It is easy to see that Pixelmad only transmits new packets to a universe if changes occured.
So when flashing all fixtures to full white that can be one update and the releasing of the fashbutton would be another.

If for some reason the output node fails to receive the lastest value it keeps outputting the value it had before. (Artnet protocol requires an update only every 4 seconds if values don´t change - so that is fine on the pixelmad side)

It seems that the ELC DMXlan nodes8 are not fast enough to read all updated information of the broadcast.


On the other hand these nodes do not reply correctly to the Artpoll. You can see them as Nodes in the Network device window but with no (incorrect information). Problem is that I can only set a static IP adress for a universe when the nodes reports back the universes it is actually outputting (nodes´ IPs are shown in dropdown menu but are greyed out) - so there was no chance to manually got to "Direct Talk".
By the way does artpoll support node with more than 4 output universes - I don´t think so - so how should a node with 8 outputs respond?

I had the chance to test pixelmad with a 60 Universe setup with broadcasted Artnet yesterday and it worked fine. Fast strobing in white without any visible breakups. Smooth running videos.
I can´t say that about the other media server that was intended to control this system: something like 10 fps steppy videos, even fading off and on with huge intensity steps... (It was a demo setup - and I could live with the red flash every 30 seconds...I didn´t have a dongle with me but my MAcBookPro and a Harddrive full of content...)
In this setup it was 20 SchnickSchnackSystems LED panels (400 LEDs each / 1200 Channels / 3 universes)