For all you complaining about the MA visulizer being stupid, you shouldn't.
Is it as easy to use as say, an
ETC Express Console? Not by a long shot, but the
console is infinitely more configurable. With all that
power to configure the
console, you really need to be trained on the
console. And that is something that MA provides to you when you buy the
console. They are not particularly concerned with people trying to get a free
visualizer, at least not enough to spend the time to train them on it. If you want to learn how to use it, ask them for the Demo DVD. It will take you through most of the steps of what you are asking it to do. And contrary to what people have said, it does work just fine in the US. I have never had any problems with running it. Otherwise, take some time and figure it out, rather than just coming around to a website and calling it stupid or crap.
Sorry to be pissy, but I get really tired of people who don't show a little
bit of patience and expect things to work with out putting any time into actually learning the nuances of the way each board works.
As a big hint, these days you really have to know about IP addresses to get most consoles talking to other devices out there.....
Another option might be to go over to another forum where there are many professionals who use the MA software all the time. Say for instance,
The light network? But don't go calling it crap or stupid over there or you won't get much help, I'd venture...