i just remembered why i didnt do anything with artnet polling - its function doesnt fit what pixelmad does.

it fits a hardware device that is at a single ip address and has the ability to input and output up to 4 universes.

pixelmad does not fit this - pixelmad can accept any universe input at a single ip address. there is no limit to the way you can patch the inputs to layers. and can have up to 30 or more dmx outputs from a single ip address.

This doesnt fit the artnet 'standard' poll reply.