Hey Michel,

Thanks a lot for sharing your actor, I was out of internet reach so sorry for the late reply,  This is so much help. I great to have the support of others!! Best Mario

Dear Duncan,

I thought I had addressed this some time ago. The Windows version searches COM ports 0 through 255 (though it used to do 0 to 9.) What version are you using? Best Wishes, Mark

I have successfully used the TripleHead Digital (NOT Digital SE) with DVI outputs with the Macbook Pro, even though it says that it is not compatible on the Matrox website.  If you attach passive DVI-VGA adapters you can then connect the VGA to composite converters.

Great links, thanks Mark. Will pass this forward to the London user group.

This is very helpful.
Thank you.

Take a look at this patch I created three years ago in an Isadora workshop. It does some of what you want to do.  3a1951-talking-to-myself.izz

Hi Mark,

seemed to crash for me too when I enabled my preview. Doesn't appear to be any actors on the stage either?

Dear Jim,

You should be able to set this up using [dyndns.org](http://dyn.com/dns/) Once you do this, don't publish the sever name here... send it to me in a private message and let then I'll see what I can find out. Best Wishes, Mark

Marc is this for you? It is a 10 minute job to make one starting from this

https://github.com/gameoverhack/ofxOpenNI I made a quick OSX version with syphon of point cloud, mask, colour and depth image, I have code to get quarternions and XYZ out OSC. I dont have a windows machine running but I can send the files of the code that will compile if you have your linker settings right (all the code is cross platform). The openNi part is portable and super fast and well written (it has a lot of users right now). The OSC part adds no overhead.

Dear All,

Just created this example patch for a user. It receives MIDI Program Change command to activate scenes. Send MIDI Program Change 1 to jump to the scene called "Scene 1", Program Change 2 to for "Scene 2" etc. Comments within the file explain how it works. This patch is a bit "tricky' in that it uses a Jump actor in a secondary scene; perhaps that is a useful concept for all to examine. Enjoy, Mark

6ec9ff-program-change-trigger-scenes.izz

hi michel

yes, you're right. sorry for not adding the link.

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That was my impression, but this is a well tested enterprise solution. They are running it in film shoots and broadcast centres already- I needed something much simpler than this but they wrote the whole system from the ground up. Yes it does rely on a wifi network but getting super solid wifi infrastructure is not so hard these days, after that it just comes down to the quality of their code. I regularly use wifi inside shows, to and from a variety of devices (I write my own IOS apps and make my own hardware to do so). I use RNXV chips in our hardware- it has tested very well. In terms of running multiple wireless signals inside a theatre it is actually more manageable to get an enterprise class wireless system and write good code to run on it. This way you have only one frequency to take care of (rf solutions such as Xbee really have a lot of downfalls on stage and in areas where there is a lot of wifi traffic and other wireless devices), in these situations if you cant beat em, join em. Managing a variety of different wireless protocols and equipment has been a lot more work for me in the past, I even have 2.4ghz wireless mics that slip seamlessly into our system and I don't have to worry about the show next door, or the LTE frequency in the country I am in at the time.

So far once I got good hardware and set up a good management system wifi has been more reliable (I do not give internet access, just a local network). I do travel with my own access point and carefully scan the spectrum before I choose a channel. This way I have a reserved IP for all devices (most are wired except for those that cannot be) and there are no network administrators to deal with or settings to change. I use ipods and iphones on stage for a variety of reasons and even if I build my own devices doing through a wifi network still seems to be the best way for me so far.  Having said this I am not working in very large venues (say 100 to 800 seats). I wanted to explain the length I have gone to to get a good wifi system, having said that, I am curious to know what bad experiences you have with WIFI on stage and why so I can look out for them in the future.

I am taking the dumps from the SC window and will use them as a starting point. getting SuperCollider Workig on ipad was a feat!

Dear Peter,

I think what's happening is that you are getting a trigger 1) when you press the button and 2) when you release it. (OSCulator will send 1.0 when you press, 0.0 when you release.) I would use a Comparator actor after the OSC Listener to compare the value to 1.0 -- then use the 'true' output to trigger whatever you need to trigger. That way, you'll only get a trigger when you _press_ the button, not when you release it. Best Wishes, Mark

it's not a controller. it's a game console with built-in controls and only output as the video out. one would need to try to develop a ways to get any control info out of it. possible as it has IP interface, but probably less practical as I'm unsure of what advantage it would provide over a wii-mote type controller. one interesting things perhaps is to control it using isadora to trigger in-game moments/elements.

https://github.com/tezcatlipoca/SinK

works like a snap ( and could be easily adopted to do all kinds of other things "cocoa" ) .

Structure scan in Madmapper allows to "automatically" map images to complex 3d objects using Structured Light. The MadmapperDemo does not allow to execute a full Scan-Map cycle, however (it only allows to verify that the camera is seeing by madmapper, performs the scan, but does not allow for the mapping part).

So, in theory, I think Madmapper Structure Scan and mapping should work with Isadora (using Syphon). However, before I write off 299 Euros for the Madmapper license, it would be nice if somebody would testify handson to the veracity of the  Madmapper Structure Scan and Isadora assumption. This is how this should work I think: 1\. Structure scan the object using Madmapper Structure Scan feature. 2\. Modify the obtained image without changing the size of the object's rendering (that is, use masks, change colors, apply effects, but don't change the pixel geometry of the main object). 3\. Feed the images obtained on step 2 to madmapper through the Syphon bridge from Isadora. One potential problem where the automaticity may be broken in the above is the resolution change that may happen when image goes through the Syphon bridge. If that is the case, manual adjustments may be required, which is big put off in some scenarios. While we are at it: one issue with the structure scan/mapping workflow in Madmapper seems to be that it is not usable when the stage changes even a little bit. Say, I mapped everything precisely on a given stage, the stage elements are then disassembled and put together again later, small variations in locations of the objects are introduced. This means that the whole process, including step 2 above, has to be repeated from scratch. Thanks for sharing your experience. --8

Dear Selittle,

I apologize for taking so long to chime in on this issue. Where do you stand with this? I am afraid I know nothing about the ETC Element. But if there is a MIDI spec for it that I can read, I can try to help you. I can tell you that I'm quite confident that Isadora's MIDI sub-system is working as expected -- there haven't been problems there for years really. So I believe that if you're telling Isadora to send MIDI, it is getting sent. Have you tried hooking up any other MIDI devices that send Continuous Controller messages to see if the Element will receive them? Have you set up the MIDI Setup window under the "Communications" menu properly? If you download the current pre-release version (http://troikatronix.com/download/isadora-pre-releases/) you can use show the "Monitor" window in the "Windows" menu to see all MIDI messages being sent or received by Isadora. That might be a handy tool in this situation. Let me know how I can help you further. Best Wishes, Mark

I looked into this about a year ago and never found this.. annoying! But hey-ho I've found it now :)

This may be useful:
http://sparklive.net/dfuser/
its based on the TV One I believe.