Blue Pill / Reactor
Here you can find information about how to use our Blue Pill technology.
For a list of compatible devices see: https://devices.skaarhoj.com/
Blue Pill Server - Getting Started
Step by step guide to initial set up of a stand alone Blue Pill
Networking
Unlike UniSketch where a change of configuration and included device cores needed an online excha...
Accessing Blue Pill Server
DHCP or Static IP The Blue Pill’s user interface is accessed via the device’s IP Address and any...
Adding Panels
There are two ways a panel can be added, Auto Discover and Manually. Auto Discover Panels can...
Select Mapping
The controller’s layout is determined by the Mapping. In most cases, the Generic mapping is all t...
Adding Devices
There are two main ways a device can be added to a new Blue Pill, Auto Discover and Manually. ...
Populating Constant Sets
The final step is to fill in any constant sets. The constant sets are available based on the chos...
Connecting UniSketch Controllers
The Blue Pill works as a wonderful add-on to connect and control UniSketch controllers like neve...
Watch Youtube videos
In addition to our written guides, you can also watch our Youtube videos on how to get started. ...
Blue Pill Inside (BPI) - Getting Started
Step by step guide to initial set up of a Blue Pill Inside device.
Networking
Unlike UniSketch where a change of configuration and included device cores needed an online excha...
Accessing Blue Pill
DHCP or Static IP The Blue Pill’s user interface is accessed via the device’s IP Address and any...
Select Mapping
The controller’s layout is determined by the Mapping. In most cases, the Generic mapping is all t...
Adding Devices
There are two main ways a device can be added to a new Blue Pill, Auto Discover and Manually. ...
Populating Constant Sets
The final step is to fill in any constant sets. The constant sets are available based on the chos...
Watch Youtube videos
In addition to our written guides, you can also watch our Youtube videos on how to get started. ...
Advanced Configuration
Information and references which are useful for integrators using Reactor to create advanced conf...
Advanced Fader Range Setup
This is an example of an eventhandler that makes it so moving the full range of the physical fade...
Double click button
You may wish to detect 'double-click' or 'triple-click' on buttons. This would be useful for show...
IO References
IO References In this article we explain the internal structure, of the IOReference string.This ...
Page Layers
This guide show you how to make Page Layers. Say you wish control 8 parameters on a camera, but ...
Presets Functions
Presets - Generally speaking, presets store and recall parameter values and triggers in Reactor-...
Separating Zoom Sensitivity from Pan and Tilt Sensitivity
By default Pan, Tilt, and Zoom are all controlled by the setting Joystick Sensitivity. This is no...
Setting Blue Pill Panel into Raw Panel Mode
To set up multiple Blue Pill Inside units to work in a group together, it is necessary to change ...
Understanding Flags
Inside reactor we have support for setting flags true or false. These flags are based around how ...
Virtual Triggers
Sometimes you want to create interaction between devices using Reactor, or use the state of a dev...
Config Classes
Explanation of default configurations for devicecores
What are Configuration Classes ?
When getting started in Reactor you most likely want to get your configuration done fast, so you ...
Pro Class Configurations
ProClass configurations are default configurations provided by SKAARHOJ that work with controller...
Standard Class Configurations
Standard Class configurations are default configurations provided by SKAARHOJ that work with cont...
Light Class Configurations
Light Class configurations are default configurations provided by SKAARHOJ that work with Control...
Quick Class Configurations
Quick Class configurations are parts of a configurations provided by SKAARHOJ that work with a Qu...
Switcher Class Configurations
Switcher Class configurations are out of the box ready configurations! They will provide you with...
Connecting Multiple Blue Pill Panels
Tutorials on different workflows for connecting multiple Blue Pill panels
Constant Sets
Examples and descriptions of constant sets tables
Audio Channel Config
An example of an audio channel config can be seen below. These can be different depending on the ...
Camera Select
An example of a setup table would be a camera selector and can be seen below. These can be differ...
Playlist
Details coming soon.
Routing Panels
An example of a router inputs selector can be seen below. These can be different depending on the...
Routing Triggers
An example of a Routing Triggers constant set can be seen below. From here the camera select will...
Switcher Inputs
An example of a switcher inputs selector can be seen below. These can be different depending on t...
Tally Forwarding
An example of a Tally Forwarding constant set can be seen below. From here the camera select butt...
Transition Types
The Transition Types constant set is used with the Panasonic Kairos curated configuration to set ...
Quick Class
Available on some controllers, Quick Class configs are not actually constant set tables, however ...
Device Core Parameter Lists
Hardware Details
Here you will find hardware diagrams for various components and general hardware information.
Blue Pill Panel Connections
Blue Pill Units 1 USB-A Port. See Settings page for more details 2 SKAARHOJ Expan...
Graphical Displays
Graphical Display The Blue Pill has a graphical LED Display. By default this is set to go into a...
Operating Temperatures
Operating Temperatures 5V Model The 5V model of Blue Pill has a max internal operating temperat...
Power over Ethernet (PoE) Specifications
Power over Ethernet (PoE) Specifications We use the PoE industry standard 5W-30W PoE (+) IEEE80...
UniSketch Panel Connections
3G SDI Arduino Shield The 3G SDI Arduino Shield imbedded in UniSketch panels is not compatible w...
Panel Diagrams
Diagrams of the panels.
Air Fly
Air Fly Pro v2
Air Fly Pro v3
Blue Pill Server
Color Fly v2
Standard With SDI Option
Color Fly v3
Eth-B4 Link
Eth-GPI Link
Standard Dual
Eth-Lanc Link
Eth-SDI Link
Frame Shot Plus
Formerly MKA1
Inline 10
Standard SDI Option
Inline 22
Live Fly
Master Key 36
Master Key One v1
Master Key One v2
Mega Panel 2M/E Frame
Micro Fly
Mini Fly
MK48
MKA3
MKAB
PTZ Extreme v2
PTZ Fly
Standard Hall Effect Joystick Option
PTZ Pro v1
Standard Hall Effect Joystick Option
PTZ Pro v2
Standard Hall Effect Joystick Option
PTZ View
Formerly MKA2
PTZ Wiz v1
PTZ Wiz v2
Quick Bar
Quick Pad
Quick Shot
Formerly MKA4
Rack Control Duo
Rack Control Uno
Formerly Rack Fusion II
Rack Fly Duo
Rack Fly Trio
Rack Fly Uno
Rack Fusion Live
Standard Hall Effect Joystick Option
Rack Pro 1
Rack Pro 2
Rack Pro 3
RCP Pro
RCP v2
Standard Joystick Motorized Fader
SDI-B4 Link
SDI-GPI Link
Tally Box
Tally Light
T-Block L
Formerly MKT1A
T-Block R
Formerly MKT1B
TCP Link for Atem
Wave Board Mini
Wave Board v1
Wave Board v2
XC-7
XC-8 v2
XPoint 24
XPoint 48
Parts of Reactor
A breakdown of the different sections and elements within Reactor
Projects
Projects are the unit that have a title, description and references to a panel collection, a devi...
Panels
The Panels section is where new SKAARHOJ panels are added to the panel collection of the project....
Devices
The Devices section is where new devices are added to be connected with the SKAARHOJ panels. Ther...
Mapping
The Mapping section is built into the Panels section and is designed to provide a view into the c...
Simulation
Reactor has a built in simulator too. There are two ways to do simulations in Blue Pill, through ...
Packages
Blue Pill being a Linux system has a number of system settings and a package management interface...
Set Up Examples
Skaarhoj Manuals GitHub Repository
Links to our GitHub Repository of manuals and guides in downloadable PDF format.
General Blue Pill/Reactor Manuals
Links to the full length Blue Pill Reactor Manual and the Getting Started Manuals. The getting st...
Canon PTZ + Cinema Cameras- User Guides
Links to the User Guides for select Skaarhoj Controllers for use with Canon PTZ + Cinema Cameras....
Raw Panel Manuals
Links for manuals for working with Blue Pill devices as 'dump panels' in Raw Panel mode. Raw P...
RED Cameras- User Guides
Links to the User Guides for select Skaarhoj Controllers for use with RED Cinema Cameras. RCP...
Thumbnail Presets
How to get Thumbnail Presets on select SKAARHOJ panels
Tools Inside Blue Pill
Various tools and how to access them inside the Blue Pill
Demo Mode
If you need to test displays and button-lights you can put a Blue Pill device into 'Demo Mode'. ...
Engineering Menu
Intro The engineering menu contains panel settings like, Brightness control and dim/sleep time. ...
Experiments
Here you are able to disable the auto-deactivation of device cores on the Blue Pill. This is some...
History View
You can access autosaved versions of the configurations. This is useful when a lot of changes hav...
HW Event Log
Located on the Tools Page (https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/books/blue-pill-reactor/page/tools-page), th...
Internal Processes Stats
Here you can see what is using the CPU on the device, the internal operating temperature, and mor...
Ping Tool
Within Blue Pill it is possible to ping devices on the network allowing you to check that they ar...
Switching Projects via a button in Reactor
Reactor allows to switch the current project via a Button.To do this select the IOReference React...
Switching Projects via external HTTP Request
Reactor allows to switch the current project via an external HTTP POST request.The endpoint used ...
Tools Page
In Reactor there is a dedicated Tools Page to bring a few specific options into a single place. ...
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting scenarios and things to try.
Blue Pill Controller Showing Unknown
If the Blue Pill or Blue Pill Inside controller is showing in the panels sections of the Home scr...
"Customized" tag in Mapping on Home Page
Scenario: If the selecting Mapping for the controller has a Yellow "Customized" tag as below: ...
No Lights on Panel
If your panel is not lighting up as it should, but everything else seems like it is working as ex...
Panel Not Displaying Connected Switcher
If after setting up your controller and connecting it to a switching device, your Skaarhoj panel ...
PTZ Extreme - Joystick rotated 90°
A small batch of PTZ Extreme [BPI] have left factory with joystick rotated 90°.The fix for this i...
Reflash Blue Pill devices
If your Blue Pill device has become totally unresponsive - you cannot contact it in any way - the...
Reset and Reboot Procedures
Have you tried turning the device off and on again?Sometimes all that is needed is a reboot. This...
Unable to Login In
"If you enter the correct username and password, but are left in a loop on the login screen." So...
Unable to Update Device Cores/Packages/OS
Scenario: When trying to do an update or load a new Device Core, Package, or Operating System (u...
UniSketch Panel Displaying Weird in Simulator Tab
If your UniSketch panel is displaying weird in the Simulator tab, it may be due to old firmware o...
Uploading Device Cores/Packages/OS from Offline
All device cores, packages, and SkaarOS can be loaded from offline onto the Blue Pill. The indivi...
Updating Software
Follow this guide to update system software and packages
Rolling Back Updates
Online Method Rolling back firmware package updates can be down via the Packages page if your de...
Update Software
Follow this guide to update the Blue Pill software. Blue Pill needs to have internet access T...
Uploading Device Cores/Packages/OS from Offline
All device cores, packages, and SkaarOS can be loaded from offline onto the Blue Pill. The indivi...
Username and Password
Default Username - Disabling Authentication - Resetting Password
Default Username and Password
When you access Reactor (the configuration web page) you are met by a login screen, asking for us...
Disable Authentication
The login screen, where you enter username and password, can be disabled. This removes the need t...
Reset Password
If you have forgotten the username or password for your Blue Pill product, please follow this pro...
Unable to Login In
"If you enter the correct username and password, but are left in a loop on the login screen." So...