@woland said:

It may incidentally work there in some ways, but it's not designed to do so at all.

 In fact Pythoner required changes made to Isadora 4 to run correctly (early betas proved to require under the hood changes).
So Pythoner has been updated to present this help file if loaded into Isadora 3.

@dssv_isadora said:

So, I'm still at the point at which pythoner doesn't work/download correctly in Isadora 3. Any help would be greatly appreciated . Thanks!!

Pythoner was never publicly released for Isadora 3 and is not designed to work for it.

It may incidentally work there in some ways, but it's not designed to do so at all.

Hi, I was using pythoner on a free version of Isadora 4, and I had made some advances (I'm a python coder, and I'm learning Isadora). Now, I have the license only for Isadora 3, version 3.2.6. So I uninstalled Isadora 4 and got Isadora 3 for USB. Now pythoner doesn't work. Any help? I'm using a Mac.

Here are some observations:

- First, the pythoner actor showed up, but it didn't work, and when clicking on it I got the message "The Python Execution Thread is not Running".

- Going to the pythoner folder in <Library/Application Support/Troikatronix/Python> I noticed that the documents there had not been changed from my Isadora 4 setup (modified dates were old, and content of venvs hadn't changed). So I figured during installation Isadora 3 didn't change them.

- So I deleted the folder, reset/deleted the isadora preferences, and uninstalled Isadora 3. Then I reinstalled Isadora 3.

- I got the folders, but this time Python only contained the empty PythonVENVs, and nothing else. Now I'm not even able to create a pythoner actor within Isadora.

So, I'm still at the point at which pythoner doesn't work/download correctly in Isadora 3. Any help would be greatly appreciated . Thanks!!

@dcmp

Hi,

Yes, those are the right modules to use. You will require a way to take the linear stream of numbers from the Matrix Value Receive across to the LanBox Channels inputs. You can do this a number of ways including with a Javascript. 

The Matrix Value Receive actor has an assignment mapping when you double click on it. It is there where you will correlate the channel input to the output stream.  

I have prepared an example that resolves what you are doing with the Matrix Color Send module... here

best wishes

Russell

@woland Incredible community :) 

@bonemap Thank you so much for sharing all of this info :) I've looked into the patches and tried a bit to understand the inner workings. I have to be honest I only have a super surface level understanding of Isadora, as I am mostly using Pure data in combination with the Lanbox. I will share a screenshot of the patch that I am currently trying to get working, and maybe you can tell me if the approach seems logical. If not, and you happen to have other suggestions I am more than happy to hear them!

The main difference I feel where the patch can perhaps be simplified is that I am looking to have output on a series of 35 traditional PARS (halogen lamps), so no LED in this case. I was wondering if using the matrix color send actor in stead of pixel mapping is the right approach here? I was then trying to understand if the Matrix value receive needs a way to 'unpack' (pure data terminology) or itemise the data and then send it to my 35 dmx channels in the Lanbox Channels actor. Let me know if you have nay thoughts and thanks again for the time and help! 

Madison 

@bonemap said:

I have some LanBox LCX Isadora resources that can be shared: Izzy DMX_LanBox  records DMX states for RGBWAU light instruments and sends to LanBox Channels. You could combine this with a pixel map technique such as demonstrated in the example following: Pixel map made by gertjan biasino would be useful. @GertjanB if I may be so bold to re-share the fine work of another Isadorable!

I know I can't exactly be considered unbiased, but it's hard not to point out in situations like this how much I really love this community. 

This is exactly why, when people contact me directly with questions, after I do my best to help (if I can), I also always add that they should go ask their question on the forum too. I may have ten years of high-level experience with this software but that's just a drop in the bucket when compared to the combined knowledge of the community as a whole.

Y'all are awesome <3 

@dcmp, @GertjanB

Hi,

I have some LanBox LCX Isadora resources that can be shared:

Izzy DMX_LanBox 

records DMX states for RGBWAU light instruments and sends to LanBox Channels. You could combine this with a pixel map technique such as demonstrated in the example following:

Pixel map made by gertjan biasino would be useful. @GertjanB if I may be so bold to re-share the fine work of another Isadorable!

Best Wishes

Russell

@dcmp said:

Lanbox as my DMX

 I don't have a Lanbox, so I can't comment directly on this. However, collecting color data from video is pretty easy, and I do this all the time, for many self running effects. "Measure Color" is your friend here. It allows you to look at a region of the video (left half, right half, maybe break it into row and columns) and get a RGB value for the region. So if you are controlling LED lighting you can set it to the same (or related) color. You can derive the brightness from the RGB values (use BT.709 formula) as well, if you just want to control the one value per output.

@DusX Any tips?