Configuring the EtherConGateway With Lightshow Pro
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dmoore
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David Johnson from LSP suggested that when you add additional universes, that you only configure ONE instance of the plug-in (LSP won't prevent you from configuring more than one). Under hardware configuration, only have one instance of the plug-in. I'll see if I can get another video posted showing this.
Great info David thanks for the heads up
neilric99
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I am posting this thought here from the chat as it may help understand how the ECG works in the LSP world
I will create Visio of this configuration in due course
on the ecg you only define a slave output on the DR8 and assign a U# to it
that U # goes into the E1.31 output plugin for the zone (the output zone can actually contain many ECG's, each U# is defined to a slave out U# on an ECG at an IP address)
when you define the U# in the Zone you tell it how many channels its going to use.
now think about the PIXTAIL it uses Universes as well in the ECG config, but they are not DMX Universes.
and that also goes the same for the Renard slave output, they still get assigned a Universe # in the ECG
So bottom line is that a Universe is not directly related to a DMX Universe, it depends on whats actually connected after the ECG and how its configured.
In LSP we now have E1.31 zones which need parameters to say how many Universes are in it (as we are talking ECG this is mapped the same #'s) each U# in the zone can be whatever # you want, as long as the channels are sequencial across all Universes. and could be from multiple ECG's as the Universe also has a Ethernet address column (multicast or Unicast to a specific IP address)
so the 2 areas that need to be configured on the RGB controller are output and channels, output is related to the blob called the zone, channels relate to the U# in that zone
whether this is DMX or SPI or Renard outputs is down to the ECG and its slave configurations
I will create Visio of this configuration in due course
on the ecg you only define a slave output on the DR8 and assign a U# to it
that U # goes into the E1.31 output plugin for the zone (the output zone can actually contain many ECG's, each U# is defined to a slave out U# on an ECG at an IP address)
when you define the U# in the Zone you tell it how many channels its going to use.
now think about the PIXTAIL it uses Universes as well in the ECG config, but they are not DMX Universes.
and that also goes the same for the Renard slave output, they still get assigned a Universe # in the ECG
So bottom line is that a Universe is not directly related to a DMX Universe, it depends on whats actually connected after the ECG and how its configured.
In LSP we now have E1.31 zones which need parameters to say how many Universes are in it (as we are talking ECG this is mapped the same #'s) each U# in the zone can be whatever # you want, as long as the channels are sequencial across all Universes. and could be from multiple ECG's as the Universe also has a Ethernet address column (multicast or Unicast to a specific IP address)
so the 2 areas that need to be configured on the RGB controller are output and channels, output is related to the blob called the zone, channels relate to the U# in that zone
whether this is DMX or SPI or Renard outputs is down to the ECG and its slave configurations
dmoore
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I think this is the proper configuration:
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David Figures Out How to Configure the E131 EtherCongatway and LightShow Pro
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David Figures Out How to Configure the E131 EtherCongatway and LightShow Pro
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Only on gotcha.
If you do a controller reset to reset the starting channel number....
You loose everything. Any channel names and output images(preview) all get reset.
A work around would be to save the controller to the library and drag it back in and set the starting channel number.
Of course if you have any track effect data, you are still screwed.
I have a request in to be able to to reset the starting channel on existing controllers, no response yet.
Maybe the request needs a little nudge from someone else.
JOel
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Ding
Ding
We have a winner. 8)
Only on gotcha.
If you do a controller reset to reset the starting channel number....
You loose everything. Any channel names and output images(preview) all get reset.
A work around would be to save the controller to the library and drag it back in and set the starting channel number.
Of course if you have any track effect data, you are still screwed.
I have a request in to be able to to reset the starting channel on existing controllers, no response yet.
Maybe the request needs a little nudge from someone else.
JOel
neilric99
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Great Job David in explaining some more of the detail in configuring the ECG via LSP
dmoore
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There are a few tid-bits on the configuration by David of LSP in this thread (reg required):
http://www.lightshowpro.com/showthread.php?1130-E1-31-controller-support/page3
http://www.lightshowpro.com/showthread.php?1130-E1-31-controller-support/page3