Could Pixelmad control up to 60 Universes of DMX?

[samsc]

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

[samsc]

Olli.

I just posted a version with 30 universes.

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

[bswinnen]

Has anyone already used that many universes in real situation?
Will the ArtNet nodes be able to cope with all the broadcast data?
If been doing test with our units up to 30 universes running fine without hickups. But actualy I did not had a good opportunity yet to test it with much more universe at high refresh rates. I did with 60 universes (8 x Ethernet-DMX8 boxes) but only at a refresh rate of 18 FPS. The software and system I was using at the time could not do more.
I can imagine that some uProc devices won't be able to read all broadcast data.
I would advise to check this when going for that many universes. I'll see if I can do some more decent test on our Luminex boxes.

[samsc]

Has anyone already used that many universes in real situation?
Will the ArtNet nodes be able to cope with all the broadcast data?
If been doing test with our units up to 30 universes running fine without hickups. But actualy I did not had a good opportunity yet to test it with much more universe at high refresh rates. I did with 60 universes (8 x Ethernet-DMX8 boxes) but only at a refresh rate of 18 FPS. The software and system I was using at the time could not do more.
I can imagine that some uProc devices won't be able to read all broadcast data.
I would advise to check this when going for that many universes. I'll see if I can do some more decent test on our Luminex boxes.

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 speed?

[bswinnen]

Great. So you actualy can talk to individual IP addresses?
That's good to know. At least this will not overload the nodes, however with 300Mhz processing power in our boxes we do have some margin
About G5: I do not have a PixelMad. We did some test with a PixelDrive and that one only broadcast data. We only use it to test our nodes to real live situations.

[samsc]

Great. So you actualy can talk to individual IP addresses?
That's good to know. At least this will not overload the nodes, however with 300Mhz processing power in our boxes we do have some margin
About G5: I do not have a PixelMad. We did some test with a PixelDrive and that one only broadcast data. We only use it to test our nodes to real live situations.

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 artnet info window in the full screen gui. ( See attachment below )


you can download a fully working demo from this site.
only thing that happens is a red bar output every few minutes.

by the way - i just did a show with 28 universes.
and have possible spec for many more.

just used 2 of your boxes on zazie, and they appeared in this list just fine. i added your artnet ID to the latest build so your product number appears in this list.

[karamasov]

Hi

We´re planning on installing Catalyst 4 with the PixelMad plugin in a night club here in Norway.
I want PixelMad to control 30 ColorWeb LED nets. But I´m not sure how to set it up, connection-wise. The venue needs a cable plan, and since I´m a newbie, and nearing deadline, I would be most pleased with any assistance available!
I know naught about DMX universes or light jockey vernacular, and my mother tongue is Norwegian, so keep it simple if possible ;-)

Is this it: Mac G5 server --> Ethernet HUB --> ColorBlock PSUs --> ColorWeb LED nets?

This is the first of what will be a long stream of nOOb questions on this site, I fear.. ;-)

[bswinnen]

The setup would look a bit like this I suppose:
Mac G5 -> (Ethernet switch) -> ArtNet node -> DMX to ColorWeb panel
Depending on the number of panels you use, you need a number of DMX universes.
I think 1 panel = 48 DMX channels
So maximum 10 panels on 1 universe.
So 30 panels would mean 3 universes
You probably need 1 additional universe to control your G5 from the desk.
And maybe some more universes available for future plans.

Have a look at these nodes to convert the ArtNet to DMX:
Luminex Ethernet-DMX8
If you drop me an email on our Luminex website I can send your further detail about a possible setup.

[samsc]

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

[samsc]

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