Enttec PRO Mk2

hallo everybody. me too.
i have to decide which dmx device we are buying for the next show.
so is there anybody out there who had an idea how we can use the second universe of enttec mk2 pro.
and how we can use the input from the mk2 to control things in isadora?

greetings to all

rh

primaldivine

Hi Folks
I am helping someone on Isadora 2.0.5 that is having trouble with an Enntec MkII Drivers on Mavericks.
Any of you using the MKII successfully with this configuration?

gapworks

There was some issue with Enttec and FTDI Drivers. I´m not on Mavericks but i read about it in some light forum. i attached a small tool (Driver control) to give it

a try at least.maybe this helps.

d32ec2-ftdidrivercontrol.zip

kdobbe

I have been using the Enttec Pro Mk2 for about a year with the latest Mac OS (now Yosemite). It was a bit counter-intuitive to set up at first, but it has been rock-solid. I love having two universes in one interface.

primaldivine

Just a quick update. We have been tracking the MK 2 Enttec driver issue through a user that has been in close contact with Enntec for direct support, and so I will be updating this forum post as soon as the latest info has been clarified. It seems that the best solution for Enttec Mk 2 users is to install a different Enntec driver than the standard one that is normally recommended. Otherwise the device may not be seen in Isadora 2.0. This is an Enttec driver issue, but it will be great to have a solution for all our users.

More info coming soon but PM me if you need info urgently.

mark

Thanks @primaldivine for this update. We should probably create a short Knowledge Base article on this once it's all sorted.

Best Wishes,

Mark

Maximortal

the issue that you are speaking about is just in OSX, is it right?

mark

@Maximortal,

Yes, as far as I know. (We've had no reports from PC users about this.)

Best Wishes,

Mark

primaldivine

Perfect results so far with the Enttec DMX USB PRo in Isadora v2.0 without needing to modify my Isadora files.

I am testing the Lanbox LCX also, later this week.

Enttec Mk2 results will follow soon but not for a few more days.

hallo again. my question is still if anybody gets success full with two universes or the input of the divice?

lucslike

Hi all,

having the following experience with Enttec Mk2 Pro into Isadora on Yosemite.

The Mk2 works in Isadora only with FTDI drivers 2.3\. (Download at: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm. )

But then once you install FTDI drivers the Mk2 doesn't work anymore within QLC+ and the Enttec Pro-Manager, which require D2XX drivers.

Any idea about how to fix this ?

Should I install and re-install these different drivers every time?

Best

m_theater

@lucslike

https://www.enttec.com/support-center/kb/article/108-OS_X_Mavericks_(10.9)_-_IMPORTANT

lucslike

@m_theater

thanks for your feedback.

When I run The Mavericks utility to disable the FTDI drivers and fix the D2XX driver, Isadora doesn't see the Mk2 anymore.

As I was saying, in my case I see the Mk2 in Isadora only with the FTDI drivers... but then I loose it in QLC+

gapworks

i have the same issue with chamsys and isadora. it is one or the other :( thats why i bought a chamsys dongle. i found no workaround.

m_theater

@[lucslike](/troikatronixforum/profile/lucslike) , @gapworks

all right i got the point,

the way the enttec box works, i don't think you could have two processes feeding it at the same time

and it doesn't matter if you use the ftdi or d2xx drivers it wouldn't accept 2 apps

( in the end it is just a serial device like an arduino and the micro controller needs to communicate with the host app that he is ready to accept new data …)

in a conventional dmx cabling (two lighting desks -> 1 dimmer) you would need a dmx merger

so an option is to configure your lighting software that it accepts an input stream from isadora

with qlc+ you could try out the osc / midi input

chamsys is another beast and depending on your license (if you have a console connected )

you could do a remote control of your desk, we did some research on this last year

http://avk4.net/isadora-chamsys-magicq/

last but not least if somebody is brave enough to build an actor (ola bridge) with full artnet / sacn capabilities

possibilities are expanding …

best

m_theater

lucslike

Thanks a lot !

I will try to connect Isadora and Qlc in these days and let you know what comes out...

Best

mark_m

Hi lucslike,

Just following up on this thread: did you ever manage to connect Isadora and QLC (or QLC+)?
If so, any tips?

Thanks

Mark

Fred

QLC+ is the now the active development branch and OSC is super easy, it even has OSC learn (and midi learn for that matter). Just go to the input and output section and configure your OSc and or midi then you can attach a remote command to any function, scene, fader, UI object or cue advance etc.

mark_m

Thanks for your reply, Fred.

I'd like to run a show - just a proof of concept pilot - entirely from my iPhone using Isadora and Touch OSC.
I have an Enttec DMX USB Pro. The theatre I'm p

What I'd like to be able to do is - on the face of it - very simple: switch between two lighting states (incandescent lights via dimmer racks, with six lanterns in one state and two in the other and a simple fade between them) and to open and close a DMX controlled projector shutter.

What would you suggest is the best workflow for putting this together? I'm not entirely sure that I see the relationship between Isadora and QLC+: How does one use Isadora to control QLC+? Or am I missing the point?

Any help and/or suggestions welcome!

Thanks

Mark

Fred

I use QLC for running lighting as it is much more flexible that Izzy (which can do lighting via the enttec or other boxes ok). You can have complex fixture definitions including pecial definitions for some devices that use a single channel for multiple functions. It also lets you use things like colour picker palates for coloured lights as well as a great cue list and expandable scenes and fixture groups (basically you know your lighting states and in Izzy you have to program in a channel at a time. In QLC+ you can set a scene or group of fixures and when you go to a bigger venue add more lights in a few seconds and propagate them through all scenes and fixtures). It is a lighting design software and has less work to do than Izzy in setting it up and changing it on the go.

For example you can make all your scenes in QLC+ and then attach the intensity of each scene to an OSC command- or you can do this with a cue list or even individual chasers (chasers take ages to program in Izzy, especially for thing slike moving heads).

QLC+ is super light and talks to a lot of different interfaces so if you go into a theatre with ARTNet no problems just change the output page from DMX over USB to artnet. It also runs great on a raspberry pi, which means that you can have a dedicated light computer receiving OSC for about 50 bucks.

QLC+ can be controlled with midi or OSC so how you connect it depends on you and your show. You can definitely control all this from touchOSC, exactly how depends on your show. As a poke in the dark I would make scenes in QLC+ and then give each scene a midi control value for intensity, set the midi input as isadora virtual out and then send midi control from Isadora when you need to activate scenes in QLC. From here you can control the scenes from touchosc.