[ANSWERED] Lighting for beginners ?

Woland

I respect ETC too much to not play fair with them.

Armando

@woland Hi woland. I think that some things changes since I use my mk2 now on m1 and it seems to work just fine.

Cheers

Gaspar

I do own a ODE MKII, but the ethernet version (not USB) since 2019. I did not have any issues with it, at least not more than I've had with conventional consoles/dimmers. Sometimes a dimmer hangs, but that's not really the console's fault. Well there was an issue at the beginning. They sent me a 12V power in the box, but it should have been a 7.5V. I guess this is a rare error. They sent me the proper one short after I told them what happened. I've read (in this forum) to stay away from the ODE interfaces and go with the PRO versions, but in my case, I can't say anything bad about it.

Cheers

Armando

@gaspar said:

ODE MKII

hello, do you sent it artnet and the interface transforms into dmx? How does it work in isadora ?

Gaspar

@armando said:

sent it artnet and the interface transforms into dmx? How does it work in isadora ?

Hi, I'm afraid I don't know for sure how it works but yes, that's my workflow.

My ENTTEC ODE MKII is connected to my PC directly over the ethernet connector. I use the Artnet send actor (using matrix send and receive as learned in the tutorials), to get my DMX matrix to the ENTTEC. I just need to enter the proper IP and it works very straightforwardly. Then the ENTTEC has a DMX output: Usually I just take the DMX cable going out from the theatre's console and plug it into my ENTTEC ODE MKII. Sometimes I just do a Daisy chain: The DMX out from the ENTTEC goes directly into the first light, and from there on.

The ENTTEC has a DMX input as well, but I've never used that. Maybe that way it could also receive inputs directly from the light console.

I hope that helped,

Cheers

Armando

@gaspar Thank you very much Gaspar. I need to buy 2 computer to dmx interface and I am struggling to understand if entecc products will be compatible with sonoma, etc... Since you just send ethernet out you didn't have to install drivers on your machine am I wrong ?

Thanks again

fubbi

On artnet Hardware:

Cheaper, with less features, alternative to ODE MKIII (MKII is no more).:

https://www.thomann.de/de/euro...

And if you go the artnet/sacn route (dont worry, all the nodes do both) I would recommend getting a DMX splitter.
Its immensely useful to avoid the need to daisychain all your dmx lighting fixtures.

Here is a cheap splitter:

https://www.thomann.de/de/stairville_dmx_splitter_8_usb_3_pin.htm

But in all honesty, the perfect gadget, at the price of a ODE MKIII, is a combination of both:

https://www.thomann.de/de/bote...

If I had to get one thing to get started, that would be it.

Fubbi

Fub

Gaspar

@armando

Hi. Yes you're right. I had no need to install any drivers. It is pretty much plug, configure IP, and play. I'm on Windows, but I guess it should not be any different on a MAC. Seeing other posts it seems as if also the USB DMX interfaces (instead of ethernet) would also work, and should be plug & play without the need to set the proper IP.

@fubbi Thanx for the link. https://www.thomann.de/de/bote... Quite impressive, although as it seems, rather than a splitter, it provides 8 universes, which is even better. I guess that it might be possible to configure each DMX out's universe. Then you would have the splitter.

Armando

@fubbi Thanks a lot for this post. You make us dream. Let me get this straight : you connect the botex with Ethernet to a mac, send artnet directly from isadora and you get 4092 dmx channel directly ? Anb the same thing for the Eurolite ?

Another question. What is the "bidirectional characteristic ?" I don't get "Art-RDM support, Art-Net 4, sACN and ESP to DMX conversion." that the ODE MKIII claims

fubbi

@armando I usually have it connected to a router, this way anything on the network, including ipads over wifi, can run anything that sends sAcn (or artnet if you prefer that).

Armando

@fubbi great !! No more driver nightmare for DMX !!! Thank you a thousand times. Also because with Sonoma arriving I was worried that would cause DMX nightmare.