Vortex Editors
A Vortex Editor is a tool developed to provide an interface for customizing the modes on a Vortex Device.
There are two Vortex Editors:
The desktop based Vortex Editor is slightly more robust and stable, but it lacks intuitive user interface and visualization of modes.
The website https://lightshow.lol on the other hand, is newer and less stable. However it provides a realtime visualization and a much more intuitive user interface.
It is recommended to use lightshow.lol unless you are already familiar with the desktop editor.
Basic Usage
When using a Vortex Editor, either one, you can think of the editor as a device itself – like a glove or handle.
The main purpose of the Vortex Editor is to connect with a Vortex Device.
Connecting
Plug the device into the computer with a data-capable usb cable, a charging-only cable will not work and then hit connect in the editor.
When you connect a device to an editor it’s only creating a link between the two devices, the editor is one device and the plugged in hardware is the other.
Once these two devices are connected, there is two basic operations: push and pull
Push
The act of ‘pushing’ the modes will send the editor mode list to the connected device, saving the mode list on the device.
Pull
On the other hande ‘pulling’ the modes will make a copy of the device modes in the editor mode list, ready for editing.
Transmit
There is one extra option you may notice in the editor menus, called transmit.
This option exists for transmitting modes to a nearby Duo light.
This will tell the connected device to blink it’s leds in the same way a Duo performs a mode transfer, just point the device at a Duo and it will receive the mode.
Editing Modes
Once you pull some modes from a device, or perhaps find them on the Vortex Community, the next step is editing those Modes.
When a mode is selected the Vortex Editor exposes the Pattern and Colorset of each Led.