Sorry folks Halloween has be taking all my attention so I have not done anything with this. Once Halloween is over I will pick this back up.
Artnet support in Vixen..
- Thread starter mrpackethead
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Sorry folks Halloween has be taking all my attention so I have not done anything with this. Once Halloween is over I will pick this back up.
LabRat
Active member
Me too. At 5:57 this evening, I finished my son's "Samurai Armour" (still need to do the helmet). That left me 3 minutes of grace period before the party he had to attend at 6:00 (phew). Now I can start on my mini-trees, and cutting the aluminum for the SSR Heatsinks.
LabRat
Active member
Ping...
Anyone using.. or continuing to use the Art-Net plug-in for Vixen? (As I haven't any Artnet devices yet.. it hasn't seen much action). I've been thinking about putting DD-WRT (or similar) on a WiFi router, and writing a custom application that would receive the artnet and convert to REN output. Thus allowing me to plug my ren's into the wifi router.. which would receive the data from Vixen as an Art-Net universe.
Well.. it's an idea anyways..
Anyone using.. or continuing to use the Art-Net plug-in for Vixen? (As I haven't any Artnet devices yet.. it hasn't seen much action). I've been thinking about putting DD-WRT (or similar) on a WiFi router, and writing a custom application that would receive the artnet and convert to REN output. Thus allowing me to plug my ren's into the wifi router.. which would receive the data from Vixen as an Art-Net universe.
Well.. it's an idea anyways..
mrpackethead
New member
This has already been done, but the project went a bit cold i think.. But would be well worth reviving! I'll dig out some old URLS for it.
Here is the link:
http://www.nomis52.net/?section=projects§2=artnet&page=intro
This project is DMX out but could be adapted to Renard serial.
The Asus WL-520GU is a popular choice for hacking.
LabRat
Active member
Googled it and liked what I saw. NCIX.com has decent price, and there's a $10.00 mail in rebate at the moment as well.
Now I wait....
... I hate waiting.
BTW Please do create a new thread (maybe in development) to document your progress, several of us will want to follow along.
This should give you a boost (this gets me thinking about a 4 universe DMX node):
http://mightyohm.com/blog/2008/11/building-a-wifi-radio-part-4-installing-openwrt/
http://code.google.com/p/linux-lighting/
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What is the current status of sending DMX512 over Ethernet?
I'm just about to start with Vixen to control my current homebrewed system of lights. Moving it to a MCU that can handle Ethernet is far easier than adding a seperate chip which can handle the 250Kbps DMX data. So can anyone tell me what the data format is of the ethernet packets and what plugins I need to send Vixen's data out on Ethernet instead of serial?
For those interested: I build my own stuff around Allegro A6281 LED drivers and a MCF5213 microcontroller. My systems are algorithmic rather than sequenced, but adding Vixen and switching to a GIGO mode when sequences arrive from the computer running Vixen would allow me to do both -- have shows when data is present and algorithms when it is not. This is so homebrew I make my own 36channel driver boards from a board house in CO. (currently is 180channels, or 60RGB lights)
Does anyone know what the current status of DMX over Ethernet is, and what module Vixen needs to send that data to MCUs on the same internal network?
I'm just about to start with Vixen to control my current homebrewed system of lights. Moving it to a MCU that can handle Ethernet is far easier than adding a seperate chip which can handle the 250Kbps DMX data. So can anyone tell me what the data format is of the ethernet packets and what plugins I need to send Vixen's data out on Ethernet instead of serial?
For those interested: I build my own stuff around Allegro A6281 LED drivers and a MCF5213 microcontroller. My systems are algorithmic rather than sequenced, but adding Vixen and switching to a GIGO mode when sequences arrive from the computer running Vixen would allow me to do both -- have shows when data is present and algorithms when it is not. This is so homebrew I make my own 36channel driver boards from a board house in CO. (currently is 180channels, or 60RGB lights)
Does anyone know what the current status of DMX over Ethernet is, and what module Vixen needs to send that data to MCUs on the same internal network?
Re: What is the current status of sending DMX512 over Ethernet?
This is the artnet thread so you can find the Vixen Plugin here. If you want the protocol you can go here.
DMX over Ethernet is alive and well in Vixen and in the forum. In fact most have moved to the current standard sACN (Streaming ACN or E1.31). Go here to learn more about the current ethernet options.
This is the artnet thread so you can find the Vixen Plugin here. If you want the protocol you can go here.
DMX over Ethernet is alive and well in Vixen and in the forum. In fact most have moved to the current standard sACN (Streaming ACN or E1.31). Go here to learn more about the current ethernet options.
rubiksolver
New member
Re: What is the current status of sending DMX512 over Ethernet?
Where would I find the most recent artnet plugin for vixen? I tried a couple links in this thread, but they didn't work for me. Thanks for any help!
Where would I find the most recent artnet plugin for vixen? I tried a couple links in this thread, but they didn't work for me. Thanks for any help!
Re: What is the current status of sending DMX512 over Ethernet?
I have this for 2.5 otherwise ping Labrat.
I have this for 2.5 otherwise ping Labrat.