DMX / Lighting For Max
Hi y'all!
I am currently working on making a reactive lighting setup to integrate into my live sets, but am having trouble sending DMX messages to light cans from my laptop. I am entirely new to all things DMX, so I feel like I'm likely just missing something in the Max patch.
I have a DMX encoder box(https://dmxking.com/downloads/eDMX1%20PRO%20User%20Manual%20(EN).pdf), and am currently trying to send DMX messages to one light can. It looks like the encoder box is showing up on my laptop, but it doesn't seem like the DMX messages are getting to the light, as the light doesn't do anything. The light's address looks correct, so I feel like it must be something I'm missing between the encoder and the light can...
My current patch is super simple- it's basically just six sliders that go from 0-255, each of which go into a pak object, which is then sent to a udpsend object that then has the ip address for the encoder box that it sends via ethernet. If I'm sending messages to the DMX encoder out of ethernet, that's all I should need to send DMX messages, right...? Is specifying a port necessary when communicating to the DMX encoder? I haven't seen anything in the configuration for the encoder box regarding a port, so I basically just set the udpsend object's port number randomly.
Any suggestions or input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much.
Amina
The page here lists compatible software: http://dmxking.com/control-software
... it says you need an external to use it with Max: http://www.nullmedium.de/dev/dmxusbpro/
However... I think this external won't work with Max 8, it is old and costs some money. If your device is using the same protocol as the Enttec DMXUSBPro then this patch might work:
@Luke, your patch is for a USB device, while @Amina's is an Art-net device.
So @Amina, you need to send commands to your device using the Art-Net protocol.
David Butler shared an external here: https://cycling74.com/forums/art-net-externals-v1-0-beta-64-bit-and-multiple-universes/replies/2
@Lska I downloaded and tried David Butler’s externals for Art-Net protocol, but the moment I type the externals name(at least any dealing with Art-Net) into a new object and hit enter, my Max 8 crashes. Is anyone successfully using David Butler’s Art-Net externals in Max 8?
I may end up just returning my eDMX box and buy an ENNTEC USB Pro so that I can utilize the serial port instead of having to worry about Art-Net. @Luke- I’m curious; do you know what the prepended and appended numbers are in the Max patches that work with the ENTTEC USB Pro? Has anyone had issues with the USB Pro having drop outs or choking from too much data or anything like this? I‘m going to be running as many as 60+ channels of DMX through USB and potentially changing a lot of them quite rapidly, so I’m curious how much it can handle. The USB Pro mk2 looks nice as well and is apparently faster, but I wonder what sort of protocol it’d need for it to receive data...
Thanks for the input, y’all!
Oh also- @Lska the dropbox link to David Butler’s Art-Net externals seems to be broken now. I found a link to his earlier version 0.5, but haven’t found a working link to the beta 1.0 yet. If anyone has it, I’d be curious to try it out before completely abandoning sending DMX through Art-Net instead of USB.
Ah never mind- I found a working link to v1.1.
Hello Amina, I tried to find the most recent version of David Butler's Art-net externals and could only find 1.0. Can you provide a link for the v1.1?
All the best,
Sergio
That's great, thank you so much! I will email him also, it does make sense.
Cheers,
Sergio