Lixada USB-DMX512

[iamwally]

Hi all! New to QLC+ and trying to get my raspberry pi 3 to work with my Lixada USB-DMX512. I think it may be some kind of driver issue as QLC+ works with it no problem under windows 10. It is weird because when I run a dmesg command it show as a uDmx device but QLC+ does not seem to be able to see it or use it. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

iamwally

[iamwally]

Update— I got it working!!! Yay!!! Not sure what I did or what made it visible to the system but it is listed there now on input and outputs screen. I am now good to go! Now I just have to learn how to use the program!

Thanks,

Iamwally

[lotusvball]

how did you connect it to your dmx controller. I can get it to show on my raspberry pi.

[vector]

Anybody have an update on these devices?
I grabbed one and it initially looked good, qlcplus recognised it, and I could "talk" to an ave flatpar.

But the more I play around with it the more I notice it seems to malfunction.. the lights just stops responding.

Anyone know any checks I can perform to see where its falling off the rails?

for eg
I just opened qlcplus checked the inputs outputs (uDMX) ticked, added 1 fixture
in simpledesk I slid RGB channels up a bit then slid dimmer up and the flatpar responded. I slid the dimmer up and down about 5 times and on the 5th the light just stopped responding

[GGGss]

I'm quite sure you have timing issues ... lower the output freq. to about 30Hz

[vector]

thx GGG ill look into that.. the IO page uDMX info does indicate its running at 30hz and is green. Ill do some more playing over the weekend.

[vector]

HI GGGss
I tried a few things, set the freq 20 and then tried channels to 128(its reporting the changes as it should) but not making any difference to the control aspect.
I double checked leads,light etc by replugging the enttec back in, all was working.
Strange enough after I did that I tried the lixada once more and so far its behaving.
Tomorrow im heading over to the church and I will test it on the larger collection of lights there(Which was kind of where I hoped it would end up so my personal enttec can come home with me again).. ill keep you posted

[vector]

update,
Ran the lixada for 3 hours solid on the church lighting system both rehearsal and the actual service. fx, lights movers etc all worked without a glitch on two different systems, one a laptop so totally different hardware. All seems to be working well with this cheap alternative interface.
Thanks all

[lilsheesh]

Update— I got it working!!! Yay!!! Not sure what I did or what made it visible to the system but it is listed there now on input and outputs screen. I am now good to go! Now I just have to learn how to use the program!

Thanks,

Iamwally

how did you get it working? what drivers did u install? someone had suggested getting drivers from here;
http://www.illutzmination.de/udmxdriver.html?&L=1

but the usb device does not show up on QLC any help is greatly appreciated

[moustic999]

I made uDMX working too on Windows 10

The driver to use is : libUSB-win32 v1.2.6.0

The main issue is that driver are not-signed. In order to install them there is a complex method.

however, I found a tool named "Zadig" https://zadig.akeo.ie/ it helps installing usb driver unsigned.

Launch it, in Option, list all devices. then select the uDmx in the list, and select the libUsb-Win32 driver.

once done, launch QLC+, udmx should be recoginzed and directly usable.

I tried also LibusbK, but it does not seem to work with QLC.

[vector]

I came back to this tossed device in my draw just two weeks ago. It worked perfectly , hmm must have had an update I thought...
no because it broke the next day
In the end after a bit of hair pulling I concluded, it only worked in the (charge) usb sockets of my PC.
I therefore deduce that the problem is one of current draw not software or driver...it simply needs heavier usb power?

[GGGss]

If it helps, a standard USB port (as per the definition in the old norm) only supplies 500mA of current. Many RS485 devices need 600mA. Using a powered hub may be the solution.