Bluelite X1

[Mr.si]

Hi there.

I am new here and not normally a lampie (I am a noise boy) but I do have a USB DMX interface (single universe) made by Bluelite X1 (innovate show controls) and was wondering if this software would work with this hardware?

My OS of choice is ubuntu studio 15.04

Thanks,
Simon

[mcallegari]

Hi, I'm afraid that's the typical adapter bundled with a specific software, so i suspect it will work only with that software.
They normally use a specific communication protocol and the specifications are not public.

Anyway, can you plug the adapter on your ubuntu and copy here the last lines of the dmesg command (related to the usb plugging), so we can see what chipset it is based on ?

Thanks

[Mr.si]

Hi there,

Thank you for the reply.
I wondered if that was the case.


The command "dmesg | grep -i usb" gives the last few lines as follows:

[ 451.918769] usb 2-1.4: new full-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
[ 452.005096] usb 2-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=210c
[ 452.005104] usb 2-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 555.330051] usb 2-1.4: USB disconnect, device number 5
[ 564.908585] usb 2-1.4: new full-speed USB device number 6 using ehci_hcd
[ 564.994921] usb 2-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=210c
[ 564.994929] usb 2-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0

Not sure if it would help.

Thanks in advance though!

[mcallegari]

Sorry, it doesn't help.
Apparently you pasted your Canon printer information... (see this: http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids)

Do not grep 'usb', just copy the last lines of dmesg after you plugged the device.
It may be that Linux doesn't even recognize the vendor, but you should see the plug event in any case.

[Mr.si]

Hmmm... Interesting!

I don't have a canon printer!

I will have another go when I next can.

[mcallegari]

On a second thought, if what you posted is the actual vendorid they used for the device (Canon Inc.) then I believe there's not much I can do to make it work.

At the moment QLC+ supports some USB-serial converters like the popular FTDI, some Atmel and some HID devices.
In any case, without the specifications, reverse engineering of the protocol is very hard, if not almost impossible.

[janosvitok]

By installing the X1 application and looking at *.inf files, I confirm that the IDs are correct although strange.

There are two drivers - one for the 4 universe X1 which is based on AN2235 EZUSB-FX chip (the *.inf file contains another set of IDs when the firmware is not yet uploaded). The .sys file is created by Innovate!.
and another one for X1 mini mkII and "PCDJ DMX controller" which by searching for pictures looks the same as X1 mini. The .sys file is created by Bluelite LLC.

I failed to find any programming info about either PCDJ or X1 mini.

[Mr.si]

Hi,

Thank you for doing the research you have done!
To confirm, I have the x1 mini.

Sounds like it is locked down.

Si