How to Start Light Key for Sunday Service and Select the Correct Scene

Step-by-step guide on starting Light Key for Sunday service, ensuring proper setup, avoiding conflicts with Luminair, and selecting the correct lighting scene for your church event.

By Chris Copeland

In this guide, we'll learn how to set up Light Key for a Sunday service and select the correct lighting scene. We will also cover how to ensure that Luminair does not interfere with Light Key by adjusting its settings on the iPad. This process helps prevent lighting issues and ensures the lights are ready for practice and the service.

Let's get started

First, when you come in, the lights will be controlled by this iPad. This application is called Luminair. We don't use it for Sunday service. If it is opened at the same time as Light Key, the lights will start flashing and create a disco effect.

To start, we need to make sure that WiFi is turned off on the Luminair iPad.

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Check the Wi-Fi status in the top-right corner of the iPad.
Step #1: Check the Wi-Fi status in the top-right corner of the iPad.
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Drag down from the top right corner to open the Control Center.
Step #2: Drag down from the top right corner to open the Control Center.

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Tap the Wi-Fi icon to turn it off.
Step #3: Tap the Wi-Fi icon to turn it off.
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Tap the Airplane Mode icon to turn it on.
Step #4: Tap the Airplane Mode icon to turn it on.

Once you’re done, you’re all set.

You can turn off this iPad.

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Press the power button to turn off the iPad screen.
Step #5: Press the power button to turn off the iPad screen.

Second, make sure that Light Key has internet access. Connect it directly using this cable.

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Ensure the black internet cable is connected to the white dongle.
Step #6: Ensure the black internet cable is connected to the white dongle.

If the black cable is not connected to the white dongle, we need to fix it. Make sure it is connected.

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Plug the ethernet cable into the adapter.
Step #7: Plug the ethernet cable into the adapter.

It should be getting a direct internet feed from the ethernet cable. Now, we need to get into Lightkey.

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Open the laptop.
Step #8: Open the laptop.

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Find the password 'Truelife301' on the sticker in the bottom corner of the laptop.
Step #9: Find the password 'Truelife301' on the sticker in the bottom corner of the laptop.

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Press the power button to turn on the laptop.
Step #10: Press the power button to turn on the laptop.

It will go through its power-up cycle. Then it will ask you for the password. Sometimes it takes a minute.

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If asked for the password, use the one written on the sticker on the laptop.
Step #11: If asked for the password, use the one written on the sticker on the laptop.

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Double-click the Lightkey icon, which looks like a disco ball, in the dock.
Step #12: Double-click the Lightkey icon, which looks like a disco ball, in the dock.

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Ensure your Wi-Fi is turned off by checking the icon in the top menu bar.
Step #13: Ensure your Wi-Fi is turned off by checking the icon in the top menu bar.

If it is on, it might be connected to the wrong Wi-Fi, and then it will not work. Make sure Wi-Fi is off, since the connection comes directly from a cable.

To access what we need for Sundays, go to TLC Main Lights.

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Click the 'TLC_Main_Lights' project from the Recent Projects list.
Step #14: Click the 'TLC_Main_Lights' project from the Recent Projects list.
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Click on the 'TLC_Main_Lights' project under 'RECENT PROJECTS'.
Step #15: Click on the 'TLC_Main_Lights' project under 'RECENT PROJECTS'.

Don't worry if the lights go out. That's normal. Look for the option with the correct month and year for your needs. In this case, it's March 26. Everything is already set up, so just select it and click Practice.

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Click the arrow next to the folder labeled with the current month and year (e.g., 'March '26').
Step #16: Click the arrow next to the folder labeled with the current month and year (e.g., 'March '26').
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Click on 'Practice'.
Step #17: Click on 'Practice'.

Lights are set and ready for practice on Sunday morning.