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Comparison of DMX over IP protocols

2009-12-31T01:45:38Z

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{| border=1
! Protocol !! Specification Available !! Max Universes || Ports per Device || DMX Encoding || Multi-source merging || Transport Method || Port
|-
|| [[:Category:ArtNet|ArtNet]] || Yes || 255 || 4 || No || Yes, HTP or LTP || Subnet broadcast or Unicast <ref>Unicast with ArtNet II up to a limit</ref> || 6454
|-
|| [[E1.31]] / [[ACN]] || Yes <ref>Costs $40 US</ref> || 63999 || No limit || No || Yes, per channel merging || Multicast <ref>One universe per address, 239.255.0.1 - 239.255.249.255</ref> || 5568
|-
|| [[ETCNet2]] || No || 64 <ref>http://www.etcconnect.com/Community/wikis/products/etcnet2-products.aspx</ref> || ? || || Yes || Multicast || 6107
|-
|| [[:Category:ESP Net|ESP Net]] || Yes || 255 || ? || Yes || No || Subnet broadcast || 3333
|-
|| [[:Category:Pathport|Pathport]] || No || 128 <ref>http://www.pathwayconnect.com/content/view/156/26/</ref> || 2? || No || LTP only? || Multicast <ref>All universes use the same IP</ref> || 3792
|-
|| [[:Category:Sandnet|Sandnet]] || No || 65025 || 2 || Yes || ? || Multicast <ref>All universes use the same IP, 237.1.1.1 & 237.1.2.1</ref> || 37900 (data) or 37895 (control)
|-
|| [[:Category:ShowNet|ShowNet]] || No || 36 || ? || Yes || ? || Subnet broadcast || 2501
|}

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Comparison of DMX over IP protocols

2009-12-31T00:52:33Z

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{| border=1
! Protocol !! Specification Available !! Max Universes || Ports per Device || DMX Encoding || Multi-source merging || Transport Method || Port
|-
|| [[:Category:ArtNet|ArtNet]] || Yes || 255 || 4 || No || Yes, HTP or LTP || Subnet broadcast or Unicast <ref>Unicast with ArtNet II up to a limit</ref> || 6454
|-
|| [[E1.31]] / [[ACN]] || Yes <ref>Costs $40 US</ref> || 63999 || No limit || No || Yes, per channel merging || Multicast <ref>One universe per address, 239.255.0.1 - 239.255.249.255</ref> || 5568
|-
|| [[ETCNet2]] || No || 64 <ref>http://www.etcconnect.com/Community/wikis/products/etcnet2-products.aspx</ref> || ? || || Yes || ||
|-
|| [[:Category:ESP Net|ESP Net]] || Yes || 255 || ? || Yes || No || Subnet broadcast || 3333
|-
|| [[:Category:Pathport|Pathport]] || No || 128 <ref>http://www.pathwayconnect.com/content/view/156/26/</ref> || 2? || No || LTP only? || Multicast <ref>All universes use the same IP</ref> || 3792
|-
|| [[:Category:Sandnet|Sandnet]] || No || 65025 || 2 || Yes || ? || Multicast <ref>All universes use the same IP, 237.1.1.1 & 237.1.2.1</ref> || 37900 (data) or 37895 (control)
|-
|| [[:Category:ShowNet|ShowNet]] || No || 36 || ? || Yes || ? || Subnet broadcast || 2501
|}

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Comparison of DMX over IP protocols

2009-12-31T00:40:52Z

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{| border=1
! Protocol !! Specification Available !! Max Universes || Ports per Device || DMX Encoding || Multi-source merging || Transport Method || Port
|-
|| [[:Category:ArtNet|ArtNet]] || Yes || 255 || 4 || No || Yes, HTP or LTP || Subnet broadcast or Unicast <ref>Unicast with ArtNet II up to a limit</ref> || 6454
|-
|| [[E1.31]] / [[ACN]] || Yes <ref>Costs $40 US</ref> || 63999 || No limit || No || Yes, per channel merging || Multicast <ref>One universe per address, 239.255.0.1 - 239.255.249.255</ref> || 5568
|-
|| [[:Category:ESP Net|ESP Net]] || Yes || 255 || ? || Yes || No || Subnet broadcast || 3333
|-
|| [[:Category:Pathport|Pathport]] || No || 128 <ref>http://www.pathwayconnect.com/content/view/156/26/</ref> || 2? || No || LTP only? || Multicast <ref>All universes use the same IP</ref> || 3792
|-
|| [[:Category:Sandnet|Sandnet]] || No || 65025 || 2 || Yes || ? || Multicast <ref>All universes use the same IP, 237.1.1.1 & 237.1.2.1</ref> || 37900 (data) or 37895 (control)
|-
|| [[:Category:ShowNet|ShowNet]] || No || 36 || ? || Yes || ? || Subnet broadcast || 2501
|}

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Category:ArtNet

2009-12-30T08:57:12Z

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[[Category:Ethernet Interfaces]]

[[ArtNet]] is a publicly available DMX over IP protocol from [[Artistic Licence]]. See also [[Comparison of DMX over IP protocols]]

Comparison of DMX over IP protocols

2009-12-30T08:56:18Z

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{| border=1
! ''Protocol'' !! Specification Available !! Max Universes || Ports per Device || DMX Encoding || Transport Method || Port
|-
|| [[:Category:ArtNet|ArtNet]] || Yes || 255 || 4 || None || Subnet broadcast or Unicast <ref>Unicast with ArtNet II up to a limit</ref> || 6454
|-
|| [[E1.31]] / [[ACN]] || Yes <ref>Costs $40 US</ref> || 6399 || No limit || None || Multicast <ref>One universe per address</ref> || 5568
|-
|| [[:Category:ESP Net|ESP Net]] || Yes || 255 || ? || Yes || Subnet broadcast || 3333
|-
|| [[:Category:Pathport|Pathport]] || No || 64 || 2? || No || Multicast <ref>All universes use the same IP</ref> || 3792
|-
|| [[:Category:Sandnet|Sandnet]] || No || 65025 || 2 || Yes || Multicast <ref>All universes use the same IP</ref> || 37900 (data) or 37895 (control)
|-
|| [[:Category:ShowNet|ShowNet]] || No || || ? || Yes || Subnet broadcast || 2501
|}

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Comparison of DMX over IP protocols

2009-12-30T08:54:21Z

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{| border=1
! ''Protocol'' !! Specification Available !! Max Universes || Ports per Device || DMX Encoding || Transport Method || Port
|-
|| [[:Category:ArtNet|ArtNet]] || Yes || 255 || 4 || None || Subnet broadcast or Unicast <ref>Unicast with ArtNet II up to a limit</ref> || 6454
|-
|| [[:Category:ShowNet|ShowNet]] || No || || ? || Yes || Subnet broadcast || 2501
|-
|| [[:Category:ESP Net|ESP Net]] || Yes || 255 || ? || Yes || Subnet broadcast || 3333
|-
|| [[:Category:Sandnet|Sandnet]] || No || 65025 || 2 || Yes || Multicast <ref>All universes use the same IP</ref> || 37900 (data) or 37895 (control)
|-
|| [[E1.31]] / [[ACN]] || Yes <ref>Costs $40 US</ref> || 6399 || No limit || None || Multicast <ref>One universe per address</ref> || 5568
|-
|| [[:Category:Pathport|Pathport]] || No || 64 || 2? || No || Multicast <ref>All universes use the same IP</ref> || 3792
|}

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Comparison of DMX over IP protocols

2009-12-30T08:52:43Z

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{| border=1
! '''Protocol'' !! Specification Available !! Max Universes || Ports per Device || DMX Encoding || Transport Method || Port
|-
|| [[:Category:ArtNet|ArtNet]] || Yes || 255 || 4 || None || Subnet broadcast or Unicast <ref>Up to a limit</ref> || 6454
|-
|| [[:Category:ShowNet|ShowNet]] || No || || ? || Yes || Subnet broadcast || 2501
|-
|| [[:Category:ESP Net|ESP Net]] || Yes || 255 || ? || Yes || Subnet broadcast || 3333
|-
|| [[:Category:Sandnet|Sandnet]] || No || 65025 || 2 || Yes || Multicast || 37900 (data) or 37895 (control)
|-
|| [[E1.31]] / [[ACN]] || Yes <ref>Costs money</ref> || 6399 || No limit || None || Multicast <ref>One universe per address</ref> || 5568
|-
|| [[:Category:Pathport|Pathport]] || No || 64 || 2? || No || Multicast || 3792
|}

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Comparison of DMX over IP protocols

2009-12-30T08:49:40Z

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Comparison of DMX over IP protocols

2009-12-30T08:39:46Z

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{| border=1
! '''Protocol'' !! Specification Available !! Max Universes || Ports per Device || DMX Encoding || Transport Method || Port
|-
|| [[:Category:ArtNet|ArtNet]] || Yes || 255 || 4 || None || Subnet broadcast or Unicast <ref>roo</ref> || 6454
|-
|| [[:Category:ShowNet|ShowNet]] || No || || || Subnet broadcast || 2501
|-
|| [[:Category:ESP Net|ESP Net]] || Yes ||
|-
|| [[:Category:Sandnet|Sandnet]] || No ||
|-
|| [[E1.31]] / [[ACN]] || Yes <ref>Costs money</ref> || 6399 || No limit || None || Multicast || 5568
|-
|| [[:Category:Pathport|Pathport]] || No || 64 ||
|}

Velleman K8062

2009-12-22T01:59:32Z

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Link: http://www.velleman.be/ot/en/product/view/?id=353412 
Made by: [[Velleman]] 
{{Features|win=yes|tx=yes}}
[[Image:K8062.jpg|right]]

* This unit can control DMX fixtures using a PC and USB interface
* Test software and "DMX Light Player" software is included, a DLL is provided to write your own software
* Furthermore there is a stand-alone test function that outputs all 512 channels at a time, with adjustable levels
* Kit includes:
** nice enclosure
** USB cable
** CD with: test software, DLL for own developments, free DMX light player

This is actually a very poor interface and not recommended. See http://forum.velleman.be/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2018&hilit=vm116. Due to the pic only processing 8 bytes of information at a time, the frame rates for a full non-0 universe of dmx data is around 1.6 per second.

<del>There is now a much better work in development. Please see http://k8062forlinux.sourceforge.net/doc.php. There's a daemon-like program that works as a driver. There's still more work to be done on it, and some tweaking seems necessary in places in the code, but it's well documented and has worked very well for me.</del>

The above statement is false. If you take the code mentioned above and insert timing information it takes ~800ms to write 512 bytes of non-0 DMX data:

<pre>
usec: 7988 // 8ms for 6 channels
max chan is 6

usec: 159958 // 160ms for 100 channels
max chan is 100

usec: 759857 // 760ms for 512 channels
max chan is 512
</pre>

It may be possible to pipeline the data, I'll try this sometime.

[[Category:USB]]

Velleman K8062

2009-12-22T01:58:02Z

124.169.232.98:

Link: http://www.velleman.be/ot/en/product/view/?id=353412 
Made by: [[Velleman]] 
{{Features|win=yes|tx=yes}}
[[Image:K8062.jpg|right]]

* This unit can control DMX fixtures using a PC and USB interface
* Test software and "DMX Light Player" software is included, a DLL is provided to write your own software
* Furthermore there is a stand-alone test function that outputs all 512 channels at a time, with adjustable levels
* Kit includes:
** nice enclosure
** USB cable
** CD with: test software, DLL for own developments, free DMX light player

This is actually a very poor interface and not recommended. See http://forum.velleman.be/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2018&hilit=vm116. Due to the pic only processing 8 bytes of information at a time, the frame rates for a full non-0 universe of dmx data is around 1.6 per second.

There is now a much better work in development. Please see http://k8062forlinux.sourceforge.net/doc.php. There's a daemon-like program that works as a driver. There's still more work to be done on it, and some tweaking seems necessary in places in the code, but it's well documented and has worked very well for me.

The above statement is false. If you take the code mentioned above and insert timing information it takes ~800ms to write 512 bytes of non-0 DMX data:

<pre>
usec: 7988 // 8ms for 6 channels
max chan is 6

usec: 159958 // 160ms for 100 channels
max chan is 100

usec: 759857 // 760ms for 512 channels
max chan is 512
</pre>

It may be possible to pipeline the data, I'll try this sometime.

[[Category:USB]]

DMX 4 Linux

2009-12-20T09:34:55Z

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Link: http://llg.cubic.org/dmx4linux/ 
{{Features|linux=yes|free=yes}}

DMX 4 Linux has been the de-facto library for communicating with DMX devices under Linux.
Supporting over 14 DMX interfaces including PCI, USB and parallel port models, the DMX 4 Linux architecture is easily extensible.

Alternatives include the driver framework [[OLA]] (with many DMX over IP protocols) and the controller app [[QLC]] that directly supports [[Enttec]] [[Open DMX USB]] [[Anyma uDMX]] , and with a special kernel module the [[Rodin1]].

''' DMX 4 Linux 2.6 Release'''
Development snapshots for 2.6 kernels from the dmx4linux developers are [http://www.cubic.org/~michael/dmx4linux-daily/ here]

Bastien Andres has made an unofficial release of [[DMX 4 Linux]] for the 2.6 series of kernels. A number of drivers have been modified to compile cleanly on 2.6 and the build system has also been cleaned.

Some drivers do not compile or are incomplete, see the STATUS_BA file in the archive for more details. Sources available [http://www.nomis52.net/data/sources/dmx4linux-2.9-ba-061001.tgz here]

The latest official release is 2.6.1 from April 2008 [ftp://ftp.cubic.org/pub/llg/dmx4linux-2.6.1.tar.gz].

[[Category:Drivers / Libraries]]