send artnet or dmx data on Mac with M1 chip to control lights
Hello Max fellows,
Have a question how to control lights with Max with DMX or Artnet using a Mac with M1 chip. In the past I used the imp.artnet external from David Butler and a artnet to DMX converter.
https://cycling74.com/forums/art-net-externals-v1-0-beta-64-bit-and-multiple-universes
But sadly there is no UB version of this external.
Has anybody found a way to send DMX or artnet data natively using a M1 Mac?
I am thinking about making a rosetta standalone which converts OSC Messages to artnet with the intel version of the imp.artnet external.
Not very elegant ...
Thanks for any hint in advance.
Best,
pelo
I have the same problem.
Has somebody successfully used a USB to DMX hardware device with Max on a Silicon Mac?
thanks in advance,
yon
USB to DMX uses serial communication.
Nothing to do with Silicon or not.
Thanks Source Audio!
Did not know that it is possible to use a enttec dmx usb pro without an external.
Can we use it simply with the standard serial object?
Found a patch here:
https://cycling74.com/forums/dmx-with-enttec-usb-pro-mk2
thanks in advance,
yon
sure, serial object works just fine.
Which version of DMX USB Pro do you use ?
MK2 ?
need 2 universes ?
I can send you properly working max patch.
Most of the posted examples are having one or the other
mistake inside.
also check this entire post :
https://cycling74.com/forums/second-universe-on-dmxusbpro-mk2-let's-get-it-once-and-for-all-!
Hello Source Audio,
Thanks again for your information.
I am planing to buy a Enttec DMX USB Pro Interface.
In the past i used artnet to DMX interfaces like the Enttec Ode.
Need only one universe and like that it is isolated.
Great, if you dont mind sending a patch!
Would be wonderful. Reinventing the wheel twice is boring ;-)
Do you think about posting it here?
Thanks,
Yon
here is example patch set to control 2 x 24 faders for 2 universes,
including possible automation and curve for faders.
But main thing is the way data get sent to serial port.
You can cut it down for a single universe easily,
like this:
P.S. both examples use only up to 256 channels,
to use full 512, modify them like this:

Possibly a dumb question, but is it possible to change this patch to be able to send my lighting data via an Enttec ODE connected to my Mac via ethernet? (My Enttec is packed away at the moment, so I can't connect it up to see if it shows up in the serial ports right now).
thanks
Hello Source audio,
Thank you very much for your sharing your knowlege with us.
This is not self-evident. Will check that out, when i receive the hardware.
Yon
ODE seems to be artnet controlled device, can't work with serial port,
ok, thanks. I guess that means I'm depending on David Rokeby resurfacing (as there aren't any other Artnet objects AFAIK)
Hi, I prepared this abstraction that works on silicon processors:
I hope it works for you!
Hey, that's great.
Would this by any chance work with the native ethernet connection on the Mac?
Cheers,
B