@rwillats said:

I bump into this quite regularly. An ongoing challenge when teaching projection work. 

I once did some work for an academic institution and found out that a different department than the one I was working for had just purchased a bunch of Rokoko SmartSuits. The SmartSuits require a wifi network to work, and the university would neither allow the department to connect the suits to an existing network, nor set up a separate network, so they basically had US$10k+ worth of electronic paperweights.

This is all very helpful, thank you! 

and @woland , I bump into this quite regularly. An ongoing challenge when teaching projection work. 

@video-architect said:

I am still on Izzy 3

My bad, here's one you can actually use with Isadora 3: text-draw-aware-of-text-wrapping.iua3

Basically the "measure mode" input is the key

@video-architect

text-draw-aware-of-text-wrapping.iua4

Does this help?

@fred said:

Getting any settings changed on the in house network infrastructure is often impossible  - ergot it is way easier to bring your own isolated network you can tune to your needs.

Just a warning that I've run into educational institutions with ironclad security where I've not been allowed to set up my own network, even if it's not connected to their network nor the internet.

@jfg that's a really clever solution actually. 

@montana said:

I'm now hooked up and working and figuring out the Matrix Value Send Actor and its relation to the Channels on the Chauvet, which is a bit counterintuitive at this point but I'm getting that sorted

 This might help: https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/dx-dmx-universe-enttec-compatible/

@video-architect

I am not sure to understand exactly what you want but if it is something like that:

you only need to set "bounds width" and "bounds height" in the Text draw actor to limit the text to a square inside the circle and then choose the correct text size. If you need or want to change the text size for each new text you can add the size for each text in your file (after the text with a tab before)  (Extract from the actor description: "The data may be stored on disk in a standard, tab-separated text file"). In the Data array actor you add a second value and link this second value to the font size of the Text draw actor. It will change with each new line.

Best regards, 

Jean-François 

Is there any way for Isadora to dynamically change the size and or formatting/wrapping of text based on the length of a line of text?

I've built a simple patch that using an array actor that sends a line of haiku to 3 seperate text draw actors. The aim being that the .txt document that it is based on can be updated dynamically as new lines of text are entered. Of course the number of characters will vary a bit. 

Im looking for a way to calculate the optimum text formatting for a size limited "circular text zone"  preferably by adding a 'carriage return'. but could be through reducing text size.

Can this be done?

I am still on Izzy 3, using Mac Studio and/0r early M1 Mac book pro.

Thanks

J1M

@rwillats A dedicated wifi that you control is the only way to go. I like UNIFI products - they are designed to work from the ceiling and can be attached to a clamp to hang on a lighting bar or truss easily.

Get the biggest bandwidth you can - connect all computers via LAN and use the config software to scan for the best free frequencies.

The Unifi U7 has pro/max and long range versions if you want long range.

You will want a controller and router with that too - the cloud gateway ultra is the smallest and cheapest. 

Together these give the flexibility, control and throughput you need to have reliable wireless on stage.

BUT I also doubt you will be experiencing issues with a sub net unless there is some really big config issues or the devices are connecting to different networks (many theaters have a public wifi, an admin and a tech - on all the devices make sure you forget all of them except for the tech wifi you are using. Next turn off the SIM based internet. iPhones have a feature that will switch the network to the sim card if it thinks the internet there is faster - this will mess up your wifi network too. Depending on the config of the in house system you can make manual IP addresses on your devices and have them reserved in the in house wifi matching the mac addresses (be sure to turn off the wandering mac address feature on ios/mac os.

Getting any settings changed on the in house network infrastructure is often impossible  - ergot it is way easier to bring your own isolated network you can tune to your needs.

Fred