uDMX with Artnet

Elitebatzen · Tue Sep 01, 2015 6:07 pm

Hello,

I am an absolute beginner on QLC+ with no experiences in computer science what so ever, so i thought maybe some of you guys could help me with my little Problem.

I try to use an uDMX device on Windows 7 64 bit. Since QLC+ does not support uDMX on Windows yet (http://www.qlcplus.org/docs/udmxoutput.html), i try to get it running via Artnet.
So i downloaded a virtual Artnet node, that should translate the Artnet signal to the uDMX device (http://www.illutzmination.de/udmx-artnet.html?&L=1).

Problem is, I have no Idea how to set up QLC+ and the Artnet node to communicate.
Lots of possible IP Adresses that are not alowed to be the same in the Sender (QLC+) and the Reciever (uDMXArtnet node) when running on the same machine (http://www.qlcplus.org/docs/artnetplugin.html)
I tried different IPs and configurations in both QLC+ and uDMX-Artnet but non of it delivered a signal in the virtual node. In the link above there is stated, that I should use the "loopback device" when i need to communicate with an ArtNet node running in the same machine, but how? If i set the output to a loopback, i dont get an Artnet output anymore. And i thougt that is what i need!? (of course i tried it nevertheless)

Im shure it is a small thing and i am just to foolish. Please help me! ^^

Best regards!

mcallegari · Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:45 pm

Hi,
in network terms, the loopback device is the ArtNet output with IP 127.0.0.1.
You should try that.

Elitebatzen · Wed Sep 02, 2015 11:20 am

Thanks mcallegari,

unfortunally i allready tried that. QLC+ detects the node under that IP and sends data just fine. The node however can not find that IP.

Thanks

mcallegari · Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:33 pm

Do you have any idea of what that "cannot find ip 127.0.0.1" means whasoever ?
127.0.0.1 is always present on a computer, unless you explicitely disable the interface.

I know it sounds weird, but have your tried with 2 computers ? One with QLC+ sending ArtNet and the other doing just ArtNet->uDMX conversion.

Elitebatzen · Wed Sep 02, 2015 6:01 pm

Problem solved

I tried an Artnet node that comes with Freestyler. It works fine with QLC+ too. Name: "Art-Net to DMX "
One fixture (out of 6) does a little unintentional blinking once in a while and acts a little weired. Could this have something to do with the refresh rate?
The problem does not occure with a classical lightning console.

Thanks a lot, greate support here!