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i dont think some of the artnet boxes can even run 10 universes @ 25fps without halting. let alone 100!.
They just dont seem to expect this amount of data.

richard

its this 'broadcast mode' that totally overwhelms your artnet boxes.
( then people blame me... )

people trying this - must route the data to individual addresses. really or it wont work well at...

yes i think so. way too much for a poor little laptop.

as long as the ethernet switch routes the data directly to the artnet boxes - it should work.
You can send 1Gb ethernet out from catalyst as artnet fine - even on fibre backbone-
what breaks artnet...

m147 has support for up to 250 universes in demo mode-
this is possible with unicast artnet.

i put a test version up which does 60 universes.
f44 pixelmad 16.

colourweb and alkalite fixtures supported in f44

yes i actually talk to individual addresses. i automatically scan for artnet devices. they return their ip address, and i can send directly to that ip.
you can select broadcast or routable from the...

i added a routable data - rather than broadcast - option to the current version in january - so you can use a switch to route the data to to each box individually.

Which g5 where you using - what...

Olli.

I just posted a version with 30 universes.

I have another one ready with 60 universes?
Would you like to test it?

show i just did works fine at 25fps with around 28 universes - in one continuous viewable image.

I can do a demo build for you -and we can see what problems emerge.

How many fixtures?

I have up to 5000 tested fixtures working at the moment.

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I just built a 60 universe version.
Seems to work.

If you output gigabit ethernet to a switch with your...

Im doing 25 universes right now on a show.

My guess is that 60 universes is not impossible.