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1 November 2026

Version 1.3.0

New fixtures arrive by themselves: signed in to your account, Halyx receives the profiles we add to the library, without waiting for an update. They sit with the generics, by brand and model: search for the brand or the model in Patch › Add. To start with, more than 100 devices from 32 brands, taken from the manufacturers' documentation: moving heads and stage fixtures (Robe, Martin, Clay Paky, Ayrton, GLP, Chauvet, Elation, Cameo, ADJ, etc.), film lighting (ARRI, Aputure, amaran, Nanlite, Nanlux, Astera, Litepanels, Kino Flo, etc.), LED profiles (ETC, Robert Juliat, DTS, etc.), and effects: smoke, haze, cold spark, flames, CO2, lasers. Once received, they stay available offline, and a show keeps the version it already patched.
Every channel can be controlled: a fixture that only tilts (tilt-only bar) is set in the Device tab, and a strobe that goes from fast to slow is driven the right way.

1 November 2026

Halyx in Companion: the Companion module ships with Halyx (Outputs › Remote control › Companion module). Import it once into Companion: it finds this computer on the network. Your cue lists, page buttons, faders, groups and palettes come as ready-made buttons, with their names and colours, and light up with what is playing (current cue, scene on, blackout). Everything follows the show as you edit it. On another computer, Companion enters with a code, like a tablet.
Pick the console port in the Halyx window (7810 by default): applied without stopping the light, and kept for the next launches.
OSC does more: internal timecode, page buttons and faders, palettes, release the programmer, stop its effects (full list in Outputs › Remote control).

1 November 2026

Your fixture profiles follow you: when you are signed in, every profile you create, change or delete in the editor is on all your computers. Your shows and patch stay on your machine, and a show keeps its version of a profile until you save it again. Without a signed-in account, nothing is sent.
Choose which box outputs which universe: in Outputs, each port of each node gets the universe you want. A universe can go to several ports, and removing a node no longer shifts the others. A "Universe → outputs" table shows where each universe goes and flags what goes nowhere.
Your plan always unlocks universes 1 to N: Solo means U1 and U2. A universe sent to several ports counts once.
DMX output resumes by itself: if another Halyx held this computer's output, output starts here less than a minute after it closes, without restarting Halyx.
Simpler: the "wired / CRMX" port setting is gone (it changed nothing in the output); the help for connecting a CRMX transmitter stays in Outputs.
Terms of sale, licence and privacy policy 1.4, describing these changes: Halyx offers them on the Account screen.

31 October 2026

First version of Halyx: a complete lighting console on your computer, controlled from your tablets and phones.

Everything to run a show: stage plot, programmer (intensity, colour, position, beam, effects), cue list with GO, 48 faders, Grand Master, Blackout and your own pages of buttons and faders.
Undo / Redo in the programmer, gesture by gesture.
Several screens at once, in sync: the computer, the tablets and the phones on the network, with access codes. Nothing to install: a QR code is enough.
A realistic 3D view: every fixture in 3D, its light in the haze, no burnt-out picture when everything is on. Adjustable haze, brightness and fixture transparency.
All your fixtures: GDTF files, the GDTF Share catalogue, generic fixtures, or your own profiles built from their manual.
Art-Net and sACN to nodes of every brand; control by OSC, MIDI surfaces and timecode.
A complete Demo Show to try everything.
Reliable during the show: continuous saving, backups, and a licence that works for up to 7 days without internet.
One-click installation, updates from Halyx when you decide.
14-day free trial, no credit card.
In French and English.