What do the Canvas buttons do?Updated 3 years ago
The Control Square for your Nanoleaf Canvas features 6 LED backlit buttons that perform a variety of functions. These are as follows:
Simple Button Actions
Button |
User Input |
Result |
Power |
Single press |
Toggle panel power |
Brightness Up (+) |
Single Press |
Increases brightness by 10% increments. (Note: Holding the button for >1s will increase brightness in 30% increments.) |
Brightness Down (-) |
Single Press |
Decreases brightness by 10% increments. (Note: Holding the button for >1s will decrease brightness in 30% increments.) |
Select Color (>) |
Single press |
Triggers Color Scenes. (Note: Pressing the button >1 will cycle through saved Rhythm Scenes.) |
Select Random (Shuffle) |
Single press |
Randomly chooses a scene to play |
Select Rhythm |
Single Press |
Triggers Rhythm mode (Note: Pressing the button >1 will cycle through saved Rhythm Scenes.) |
For more advanced buttons, see the table below:
Advanced Button Actions
Button |
Input |
Result |
Select Colour (>) |
Hold for 3s |
If the currently shown scene is not in the favourites list then add it. Flash panels white to indicate that the scene was saved. This is most useful when shuffling through Random Scenes |
Select Colour (>) and Brightness Down |
Hold for 3s |
If the currently shown scene is in the saved list then remove it. Flash panels red to confirm. |
Shuffle |
Hold for 3s |
Return to last randomly selected scene (history of 5 scenes). Flash LED once. If the user is at the end of their history, flash panels yellow for 0.5s once |
Brightness Up Brightness Down |
Single press together | Cycle through white modes: 2700K, 4000K, 5000K. This should remember the last known state for “white” so you can switch back and forth between a Scene and White without having to toggle multiple times. |
Brightness Up Brightness Down |
Hold together for 5s |
Enables/disables heat map mode to help user place power supplies. Any scene, colour, or power change from any source will exit this mode. |
Administrative Button Actions
Button |
Input |
Result |
Power |
Hold for 3s |
Enable API pairing and Remote Pairing |
Power Brightness Down |
Hold for 10s |
Soft reset the control Square (deletes Wifi and Pairing information) |
Power Brightness Down |
Hold buttons while plugging into power |
Factory Reset of the Control Square (resets to factory settings) |
Power Rhythm Select |
Single press together | Enables Hotspot mode |