase across the rig. 12 instant color swatches plus R/G/B (and White/Amber/UV) sliders for any custom mix. Mixed rigs handle themselves — RGB heads mix the color, color-wheel heads snap to their nearest slot.

âŦ› Black-as-Color Chases

Drop BLACK into a chase and VFLOW pulses the dimmer instead of rotating the color wheel — real, punchy strobing chase effects that most controllers can't do cleanly.

đŸ”Ļ Complete Beam Control

Strobe, gobo, prism, frost, zoom, focus, iris, and lamp strike — every control your fixtures actually have, exposed automatically. Big-lamp moving heads and simple washes live side by side on the same rig.

đŸ…°ī¸ Groups (A / B / C / D)

Split your rig and run different looks on different lights at the same time — wash bars on a slow blue fade while your movers rip a fast red figure-8. Color-coded, per-group patterns, colors, and beam.

đŸŒĢī¸ Master Fade & Blackout

A real console workflow: instant Blackout or a smooth timed Fade to black and back, right from the scene page. Blackout, swap the look in the dark, then fade in — or fade out and snap on. HID-safe: it keeps discharge arcs struck.

đŸ“ļ Phone & Tablet Control

Connect over Wi-Fi and open a browser to vflow-xxxx.local — the full control surface, mirrored live. Walk the room and tweak the whole show from your phone. Nothing to download.

â˜ī¸ the Flow Library

An online fixture library sourced from the open-source GDTF Share database and growing constantly. Browse, pick your exact model, and it downloads onto the unit over Wi-Fi — alongside hundreds of ready-to-run profiles.

Requires Wi-Fi to browse and download. GDTF profiles are open-source and community-maintained — outside our control, so always verify fixture response before a live show.

View all supported fixtures →

+ Don't see yours? Request a fixture →

đŸ› ī¸ Custom Fixture Editor

Any light not in the library? Hand-build a profile on the touchscreen — assign each DMX channel a role. RGB washes, LED movers with color wheel/gobo, and traditional HID discharge fixtures all supported.

🔗 FlowLink Multi-Unit Sync

Got two VFLOW units? Link them — one leads, the other mirrors its look phase-locked to its own fixtures. Perfect for a stage rig and a DJ-booth rig staying in step.

âŦ†ī¸ Over-the-Air Updates

New features and fixtures arrive over Wi-Fi with one tap. Updates are safe — if one doesn't boot cleanly, the unit automatically rolls back to the previous firmware.

đŸĻļ External Trigger Input

Wire a footswitch or contact closure to the unit and map it to Blackout, next Scene, cycle Pattern, or Fade — hands-free, stomp-box style triggering during a set.

🔒 Optional PIN Security

Lock the touchscreen and/or the web page with separate Admin and Operator roles — operators can run the show but not re-patch the rig. Ideal for venues, rentals, and volunteer crews.

🎨 8 Themes & Persistent Memory

Eight visual themes (Cyber, Crimson, Emerald, Sunset, Aurora, Mono, Amber, Mint) plus brightness control. Everything — patch, scenes, groups, settings — saves to flash and comes right back on power-up.

Technical Specifications

VFLOW Controller in planetarium environment

Display & Input

  • Display: 5" IPS Capacitive Touchscreen
  • Resolution: 1280 × 720
  • Interface: Full touchscreen — no physical buttons required

Control & Output

  • DMX Output: DMX512 (3-pin XLR)
  • Trigger Input: Contact closure / footswitch
  • Fixture Capacity: Up to 16 fixtures, mixed rigs
  • Patching: Auto-address or per-fixture manual addressing
  • Movement: Circle, Figure-8, Sweep, Wander
  • Groups: 4 (A/B/C/D), independent looks
  • Scenes: 8 instant-recall slots
  • Color Modes: Solid, Alternate, Chase

Connectivity

  • Wi-Fi: Phone/tablet web control (full mirror)
  • Discovery: vflow-xxxx.local (mDNS)
  • Updates: Over-the-air, with auto-rollback
  • Note: Wi-Fi required for the Flow Library and firmware updates — not required to run lights
  • Multi-Unit: FlowLink leader / follower sync
  • Security: Optional PIN lock, Admin / Operator roles

Fixture Support

  • Library: the Flow Library — online, GDTF-sourced, growing (Wi-Fi required) — plus hundreds of ready-to-run profiles. Community-maintained; always verify before a show. View full list
  • Custom Profiles: On-device DMX channel editor
  • Fixture Types: RGB wash, LED with color wheel/gobo, HID discharge

System

  • Processor: ESP32-P4 + ESP32-C6 (Wi-Fi 6)
  • Storage: Flash memory (persistent settings)
  • UI Themes: 8, with adjustable brightness

Power

  • Power Input: USB-C

Perfect For

🎧 Mobile DJs & Bands

Show up, plug in DMX, dial a flow, and busk the night by tapping scenes to the music. No console to haul, no programming session before the gig.

🍸 Bars, Clubs & Venues

A self-contained controller for permanent installs where reliability and simplicity beat console complexity. Lock it down with a PIN and let staff run presets.

â›Ē Churches, Schools & Theaters

Approachable enough that a volunteer or student can run a service or show with minimal training — but capable enough to drive a real moving-head rig.

đŸŽĒ Touring & Rental

Compact enough for a road case, powerful enough to run the rig. The online library and auto-addressing mean fast turnarounds between rooms and shows.

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