JChenault
Well-Known Member
I had an "interesting" day today, I thought I should share. First in case if helps someone else - secondly in case someone could explain what might be going on.
We are doing a show in a high school venue. The lighting system consists of distributred dimmers . The DMX control for each dimmer pack runs directly to an rack of Pathway - DMX splitters ( DMX Repeater Pro). There is no daisy chaining of DMX. In addition to using the splitting functionality of the system, they are also apparently using to to merge DMX streams, and to act as a hub where the system will sense which DMX outlet is putting out signal and use that as the source.
The house system has an element for control.
I attempted to connect my control console ( Plexus) using a "DMX King" USB dongle. I have used this product many times going direct to DMX devices and have had no issues. I found that the response to the system was noticibly sluggish. There would be a noticible delay when I moved the slider before the intensity of a fixture would change. If I was fading, the fade would stutter for a time before completing.
I connected a second DMX King and had the same result.
The next day I attached one of Baxter controlls pocket DMX to the system ( for debugging) and things were smooth.
I then attached the Enttec USB Pro Mk2 and the problem was solved. Fades are smooth and all is happy ( I have not tried the older Enttec dongle yet )
So - if you are using the DMX-King, and have some hesitation, give the Enttec USB-Pro a try.
Secondly - does anyone have any idea what could have been going on here?
We are doing a show in a high school venue. The lighting system consists of distributred dimmers . The DMX control for each dimmer pack runs directly to an rack of Pathway - DMX splitters ( DMX Repeater Pro). There is no daisy chaining of DMX. In addition to using the splitting functionality of the system, they are also apparently using to to merge DMX streams, and to act as a hub where the system will sense which DMX outlet is putting out signal and use that as the source.
The house system has an element for control.
I attempted to connect my control console ( Plexus) using a "DMX King" USB dongle. I have used this product many times going direct to DMX devices and have had no issues. I found that the response to the system was noticibly sluggish. There would be a noticible delay when I moved the slider before the intensity of a fixture would change. If I was fading, the fade would stutter for a time before completing.
I connected a second DMX King and had the same result.
The next day I attached one of Baxter controlls pocket DMX to the system ( for debugging) and things were smooth.
I then attached the Enttec USB Pro Mk2 and the problem was solved. Fades are smooth and all is happy ( I have not tried the older Enttec dongle yet )
So - if you are using the DMX-King, and have some hesitation, give the Enttec USB-Pro a try.
Secondly - does anyone have any idea what could have been going on here?