DMX external
Hi all,
Is there any external (or patch) that generates DMX messages that works with Max7 or Max8?
There has been quite a few over the years, but they all seem to be unsupported now.
Either USB or ArtNet are fine.
Thank you in advance,
Bruno
Olaf Matthes' original DMXUSBPro object still seems to work.
However, I tend to favour the IMP.DMX artnet objects: I've used them to output Artnet for installations, shows etc with very high reliability. If you need to output to a USB interface you can use them in conjunction with OLA (Open Lighting Architecture).
Hope this helps.
Oh I didn't know, thank you !
Please could you expand on how to use OLA in conjunction with IMP.DMX ?
This sounds perfect, thanks a lot
Hi - sorry for delayed reply.
This website gives you info on ola https://www.openlighting.org/ola/
I've found it easiest to install it with the package manager homebrew (macOS).
Basically, you launch ola in terminal, which creates an configuration interface you can access through your web browser, which is reasonably easy to sort out.
This creates an artnet destination inside your computer.
You address all artnet data to this destination (ie. it will be your local IP address 127.0.0.1 etc and a port number). This is where I use the object imp.artnet.controller by David Butler.
Ola then interprets this data and sends it to your DMX interface.
In addition, you can use a huge variety of other artnet enabled software to talk to your DMX interface.
Thanks !