Andrew Dewar

I've been reading a lot about DMX control with MAX lately. I want to start pursuing it and was curious if anyone knew about the HOG DMX USB Widget (

http://www.gearsource.com/catalog/listing/71186).

 I have access to one already and was hoping it is usable with MAX?

If it isin't, I will probably but an Enttec Pro, but if I don't need to spend the money, I would be very excited.

Hello All!
    I've been reading a lot about DMX control with MAX lately. I want to start pursuing it and was curious if anyone knew about the HOG DMX USB Widget (http://www.gearsource.com/catalog/listing/71186). I have access to one already and was hoping it is usable with MAX? 

hog-dmx-usb-widget

You're gonna need an external to make that work in Max. Haven't seen one for it.

As far as I'm aware there are no externals for this device as it's a manufacturer specific box. It's unlikely to ever be supported unless High End allow it to be used in other software.

That was what i feared. Very unfortunate, but definitely understandable.

David, I have searched through a lot of your things and don't see an external for PC for the Enttec USB Pro. Is that true? Is there any PC externals?! I did a solid amount of searching and on't see one anywhere.

That was what i feared. Very unfortunate, but definitely understandable. 

I have made one previously but it never left beta as there were reliability problems. I've recently been coding a new object from scratch which also supports the Mk2. This is about 50% complete and should be ready in a couple of weeks.

In the meantime, you can use Olaf Matthes object, although I've had issues using it with Max 6 and up:

It seems like I am having some success now with the new Enttec USB Pro.

The only persisting problem I have is that I can't send to anyaddress over 2. On my standard 3 channel par washes, 1 (Red) works fine, 2(Green) works as well, but 3 (blue) is not functioning.

Following this, any address past that 2 does not function so I can only get 1 and 2 to work out of all 512 of them.

Hey All,
   It seems like I am having some success now with the new Enttec USB Pro. 

The only persisting problem I have is that I can't send to anyaddress over 2. On my standard 3 channel par washes, 1 (Red) works fine, 2(Green) works as well, but 3 (blue) is not functioning.
   Following this, any address past that 2 does not function so I can only get 1 and 2 to work out of all 512 of them.

Everything to the left is a quad panning system I've been working on. The location of the panning will determine the intensity of each light.

Let me know if anything on the patch is unclear.

Nothing really wrong with your patch, I'm guessing this is a problem with the dmxusbpro external. In fact it's similar to problems I've experienced with it in the past.

Only thing I can suggest is to try setting channels to 512. There's no real advantage to setting channels to anything less than 512. DMX can output at 44 fps with 512 channels, and whilst sending less channels allows you to achieve higher frame rates, 44 is more than adequate. The industry standard Grand MA2 console in fact only outputs at 30 fps on all its DMX outputs.

I'm also still working on my new Enttec external, I'll post here again when its ready to test.

Any idea how long on your external? I'm trying to get something together for a project for a class that's due in a week. I can write everything else and then just drop the external in if it was even in a beta form by then.

Any idea how long on your external?  I'm trying to get something together for a project for a class that's due in a week. I can write everything else and then just drop the external in if it was even in a beta form by then.

That's with Olaf Matthes' external, right? Isn't it so that the free demo version only works on 2 channels? It's 10 bucks or so, well worth it. Have been using it for years.

It's unlikely to be ready in that short a time I'm afraid, have a lot of other big projects on at the moment.

David, not a problem! Just seeing where it was at. Let me know if you need a PC tester on the external. I'd love to help.

Thanks for the info! I will be buying it shortly!

DTR,
   Thanks for the info! I will be buying it shortly!

BTW you can just communicate with the DMX USB Pro via the serial object:

https://cycling74.com/forums/dmx-dmx-usb-pro-open-dmx/

BTW you can just communicate with the DMX USB Pro via the serial object:
https://cycling74.com/forums/dmx-dmx-usb-pro-open-dmx/


I successfully have all lights working, but am looking for some advice.

On the left of the patch, you see a quad panning system designed so that on fader is front and back, and one is left right. I want a light by each speaker to have an intensity that correlates to the amount of signal that is present in each speaker.

I have it close, but as you can see, there is always 2 lights on since it;'s set up as front back and then left right. Any math gurus out there have ideas on how to translate this into a value for each intensity of the lights.

Hey Guys!
   Thanks for all the help so far. 

I successfully have all lights working, but am looking for some advice. 

     On the left of the patch, you see a quad panning system designed so that on fader is front and back, and one is left right. I want a light by each speaker to have an intensity that correlates to the amount of signal that is present in each speaker. 

    I have it close, but as you can see, there is always 2 lights on since it;'s set up as front back and then left right. Any math gurus out there have ideas on how to translate this into a value for each intensity of the lights.

Hog DMX USB Widget