So, I'm in a pickle
I'm going to be designing (which around here means being an entire lighting crew) a show, and I really need/want every intelligent fixture we have for this show, but some dumb scheduling has left me with an express, where I was planning on a Hog 3. I've been running Hog 3 PC software, and I've been trying to find ways around needing a DP to control my rig. I've been pondering the idea of investing in some sort of sACN or Art-Net widget, given that I should be able to run the system on one (albeit, quite full) universe. We also have Sensor dimmers in this space but from my research it appears that ETC doesn't like giving their protocol to other companies and that still doesn't solve for the rest of my system.
To sum my question up, can I run a sACN node alone on a Hog 3/4 PC without having any High End equipment physically plugged into my machine or do I need to have a Widget/DP in order to output sACN?
I'm going to be designing (which around here means being an entire lighting crew) a show, and I really need/want every intelligent fixture we have for this show, but some dumb scheduling has left me with an express, where I was planning on a Hog 3. I've been running Hog 3 PC software, and I've been trying to find ways around needing a DP to control my rig. I've been pondering the idea of investing in some sort of sACN or Art-Net widget, given that I should be able to run the system on one (albeit, quite full) universe. We also have Sensor dimmers in this space but from my research it appears that ETC doesn't like giving their protocol to other companies and that still doesn't solve for the rest of my system.
To sum my question up, can I run a sACN node alone on a Hog 3/4 PC without having any High End equipment physically plugged into my machine or do I need to have a Widget/DP in order to output sACN?