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The Q-SYS Control Engine includes a comprehensive suite of control and automation tools ready to integrate and manage every aspect of your installation. As part of the Q-SYS OS, the Q-SYS Control Engine sits alongside the Q-SYS audio and video engines, simplifying programming and eliminating the costs and pain points commonly associated with combining these functions across disparate components. The Q-SYS Control Engine has tools to match every programming comfort level within a single, scalable platform, including no-code options to manage native Q-SYS products and third-party hardware and software components. End users can easily engage with Q-SYS User Control Interfaces (UCIs) via native Q-SYS devices or from their own devices.

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Integrated

Q-SYS combines a native audio engine, video engine, and control engine inside the Q-SYS OS, eliminating additional hardware costs, programming fees, and points of failure caused by manually integrating disparate audio DSP, control processors, and video devices.

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Simplified

Q-SYS delivers simple and intuitive control capability without requiring complex or expensive programming. Creating robust User Control Interfaces (UCIs) via Q-SYS Designer’s UCI editor is simple, without any programming expertise required; UCIs are accessible by Q-SYS native touchscreen controllers, free iOS devices, web browsers, or a free desktop UCI viewer application. UCIs can be reused across different hardware targets easily and dynamically styled through CSS.

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Scalable

Q-SYS scales to meet all requirements – from small and simple to large and complex, supporting no-code, low-code and full-code workflows, providing a complete toolset for every project and programmer. Q-SYS adopts widely used programming technologies, making it easy to modify a system to support changing requirements. Q-SYS features native and third-party device drag-and-drop controls; an intuitive Block Controller initially developed by Google and MIT; and a full-featured Lua scripting environment, an open-source, IT-friendly programming language.

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Open

If it can be controlled, we want you to control it with Q-SYS. Q-SYS publishes its platform API to allow open worldwide development and integration into its platform.  Furthermore, the Q-SYS Technology Partner Program is designed to encourage, validate and support Q-SYS plugin development by preferred development partners.

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Integrated Processing

Q-SYS combines a native audio engine, video engine and control engine inside the Q-SYS OS, eliminating additional hardware costs, programming fees, and points of failure caused by manually integrating disparate audio DSP, control processors, and video devices.

 

Introduction to Q-SYS

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Create robust, beautiful and intuitive interfaces easily

Q-SYS delivers simple and intuitive control capability without requiring complex or expensive programming. Creating robust User Control Interfaces (UCIs) via Q-SYS Designer’s UCI editor is simple, without any programming expertise required; UCIs are accessible by Q-SYS native touchscreen controllers, free iOS devices, web browsers, or a free desktop UCI viewer application. UCIs can be reused across different hardware targets easily and dynamically styled through CSS.

Explore Q-SYS Touchscreens

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The right workflow for every project and programmer

Q-SYS scales to meet all requirements – from small and simple to large and complex, supporting no-code, low-code and full-code workflows. Q-SYS features native and third-party device drag-and-drop controls; an intuitive Block Controller initially developed by Google and MIT; and a full-featured Lua scripting environment, an open-source, IT-friendly programming language.
 

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Drag-and-drop control of Q-SYS Native Products and Q-SYS Plugins for third-party products

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Powerful and simple, user-friendly intuitive block controller to bridge between no-code and full-code workflows

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Control anything with Lua, an open-source it-friendly language.

Plugins Controlling Plugins

Learn how Q-SYS can act as a control bridge between third-party devices in a simple, no-code environment.

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If it can be controlled, Q-SYS can control it

Q-SYS adopts widely used programming technologies, making it easy to modify a system to support changing requirements. Q-SYS publishes its platform API to allow open worldwide development and integration into its platform.

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Q-SYS Communities for Developers


Q-SYS Communities is a technical community of professionals and organizations that have come together to collaborate, create and deliver on the “art of possible” throughout the entire Q-SYS Ecosystem. Gain access to a wide array of unique development tools, direct access to Q-SYS engineers and Q-SYS Partners, and an online forum to exchange ideas with colleagues around the world.

Join Q-SYS Communities for Developers

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Q-SYS Technology Partner Program

The Q-SYS Technology Partner Program enables next-level automation and control of third-party devices through Q-SYS Plugins and API Integrations. Preferred development partners create these integrations to ensure they're scalable and supportable.

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