artnet to dmx at HOG4PC

[karatron]

Hi everybody..
It took me so long but now its time to move to artnet!!! those led fixtures really eat a lot of DMX!!
My question is.. If I connect one of these http://www.enttec.com/index.php?main_menu=Products&pn=70305
to an ethernet switcher where also my laptop running HOG4PC is connected.. I will get DMX out!! out of it....
doing of course what needs to be done with the HOG4PC network settings.
thanks for your help in advance

 

[doctrjohn]

Sure; as long as you have a widget to unlock the universe of Artnet. In order to actually output DMX (or Artnet, sACN, etc...) you need a piece of High End hardware to unlock each universe you wish to control. A single USB widget unlocks one universe, a Super widget will unlock four, etc...

Best,
John

 

[karatron]

Sure; as long as you have a widget to unlock the universe of Artnet. In order to actually output DMX (or Artnet, sACN, etc...) you need a piece of High End hardware to unlock each universe you wish to control. A single USB widget unlocks one universe, a Super widget will unlock four, etc...

Best,
John

thanks John
but I think that the widgets unlock the actual DMX out. The software comes with 4 DMX outputs ( if you have the according widget ) plus 8 artnet outputs. I didn't find any hardware to unlock these in HIGHEND

thanks again for your reply
Yorgos

 

[Wood4321]

Yorgos, they unlock both. In hog pc, you get the same number of Artnet (or sACN) outputs as you have widgets attached. None come for free.

ie. if you have a single widget attached, you get 1 universe of art net, or DMX.
if you have a super widget attached you get 4 universes of art net or dmx.
No widget, no universes.

AND, the universes that the physical widgets are mapped to, must be the same as the art net or sACN universes..