Rompa 20127 User manual

1. Product Name
ROMPA® Interactive Lighting System
2. Product Code
20127, 20128
3. Colour
Not applicable
4. Brief Description
Music through movement! A whole new meaning to air-guitar and pretend drums!
Interact with beams of coloured light by passing a hand, foot or reflective bat
through them.
Trigger sounds at the wave of an arm … Activate chords at the sweep of a bat … Play
interactive music games whilst setting off images, videos and graphics.

5. Contents
PC or Laptop - - i3 4gb minimum (Windows OS 10)
Interactive light units with long-life low voltage bulbs, all cables and accessories
(latest model OB5)
Control Box (brain of the system)
Button Box (to scroll through settings)
1x PSU 15V–MAINS ADAPTER UNIT –NPE-90-15
Software with license (OMPC1 Interactive Software -latest version)
Reflective foam bats
Reflective floor pads (for floors and other surfaces)
Manuals –technical and programming
Ready Made Content: Over 75 Interactive settings and games with a large library of
Music, Sound effects and Images
6. Snoezelen® Stimulations
Sight
Sound
Movement
Control
7. Best Use
Install indoors. Place the beams in a configuration to suit your room –in a line, wave or
a circle.
USB Adapter
Button Box
OB5
15V Mains Adapter Unit
Power Distribution Module

8. Compatible ROMPA® Products
17032 Spare Paddle (Single)
17029 Spare Halogen Light
21033 Sensory Magic Connected to 4 Beam
21461 Link Box
20849 4 Beam system Plus Link Box (no PC)
9. Starting Up
Installation: Choose a suitable location where the item can be used and interacted
with safely. Decide on the layout of your beams and the plan of the equipment in your
space (ROMPA® can install this system –please enquire with our installations team on
01246 211777 for details).
Design overview:
The most popular configurations comprise of 8, 12, or 16 light modules hanging from the
ceiling shining the light downward (90 degrees) creating colourful “pools” of light on the
floor. The beams are normally positioned in a circle or semi circles shape, but any other
shapes like snake, zig zag, random etc. will also work very well. A good gap between the
beams is desired approx. 90cm -100cm, but smaller gaps are also practical subject to the
size of the room. The design should facilitate enough space for small group interaction,
drama, movement, dance, wheelchairs, interactive games and more.
The control box, PC, amp etc. are normally housed in a control cabinet. The PC connects
to the system’s USB adapter, projector and sound system.
See drawing below showing location of the system components with peripheral equipment.
DRAWING OF TYPICAL SYSTEM DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT LOCATION

Additional peripheral equipment required to suit room conditions but not supplied include:
Projector/s or *TV screen/s to provide a large image/ s
Sound system (amplifier and speakers or power speakers)
*When using a TV screen via HDMI the audio can be derived from the TV speakers
See Installation section below
Use of System:
Licensing your software
Once the OMPC1 software has been installed –ICON OMPC1 will appear on the PC’s desktop.
When you click on the OMPC1 icon for the first time a window with your key
code will open:
E-mail your 9-digit Key Code with your details to: inf[email protected] . Once received an E-
mail with your Activation Code will be sent for you to enter and confirm. If urgent call +44 20
8441 8080.
Unauthorised copying of this software is illegal!
This product is licensed as a single product –its components may not be separated for use
on more than one computer. All rights for educational material and media files are
reserved to OptiMusic.
How Does it Work?
In its simplest form, the ROMPA® Interactive Lighting System is a ‘virtual light switch’.
Coloured light beams shine down acting as clear visual reference points for the user. When a
beam is ‘broken’ or interrupted, a signal is created which activates previously selected events.

The beams can be played in two
modes: Normal and Inverse:
Normal mode uses hand held
reflective bat to trigger the
beams.
Inverse mode uses floor/surface
mat reflectors so the beams can
be triggered by hands and/or
body movement.
The OMPC1 software can control from 1 - 32 Light modules or other types of sensors.
A PC mouse is required for the majority of the functions, from choosing settings to editing
beam sequences. The computer keyboard is mainly used when typing in the names of new
projects, settings or beams.
Setting
The name given to a group of beams programmed with events of interactive content.
Project
The name given to a group of settings.
Important note: Navigation in the software is done by left and right mouse clicks on the +/-
feature:
In Order to be familiar with this function, we recommend to click on all the +/-
Boxes (in both Play and Edit pages) to see the effect and to understand what
these boxes control.
To create new and modify existing content, the edit page (see below) allows the user to
save beam content as Settings (setting) and Projects. An easy way to understand the OMPC1
Software is to compare it to a PowerPoint presentation where users inserts images and
sounds into SLIDES.
In each project, a maximum of 128 settings (settings) can be saved. And there can be an
unlimited amount of projects. Events are created by loading images and sounds from the
OMPC1 library folders (found on the LOCAL C DRIVE / OMPC1) into the table of events
(TOE).
Always make sure you copy all your Media files (Audio, images and videos) to the correct
folders inside the OMPC1 main folder. The OmPc1 Software comprises of two main pages:

Play Page: allows the user to load project, to observe the system in operation (showing all
the interaction between the 32 beams or input channels) and control the audio output.
Edit Page: allows the user to create new content and projects by loading into the various
beams locations all type of multimedia events. I.e. musical notes, audio files (Wav and Mp3)
image files (Jpeg, bmp) and video files. In this page only 8 beams can be shown at one time
with the media input editors.
Beam programming:
Up to 256 Events of all media type can be programmed
per beam.
Each beam has a TOE (table of events) which is similar to a
playlist in modern digital media players. A playlist can
include all type of events in the following colour-coding.
Blue: keyboard note & MIDI OUT
Green: Audio file

Red: Image File
Pink: Video file
Orange: Relay events (turning beam on/off).
Yellow: DMX events (Lighting)
To programme a beam follow the instructions below: (These are instructions to use the
system in NORMAL MODE)
Using the virtual keyboard: The Note Event Editor
The Note Event Editor is an on-screen musical keyboard. Here you can listen to your notes,
create chords, choose from 127 different instruments, assign channel numbers and decide
on the volume & velocity of each note. The keyboard has a range of eight octaves from C-1
to C8.
Example:
Click on beam 1 (the Red circular spot) to confirm beam choice. Inside the spot, you
will see four dark triangles in an off-axis square.
On the right bottom of the screen click on any note on the keyboard. As you hold the
mouse click and move the cursor left and right, you will hear the notes being played
from the keyboard. (Note: If no sound is heard, check your audio settings).
To input, once the desired note is chosen, left click on it. The name of the note will
appear in the editor box (For example, C3).
Click on the bottom left-pointing red arrow, to the bottom left side of the keyboard.
You will see the chosen note now appear in the TOE as step 001.
To hear your first event programmed, activate beam one with reflective bat or use
the mouse to click on the on-screen beam spots.
This process can be repeated either in beam one or in any other beams.
The virtual keyboard has 127 sounds (GM Midi) which can be accessed by using the
+/- button as mentioned above.

To play the same note programmed but with a different instrument, scroll through
the instrument box to choose your instrument and then trigger the beam to hear the
sound.
Now save your work:
Saving a setting:
Go to Setting drop-down menu
Go to Save As and save your selected name.
This name will appear in Setting name box and will be saved into
the Setting Folder
Saving a project:
Go to Project drop-down menu
Go to Save As and save your selected name.
This name will appear in Project name box and will be saved into
the Project Folder
From now on, you will be prompted to save any changes to your project.
Loading your work:
Loading a Setting:
Go to Setting drop-down menu
Go to Load Setting and load your desired setting
Loading a Project:
Go to Project drop-down menu
Go to Load Project and select desired project
To set this project as the default,
Click Auto Load Project.
This project will now open when OMPC1 software is opened.

Programming using the AUDIO Event Editor:
The AUDIO Event Editor (wav & mp3 files)
We recommend working with .wav files as they respond faster (being non compressed)
The function of the AUDIO
Event Editor is to load and
edit AUDIO files before
they are assigned to the
beams. Audio files include
sound effects, voices and
music samples that are of
the file type .wav or .mp3
The editing processes include: shortening the length of the audio file, adjusting the volume
and the panning (assigning) to Left or Right speakers). You can decide how these files will
play on the beams. There are three main play modes for each wave file:
To play On/Off i.e. directly controlled by beam triggering,
To play once through (To end)
To play continuously and repeatedly (loop)
Wave Files in On/Off mode:
Example:
Click on beam 2 (Green).
Now go to the audio event editor (green) box. Left click on load.
This will open an OMPC1 folder called WAVEFILE.
There you will a see library of audio files supplied, as well as your own.
Click on the folder of choice. i.e. Animals. Locate wav file called cow.wav and open it
(double left click)
Now in the audio editor, you will see the wav file appear in the edit box.
To hear the wav file (audio), hold left click on the Play button to hear the file. You
can change the files duration by adjusting the start and end point. (Screen shot
To input the loaded wav into beam 2, click on beam 2 spot. This time, click on the
top left pointing red arrow to insert the file into the TOE.
Note: the wave file is in On/Off mode
Now trigger the beam. Note: the duration of the played file will depend on the
amount of time the beam is triggered for.
This mode is called ON/OFF (Short segments of the start of the file can be triggered
rapidly).

Important note:
The longer you trigger the beam (staying in the beam) the longer the audio file will be
played.
Wave file in T/E mode:
This time, load the file donkey.wav into the editor
Choose option save in the next location
You will now see the wav file in location 002 in the audio editor
Now, click to change the ON/Off mode to T/E mode
Assign to beam 3(Yellow)
Now trigger the beam.
This time you will see that the wav file plays in its entirety regardless of repeated or
prolonged triggering. i.e a quick trigger will cause the file to play in its entirety.
Wave files in Loop mode:
Load the file Cockerel.wav .
Follow procedures as before.
Now click to change T/E mode to Loop mode
Now assign to beam 4 (purple)
Now activate the beam
If you hold the beam triggered, the audio file will repeat until the beam in no longer
triggered.
Toggling beams (Continuous playing):
This is a special beam state where looped audio events are assigned to.
If you require a wav file to play continuously (I.e. most effective with drums and
percussion loops), click on the Toggle
Select beam 4 and click the Toggle button for this beam - it will be highlighted
Trigger the beam once
The cockerel sound will now repeat
indefinitely.
To turn off, activate the beam once again.
Beams in toggle mode require 2 activations: On and Off