Control Lighting

Lanz

I havnt ever played with one of these things, however heres a couple of things to check out,

go to communications > serial port setup

detect 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 helps

lanz

aslelp

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.w

asle

CraigAlfredson

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.

aslelp

Hello CraigAlfredson and thank you for replying so quickly.

am i suppose to us VCP or d2xx drivers?
what is the difference?
following the d2xx installation guide I got a terminal failure at nbr.4 cp: Desktop/D2XX/bin/libftd2xx.1.2.2.dylib: No such file or directory
maybe thats the problem?

asle

CraigAlfredson

Use the VCP drivers.

ckim

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. +++

DusX

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/

aslelp

thank you CraigAlfredson it works !

But I have experience some serious crashes or instant shoutdowns! anyone experience the same!

aslelp

DusX

I would look at the speed you are transmitting your data.. this has cause me some serious performance issues, to the point of freezing up.
If you are unsure how to control this, my actor has features built in.

CraigAlfredson

hello aslelp,

If you are having problems with it crashing, add a Trigger Text actor between the Matrix Value Receive and the Send Raw Serial Data. Then add a pulse generator to the trigger of the Trigger Text and set it to 40hz.

Mark has fixed this bug for future updates.

Craig

aslelp

hi craigAlfredson thanks a lot, now it works perfect!

Do any one have a good idea how i could make a good color pan!

I was thinking on making a installation were i would use sound level watcher to trig a RGB color pan.
I have a setup were im controlling the RGB values via 3 channels in the matrix value send actor.

channel 1 = red

channel 2= green

channel3 = blue

and then i trig these by having 3 sound level watchers that is limited on the min level with 3 different values. Then i get a staircase effect going from red in to yellow to a bit green and then light blue.
Do anyone have a better idea how to create more colors?

mark

Basically, you want to ramp through the hue, right? Look at the attached patch: the Sound Level Watcher is attached to the Color Maker, which has a 'hue' input. Then, the output of that is connected to the Color to RGB converter actor, which gives you the RGB intensity of the color from 0 to 255. Send those three values to your DMX channels, and I think you'll get what you're looking for.

Best Wishes,

Mark

8fd102-color-pan-example.izz

jakerly

I have the Lanbox connected to the DMX USB Pro, when I look in communications > Serial Ports > It is still not detecting the hardware? Does anyone have any advice for trouble shooting this? Is there a step that I should know that I need to take in installing anything in my Mac?

CraigAlfredson

Hello jakerly,

I'm a bit confused by your post. Are you using a Lanbox or a DMX USB Pro? Those are both physical interface boxes that connect to your computer as well as DMX. If you can clarify I can probably help get you sorted.

Craig

Armando

I use an Lanbox (no ENNTEC). No hassle, just plug and play with Marks specific actor.

crystalhorizon

I used DMX King with TouchOSC for the faders. Isadora worked perfectly. 4 PARs with dimmers.

primaldivine

anyone used the OPen DMX Ethernet model Enttec device? Should it work with the same setup as the 'Enttec Lanbox MATRIX v1.3.izz' posted by Craig Alfredson? Or does it only communicate using ArtNet protocol, and therefore require different actors? Am trying to help someone set one up but I never used one before. Thanks for any advice. jamie

Fred

You will not be able to use the artnet devices directly from Isadora, there is a quartz patch that can control artnet, you may be able to run it in core mode inside izzy.

mark

Dear All,

Well, this came same question up during the Isadora Creative Space meeting.

I made an arrangement with the Kineme folks that I would take their ArtNet code, make an Isadora plugin out of it, and let them sell it. This was primarily because I didn't have the time to deal with the ArtNet code myself. I sent them back the completed plugin a long time ago now -- maybe even a year. But they've never put it up on their site, etc.

I would email them and ask them if 1) you could buy it from them, or 2) if they would give me permission to give the actor to you. Maybe if they sense there's a market, they'll make it available.

Best Wishes,

Mark

crystalhorizon

@mark sounds great, lets how they respond