Open Lighting Architecture

Link: http://code.google.com/p/linux-lighting/
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OLA (Open Lighting Architecture) is a framework that allows applications to send and receive DMX, using various hardware devices and 'DMX over IP' protocols. It can make software controllers talk to DMX hardware. It was formerly known as LLA.

OLA allows DMX sent using various DMX over IP protocols to be converted from one format to another. This enables devices from different manufacturers to talk to each another (for example a Strand Console can send DMX to an Enttec EtherGate).

OLA Live is a stand-alone bootable CD containing software from the Open Lighting Architecture project.

When combined with a physical DMX interface such as the DMX USB Pro, OLA Live can send and receive data from traditional wired DMX networks.

OLA can run on Linux with all its plugins, and on Mac OS X (but at the moment not all the plugins have been ported). A port to Windows is partly done, but more help/work is needed, if someone wants to add the necessary code for plug-ins and a installer.

Bugs: Check the bug tracker at http://code.google.com/p/linux-lighting/issues/list

Questions: See the news group at http://groups.google.com/group/open-lighting

Supported Devices/Protocols:

Driver	Linux	Mac OS X
ArtNet	Yes	Yes
ShowNet	Yes	Yes
ESP Net	Yes	Yes
Sandnet	Yes	Yes
E1.31 / ACN	Yes	Yes
DMX USB Pro	Yes	Yes
Open DMX USB	Yes	??
StageProfi	Yes	??
Pathport	in testing	in testing
DMX 4 Linux	Yes	-

Getting Started

Start here if you've never used OLA before and read these in order.

• Download OLA
• OLA 0.3 - The latest release
• OLA on OS X or OLA on Linux - How to get it compiled.
• Using OLA - A basic introduction
• OLA Command Line Tools - Documentation for the tools in ola-examples
• OLA Device Specific Configuration
• OLA Tips & Tricks
• OLA Merging Algorithms

Developer Documentation:

• OLA developer info - about the source code and structure
• OLA Client API - the C++ API
• OLA Python API - easy DMX programming

Tutorials, these refer to the previous release but parts of them are still relevant.

• LLA Sandnet Tutorial - Setup Horizon using Sandnet and LLA
• LLA and Q Light Controller Ubuntu Tutorial - Setup LLA on Ubuntu/Debian-type distro with QLC
• LLA and Q Light Controller OSX Tutorial - Setup LLA on Mac OS X with QLC

OLA can also run on a wireless access point. [1]

There is a project underway to build packages for OpenWrt. See http://lists.culturebase.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lla-openwrt for more details.