Illuminati IM100 User manual
Illuminati Wireless Light and Color Meter
Model IM100
User Manual
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About the IM100
The Illuminati IM100 is the world’s first Bluetooth-enabled wireless light and color meter. Use it with
your smartphone to get light and color readings for your digital still and/or video camera. The meter
measures the correct exposure and color from continuous light sources including LEDs, HMI, the sun,
and tungsten, along with strobe. Meter readings are then transmitted to your smartphone via Bluetooth
and displayed in the Illuminati App – available for both iPhone and Android.
Then, simply enter the meter readings into your camera to obtain the correct exposure and white
balance settings for your scene. Metering your scene will help you maintain accurate, consistent
exposure and color balance – the key to a more productive image-making experience both during setup
and during post-production.
What’s in the Box
IM100, Illuminati Light and Color Meter
Offset-T Finger Magnetic Accessory
Alligator Clip Magnetic Accessory
Hardshell Case
Two (2) AAA Batteries
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Quick Start
The IM100 QuickStart guide is show below for your reference. Detailed instructions can be found further
in this document.
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IM100 Mechanical Features
The IM100 has many thoughtfully-designed physical features to help you with your image-making tasks.
Meter Design
On the meter itself are several important features including the power button, features that help you
mount or hold the meter, useful dome position settings, and a jack for synching strobes. The illustration
below shows these.
Magnetic Accessories
The powerful rare-earth magnet on the back of the meter can be used to mount the meter to a ferrous
metal surface or another magnet.
In addition, the Illuminati Meter comes with two magnetic mounting accessories to help you hold and
mount your meter in a variety of situations. The Finger-T magnetic accessory can be used to hold the
meter in your hand or it can be used to place your meter on a flat surface. The Alligator Clip accessory
can be used to attach the meter to fabric.
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Getting Started
Install Batteries
Open the case. The case is held closed by two
rare-earth magnets. Insert your fingernails into
the detents on either side of ¼-20 threaded
tripod mounting hole on one edge of the meter,
and pull to separate the lid from the body of the
meter.
Insert the Batteries. Insert two (2) AAA batteries
(included) as shown. Be sure to observe the
polarities.
Close the case. The correct orientation of the lid
is easy to determine – simply line up the two
sets of magnets: one set in the lid and one set in
the body of the meter. Position the hook
located at the apex of the meter lid where the
lanyard loop is first, then let the lid close. You
will feel a click when the magnets engage.
Download the App
The Illuminati App is available to download to
your smartphone for free from these sites
online:
Search for “Illuminati Meter”.
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Connect and Bond Your IM100
Power On
Turn on the IM100 using the power button on
the corner of the meter.
Start the App
Start the Illuminati App on your smartphone.
The LEDs will appear blue when the meter is not
connected to your phone.
Connect
iPhone: The app will find the meter. Click
“Scan”, and the meter will connect to the
phone. When connected the meter LEDs will
briefly flash green, then stop flashing.
Android: The app finds the meter and connects
automatically. You will know this has happened
when you see the LEDs briefly flash bright green
and then turn off. No need for the step below.
When the mater and the App connect, you will
see a blue band with the device’s name on it, as
in the illustration below.
Bond
Bonding is useful when there are other IM100
meters in the vicinity and you want to ensure
connectivity between your own smartphone
and your illuminati meter.
Bonding your meter to your phone ensures that
the meter reports its readings to your
smartphone, not others, and that you control its
settings. If this is not an issue for you, you may
not need to bond your meter. Bonding is
required for you to rename your meter
(instructions further below).
Press the blue bar with the connected meter on
it (don’t click on the “Disconnect” button).
Press the “Bond” button – upper left.
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The phone will respond with a Bluetooth pairing
request. Select the “Pair” option. The phone
and meter will be bonded.
Identify
The other button, “Identify” is useful in
situations where multiple meters are used, and
you want to know which meter is which. Simply
press the “Identify” button, and the LEDs will
blink magenta. “Click “Stop Identifying” to end
the identify more.
Click the “Back” option in the upper left portion
of the screen. In the next screen, click “Done” in
the upper-right.
Renaming Your Meter
Once your meter has been bonded to your
smartphone, you can rename the meter, if you
like.
In the upper right corner of the smartphone
screen is the “Rename” feature. Click
“Rename”, and the pop-up screen for entering
the name will appear.
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Enter your new meter name and press “Ok”.
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Technical Settings
In addition to the bonding , identifying, and
renaming functions, there are several other
technical settings for your meter. There are four
sliders and two buttons for setting various
parameters for your meter.
Inactivity Timeout
If the meter is inactive for a period of time, it
will automatically power down. The time can be
set in the Inactivity Timeout slider. Values can
range from 10 sec. to 30 mins.
Ambient Sample Rate
The meter can be set to sample the ambient
lighting at a set internal. Values can range from
5 samples/sec (1 sample every 0.2 secs.) to 60
seconds per sample (1 sample per minute).
Flash Armed Timeout
The flash trigger can be armed and waiting for a
trigger event. This setting controls the amount
of time until the meter exits “Flash Armed”
mode. Values can range from 5 secs. To 30
minutes.
Photocell Trigger Sensitivity
This control sets the sensitivity of the flash
trigger. Values range from 1 to 10. Set it to a
high value if there are few, if any, other light
sources in the area. If there are several other
light sources in the vicinity that could trigger
the cell, a low value will ensure the flash will
trigger properly.
Enable photocell trigger
There is a separate photocell in the IM100 that
looks for the rapidly increasing light levels
produced by a flash. You can choose to turn this
photocell off, if you are not using flash lighting.
Sync cord enables strobe metering
There is a sync cord port on one corner of the
IM100. Enable this function if you would like to
use the sync cord port to fire the strobe.
Pressing the power button once, briefly, will fire
the strobes.
Return to Metering Function
When you are done, press arrow next to the
“Add Light Meter” text in the upper left of the
screen.
Then, on the next screen, press, “Done” in the
upper right of the screen.
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Adding Tiles
Press the “+” in the upper left of the screen.
Select the type of metering you want the app to
report. Select an option from the screen.
Select Still Exposure, for example. You will then
select the meter you want to report this
information for. The reason for this step is for
situations in which multiple meters are used.
The meter will then take you to the TILE screen
where you can see tiles for your meter reading
options. You can also create other tiles for the
information listed above.
You can see the creation of tiles on the next
page.
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