AsteraNext13.20 - App Store

The AsteraNext offers intuitive and fast control of complex lighting setups of current and upcoming Astera products. It provides fully customizable programs and effects and also it is designed to work seamlessly with other control methods. It can set up DMX addresses and footprints for CRMX control. In addition, lamps can be diagnosed, updated or reset from the AsteraNext.

Here are some of the features:

Layer Effects
It is now easier than ever to control pixels of your Astera lights and create complex effects.

CRMX Support
That would make it much easier for customers to understand how the DMX works, also easier to operate the CRMX module.

Talkback+
Detect all available lights, set them up, check their status, configure DMX addresses and DMX profiles.

Seamless Runtime
Set the length of your production and be sure that your lights won`t run out while still getting the maximum brightness.

Effects
Quickly build programs out of colors and effects, trigger them or make them match a beat.

Targets
Quickly create groups of lights, assign positions and select which lights should receive commands.

Scheduled StandBy
Switch lights into power-saving standby and schedule them to wake up when the production starts.

Dynamic PowerBoost
This exclusive feature makes the light able to display the maximum brightness at all time and intensify non-white colors.

Green/Magenta Correction
Adjust green/magenta during content creation to reduce postproduction work.

Emergency Lights
Switches to white light when AC power is cut to keep your event save

DJ Feature
Auto BPM analyzes the beat and matches programs to it, flash buttons can trigger special effects while being held down.

Other Features
The AsteraNext is packed with many additional items and new features are frequently added via software update.

Version History Fixed: MX Address not sticking on fixture details. 13.20 Aug 2 Added QUIKBEAM product image.
Fixed geometry editor for layer effect.
Various UI improvements. 13.19 Mar 27 Implemented various UI improvements.
Improved stability of the application. 13.18 Mar 5 Multiple UI enhancements implemented 13.17 Jan 6 Performance optimizations and bug fixes to enhance overall app stability.
Multiple UI enhancements implemented. 13.16 12/12/2025 Fixed: Switching between TX and RX modes in CRMX settings is not possible. 13.15 11/21/2025 Fixed: Effect selection is not possible in landscape orientation.
Fixed: Various UI improvements 13.14 11/15/2025 Multiple UI enhancements implemented. 12.39 11/05/2025 Multiple UI enhancements implemented. 12.38 10/13/2025 Performance optimizations and bug fixes to enhance overall app stability. 12.37 10/01/2025 Multiple UI enhancements implemented.
App now supports SolaBulb. 12.36 09/12/2025 Fixed: DMX Configurator can assign wrong fixture numbers. 12.35 06/11/2025 Multiple UI enhancements implemented.
New Wi-Fi connection menu. 12.34 06/06/2025 Multiple UI enhancements implemented.
Fixed: Issue where the app could freeze when opening the brightness tab.
Fixed: Inability to set the Link Key for lights or for ART7 / ART7-WIFI devices when configured in CRMX RX mode. 12.33 05/24/2025 App now supports QuikPunch. 12.32 05/21/2025 Various UI improvements for a smoother and more intuitive user experience.
Performance optimizations and bug fixes to enhance overall app stability and reduce crashes or freezes.
Improved reliability and speed of Bluetooth communication, particularly during firmware updates. 12.31 05/05/2025 Diabled light update in Talkback OFF mode. 12.30 01/18/2025 Various UI improvements.
Improved stability of the application. 12.29 12/07/2024 New: This version is now based on the new MAUI framefork from Microsoft. We had to re-develop the whole UI and are releasing now after months of testing. Please let us know if you find still issues.
Fixed: New Wi-Fi connection menu.
Fixed: Clear indication of firmware version during and update.
Fixed: Restoring favorite colors works again when only some are restored.
Fixed: DMX Address input is now always sent to the lights again. 12.28 12/02/2024 Fixed: The app can crash after restoring backup. 12.27 07/25/2024 Fixed: Various minor bugs.
Improved: Stability of the application. 12.26 07/20/2024 Fixed: The "CIE 1931" settings of the favorite colors were not accessible on displays with a low height.
Fixed: The app reacted sluggishly to tapping a program tile.
Fixed: Occasionally the automatic reconnection with the BTB failed to occur after reactivating the app.
Fixed: The app crashed on devices running iOS 12 when performing backup or restore operations.
Fixed: The brightness percent labels were not visible on some iPads when a custom font size was used.
Fixed: The app crashed on some iPads under iOS 12 when searching for ART7. 12.25 07/13/2024 Luna PrepCase is now working as BTB. 12.24 06/20/2024 Fixed: Occasional device freezing when searching for new lights in the Edit Menu of the Connected Lights View. 12.22 04/23/2024 Added: Firmware Version Sorting Mode in Connected Lights View.
Fixed: App crashes after changing language settings. 12.21 04/10/2024