ETC Artnet In?
- Thread starterColin Bishop
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Jay Ashworth
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It's not quite clear what you want to do.
Merge incoming DMX/sACN, enroute to a dimmer pack/fixtures?
Merge incoming DMX/sACN, enroute to a dimmer pack/fixtures?
Colin Bishop
ValleyPoint Church AVL Tech
Jay Ashworth
Well-Known Member
ChrisB_SanDiego
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Not sure if I am understanding you correctly....
1. If your base system is an ION that has sACN achitecture and you want to just add another non ETC console to network. The ION cannot receive DMX like a fixture does. you can pass OSC or MIDI signals from another console to the ION and then subsequently control the lights that way.
2. If you are just adding another ETC board, simply connecting it into a switch and modifying the network settings in the shell will allow control over the lights via network.
3. If you just want to allow someone else to bring their console into your venue than you would need to either:
a. output sACN or Art-net from both consoles. (be aware that the first console will create a 'home' value for the next board... this is a nightmare so you want to only have patched or a user group for the lights you want to control with each board, no fixture sharing with multiple branded board).
b. use a separate node as an input into the system. I leave a 2 port node at FOH dedicated for tie-ins. than the touring company just goes dmx from their node to our node, and none of our architecture changes.
c. get a multiple port node. go dmx out from ION to ports 1 and 2, and subsequent ports from next console. the node would act like a dmx switch joining signals.
1. If your base system is an ION that has sACN achitecture and you want to just add another non ETC console to network. The ION cannot receive DMX like a fixture does. you can pass OSC or MIDI signals from another console to the ION and then subsequently control the lights that way.
2. If you are just adding another ETC board, simply connecting it into a switch and modifying the network settings in the shell will allow control over the lights via network.
3. If you just want to allow someone else to bring their console into your venue than you would need to either:
a. output sACN or Art-net from both consoles. (be aware that the first console will create a 'home' value for the next board... this is a nightmare so you want to only have patched or a user group for the lights you want to control with each board, no fixture sharing with multiple branded board).
b. use a separate node as an input into the system. I leave a 2 port node at FOH dedicated for tie-ins. than the touring company just goes dmx from their node to our node, and none of our architecture changes.
c. get a multiple port node. go dmx out from ION to ports 1 and 2, and subsequent ports from next console. the node would act like a dmx switch joining signals.
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