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Q-SYS NovaStar H Series Driver
The NovaStar H Series Q-SYS Driver enables control of NovaStar H Series Video Wall Splicers from a QSC Q-SYS audio/video/control ecosystem.
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Overview
The NovaStar H Series Q-SYS Driver enables control of NovaStar H Series Video Wall
Splicers from a QSC Q-SYS audio/video/control ecosystem. It communicates using the NovaStar H Series Control Protocol (v1.0.19) over UDP or RS-232 (Beta), providing comprehensive control of screens, layers, presets, and device configuration.
This plugin is designed for professional AV integrators deploying Q-SYS-based control systems in broadcast facilities, corporate lobbies, command centers, retail displays, houses of worship, and other venues where centralized video wall management is needed.
Splicers from a QSC Q-SYS audio/video/control ecosystem. It communicates using the NovaStar H Series Control Protocol (v1.0.19) over UDP or RS-232 (Beta), providing comprehensive control of screens, layers, presets, and device configuration.
This plugin is designed for professional AV integrators deploying Q-SYS-based control systems in broadcast facilities, corporate lobbies, command centers, retail displays, houses of worship, and other venues where centralized video wall management is needed.
Features
The NovaStar H Series driver provides robust, bidirectional control of NovaStar H Series Video Wall Splicers via JSON protocol over UDP or RS-232 (Beta).
Screen Control
- Brightness: Per-screen brightness adjustment (0–255) with save-to-device.
- FTB / Freeze / Clear: Fade-to-black, freeze frame, and clear screen per screen.
- Volume & Mute: Per-screen audio volume and mute control.
- BKG / OSD: Background color and text/image OSD overlay toggles.
- HDR & 3D: HDR mode selection (HDR10/HLG) and 3D enable per screen.
- Image Quality: Contrast, color brightness, hue, saturation, and color temperature.
- PVW/PGM: Non-real-time preview mode and PVW-to-PGM apply.
Layer Control
- Open / Close: Create and destroy layers with source and position.
- Source Switching: Switch layer input source by input ID.
- Position & Size: Real-time X, Y, width, height faders per layer.
- Freeze & Flip: Per-layer freeze and horizontal/vertical flip.
- Z-Order: Move layers up, down, to top, or to bottom.
Preset Management
- 50 Presets: Configurable number of presets (0–50).
- Per-Screen: Each preset targets a specific screen.
- Save / Load / Clear: Full preset lifecycle management.
Device Management
- Device Info: Model name, protocol version, MAC address, voltage, temperature, genlock status.
- Restart & Reset: Remote device restart and factory reset.
- Input Card: Switch HDMI/DP mode on input card slots.
- Test Patterns: 21 test pattern types for output verification.
- MVR Navigation: Multiviewer page next/previous.
Deployment & Reliability
- Poll-Based Sync: Configurable polling (1–60s) keeps all controls synchronized.
- Connection Monitoring: Visual status indicator with error feedback.
- Dual-Transport: UDP (default port 6000) and RS-232 (Beta) (9600 8N1).
- Scalable: Supports 1–16 screens with 1–16 layers each via properties.
Version history
v1.3.2Latest
- Control pin names and pin groups are restored to their 1.2.0 values.
v1.3.1
- Implemented Reflect capabilities based on Q-SYS feedback
- Activation is now retained across script restarts and emulation cycles.
v1.2.0
[1.2.0] - 2026-05-12
Added
- Per-Core Licensing
- Core ID and Licensed-To fields added to the About tab.
- Starting Screen ID property (0–350): enables two driver instances to share a single H Series device by splitting the screen range between them. The first instance sets Starting Screen ID to 0 (controlling screens 1–N) and the second sets it to N (controlling screens N+1 onward). All UI labels, PrettyNames, protocol screen IDs, and poll calls automatically reflect the offset.
- Increased maximum number of screens to 30. (Note: A high number of screens and a high number of layers will cause minor UI refreshing delays when switching tabs)
[1.0.0] - 2026-04-20
- Initial Release