Control Lighting
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Dimmer pack.. maybe.. depends on the lights.
If they are incandescent and don't have built in DMX dimmers you will need one.
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Please note that the patch found in the old forum doesn't run smoothly on newer releases of Isadora. Please use the patch attached here which has fixed the problem. Mark is also working on a fix that will make the old patch work again.
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Wow brilliant! Thanks @CraigAlfredso
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@CraigAlfredson
What changes were made? I added a trigger-text actor and a control pulse to the old one and had it running perfectly last weekend. -
Ah... sorry I should have opened the new patch first.. Looks like you made the same changes.
Did anything else get updated?
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That is the only change from the old one. Mark is working on some other changes that will hopefully be in an upcoming release.
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I have just found this very useful....
[http://www.elationlighting.com/pdffiles/dmx-101-handbook.pdf](http://www.elationlighting.com/pdffiles/dmx-101-handbook.pdf) -
@Skulpture
Yeah.. I found that when getting started to. Pretty useful. -
Hmm... I wonder what Mark could be upto.
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@dusx huh? confused
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Dear Craig,
Given my addled brain, maybe you can remind me what I said I was going to do. ;-)Best Wishes,Mark -
i have just purchased a Enttec DMX USB PRO and some LED, I was planing to test out the setup using isadora ,wondering if anyone got a simple patch i could use?
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Im trying out my new DMX USB PRO with isadora for the first time. I tried to use CraigAlfredson´s Enttec Lanbox MATRIX v1.3.izz 52K patch, but when I open it I get a serial port error saying that my serial port could not be activated, I guess that this has to do with some drivers i dont have. Has this problem ever occurred to someone and does anyone have any good tip how to get around the problem?
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I havnt ever played with one of these things, however heres a couple of things to check out,
go to communications > serial port setupdetect serial port, bottom left or manually choose it,can you see the port your plugged into?when selected is it red and busy? if so it could be in use by another program if so close it down.or could be a driver issue.theres a couple of things to try.hope that helpslanz -
hi lanz and thanks a lot for the reply!
yes it is plugged in to port 1 and the red typing saying usbserial-EN084669(Offline)im not using any other programs so it cant be that.it doesn't pop up in the Finder > devices menu either when i plug it in.do you know about any trick i can try.b.wasle -
Hello aslelp,
The red typing you see is the left-over ID from my Enttec device. In the Serial Port Setup window, hit Detect Serial Ports and then click the Select button under Port 1\. You should see another device with a similar name; select it and all should be good. If you don't see that, then there is a problem with the drivers for the Enttec.You need to install FTDI drivers fro the entecc, available at http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm. If you continue having trouble, try downloading the free version of Mini Stage Console from ChromaKinetics here:http://www.chromakinetics.com/DMX/miniStageConsoleMac.html.It is a good little program that I use to troubleshoot DMX issues. -
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Use the VCP drivers.
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Thanks Sculpture for reviving topic. Have been pulled away to other matters but will need to return to lighting soon. All info in this thread is most helpful. +++
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I recently posted an user actor that combines previous Entec features with a few others.. might be worth a test.
I hope it suites some users needs.
http://www.dusxproductions.com/blog/DMX-Isadora-Actor/
