Sean Meighan

Software => Xlights Setup => Topic started by: CoasterBP on November 23, 2014, 08:30:00 PM

Title: ENTEC Open DMX not supported?
Post by: CoasterBP on November 23, 2014, 08:30:00 PM

Just tried messing around with my Enttec Open DMX and NC and noticed that it wasn't listed in the supported devices list in the setup tab...

I tried it anyways and my results were not good. Is the Open version not supported?

Thanks!

-=CoasterBP

Title: Re: ENTEC Open DMX not supported?
Post by: JonB256 on November 24, 2014, 04:37:00 AM

It is supported.  Open DMX.
What version of xlights are you using?

Title: Re: ENTEC Open DMX not supported?
Post by: CoasterBP on November 24, 2014, 11:36:04 AM

Version 3.6.7

I'll tinker around some more and see if I can't figure out what's happening.

-=CoasterBP

Title: Re: ENTEC Open DMX not supported?
Post by: CoasterBP on November 25, 2014, 05:43:22 PM

God I'm so stupid sometimes...

Scrolled down the list a little further to see the Open DMX option there.

I tried that and it worked.... for the most part.

I'm still having an issue with 5 of my RGB floods (http://www.eliminatorlighting.com/pdffiles/electro86.pdf)

These, I have to have the control channel set at a DMX Value of 189. Very easy to do in LOR. So made a test sequence in LOR with that correct address at a DMX value of 189 for the entire sequence. Was not getting very good results even though everything else was working fine so far.

Any ideas on that?

More tinkering tomorrow.

-=CoasterBP


***EDIT - After looking at the xLights/Nutcracker FB page, another user is having the same issue where a specific DMX value is NOT being converted correctly when going from LOR to xLights... anyone have some insight?

Title: Re: ENTEC Open DMX not supported?
Post by: sean on November 26, 2014, 09:28:03 AM

why not define your floods as 3 channels like this

1    flood1
7    flood2
13  flood3

then make a single string, 1 light dummy light starting on channels
4    dummy1
10  dummy2
16  dummy3

on the dummy lights set a colorwash of red where you set the rgb value to 189,0,0
Now in your sequence u can control the rgb floods
just leave colorwash on the dummy lights (put colorwash on in the first row and blanks all the way down , this will keep the colorwash keeping outputting 189 on the very next channel above the floods

Title: Re: ENTEC Open DMX not supported?
Post by: CoasterBP on November 26, 2014, 11:46:32 AM

I'll give this a shot, Sean.

Thanks! I'll keep you advised of my progress.

-=CoasterBP

Title: Re: ENTEC Open DMX not supported?
Post by: CoasterBP on November 30, 2014, 02:08:38 PM

Sean, just wanted to let you know that I did what you suggested and I had great success!

Thanks for the info! So far, everything is going really well! (knock wood)

-=CoasterBP