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hello everybody,
i own a hogpc usb dmx widget. now im playing around at home
with the cat software. when i plug in the widget the cat says
- cib ok -
can i use the widget as a dmx input for cat server ??
-of course with a male-male adapter ;-)
regards,
mike
it used to work. years ago.
thats good news !!
i ll give it a try, do u think i can destroy the widget when i punch in dmx ?
regards,
mike
i dont know anything about the design for about 5 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by keptnahab
Which begs the question can you use a CIB as a DMX device for Hog?
-s
i dont think so.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedLightning
they check an identity number - i didnt.
im definitely not recommending or suggesting you do this....Quote:
Originally Posted by keptnahab
you might damage or destroy your widget.
I tried it for the hell of it... A couple of the lights flash around when you plug it into the mac running the cat software, and it comes up as CIB ok, but when I hit DMX into it, nothing happens. No lights turn on, and in the HUD no channels change from a 0 level.
It looks like some of the architecture is in place for it to work again.. Would it be possible to get it back up and running?
It has a light for RX mode which normally doesn't work in normal output, so it seems it would be possible..
no. its not possible. the units are more than just hardware.Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanww
Well I guess that answers that..
Thanks..
WOW! That's an expensive DMX interface. Of course the problem now is that you'd have to have another Widget just to send your DMX o the Widget that recieves DMX.
Why oh why didn't High End just adopt a donge solution...?
Yea.. that would be nice.. and why oh why has HES not come out with artnet abilities with hog 3.. and even hog2pc..
Artnet is supposed to be coming soon for Hog 3, but for hog 2, I would safely assume there never will be an artnet option for it..
They are not even going to support vista with it.
Joshua Wood
H2PC works just fine on Vista (H3PC does not), but H2 is essentially a dead platform at this point and there will be no further development.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodj32177
The new RoadHog-Full Boar console has a port dedicated to ArtNet, pending a software release slated to come out this Spring apparently....I think that is when the H3 will get it as well.
I know.. at least the hog 2pc platform is very stable. Too bad hog 3 isn't there yet (pc and ipc anyway). I ran a show last week on the latest version of hog 3 on an ipc, and I have never felt like a console was going to crash and burn like that one.. That was scarry! the displays just twitch nonstop and the output window had weird problems where it wouldn't display stuff. I started using the day before and found the park bug and found out it was an old version and had to update it.
Ill believe the artnet when I see it.. I was originally 4th quarter last year.. It just seems like theres a lot of consoles out that work a lot better with all these features already in them..
I have to disagree with you on the stability of the H3 software...I run it quite happily often across all the different desks. But I will say that of all the Hog consoles the iPC is definitely my least favorite...it is just to damn fragile (physically)...the RoadHogs and the regualr H3 are fairly rugged though...sounds like you just had an iPC that wasn't cared for properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanww
Yes....ArtNet in H3 is long overdue for sure....but I do think it wise for FPS to be totally sure of a product at this point before releasing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanww
My only experience has been with an iPC and 3pc. I can see large potential for the software.. I think maybe the processor in the iPC is slow which is why it sometimes has issues.. The 3pc version seems to run a little faster and more reliable since it is on a faster computer. The iPC I had was in great condition and very well cared for.
Out of curiosity, does the roadhog use a separate processor for the computing (like a dp2000) for the DMX outputs or is it like a super widget?
Ryan
The RoadHog has an internal widget and is not expandable beyond 4 DMX universes.Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanww
The RoadHog-Full Boar also has an internal widget for the first 4 universes and can use up to 2 additional superwidgets, but also supports DP-2000s.
Hope this helps:)