Posts by Stefan Krupop

Quote from philbearman

Has anybody managed to get DMX Control 3 working with the Enttec DMX USB Pro Mk.2 interface?

I can see you have configured the interface as an "Open DMX" interface, which is wrong. However, DMXC 3.2.1 does currently not fully support the "Mk 2" version, this will only come with the next release. But as the "Mk 2" is backwards compatible to the "Pro", you can still use it, but with just one universe working.

The interface should be detected under the "Enttec" category, but not under the one under "Non auto detect interfaces" (as the Pro can be autodetected).

Stefan

I do not own this interface, so it's just speculation, but it looks like it is just another "Open DMX" clone, which would be supported by DMXC (2 and 3). Simply select "Enttec OpenDMX" as the interface plugin.

However, if it's really a Open DMX clone, it's not a particular good interface.

Kind regards,

Stefan

Quote from Soon5

Yes if you add the Setting everything in Programmer will be saved by default. And no you dont need to adapt in case of an update.

I think this is not yet what Scott is trying to achieve. He always wants to store all properties of all devices, regardless of if they actually changed. I don't think this is currently supported.

Stefan

Quote from GazDJ

I am also having another minor problem - my DMX interface is not detected on start up. For it to work, I have to delete the interface, and add it again.

Please try to update the output plugin with the version posted here:

"Device" no set in properties

Just replace the existing files in the DMXControl 3\Kernel\Plugins\ directory. Maybe you have to right-click the new files and "approve" (or similar) them in the file properties window.

Kind regards,

Stefan

I just put together an output plugin for this interface for DMXControl 3.

As we do not own one of these, please test the plugin with your interface (especially channels 1 and 512) and report back. Thanks!

The archive needs to be uncompressed into the "Kernel" directory of your DMXC3 installation. This way, FASTTime32.dll and K8062D.dll should end up in the "Kernel" directory itself while the other files end up in the "Plugins" subdirectory.

Kind regards,

Stefan

Please try to run the "DLL für Com registrieren.exe" as an Administrator by right-clicking it and selecting "Run as administrator".
Witout admin privileges I had the same error, with them it seems it was successful, but I can not test the plugin right now.

Stefan

Did you do step 6 of the instructions for the plugin?

Translated it reads:

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6. Register 'EuroliteFreeDMXAP.dll' in Windows using Regasm.exe or my included program

Stefan

As Arne already said, an "official" plugin only exists for DMXC 3. But user "Ponk" independently developed a plugin for DMXC 2. Is this what you are using?

The forum thread is here, but it's in German:

Angebot: Plugin für Eurolite free DMX Wi-fi Interface AP und DMX-Control 2

I myself did not try this plugin, so I have no experience.

What steps have you already done to get the plugin running?

Do you need a translation of the necessary steps detailed in the thread and/or readme file?

Kind regards,

Stefan

Is it crashing or showing "not supported"? Could you please show the errors you're getting?

Stefan

You could try to use the "Enttec Pro" output plugin that is shipped with DMXC 3.

Kind regards,

Stefan

In getSensorValue() you get the parameter "sensorNr". This is the index of the sensor (from my_sensors) that you should return the values for.

In the code you have

if (sensorNr == 0) {

simply add an

} else if (sensorNr == 1) {

and duplicate the assignments for your other sensor.

Kind regards,

Stefan

Actually, I was the one who added the sensor capabilities to the library.

Please find attached my demo sketch I used for that (rename from .txt to .ino). It adds one temperature sensor. This should make clear how the sensor part works. You basically define the sensors you have and give that to the library. Then there is a callback function where you return the values for the sensor that is asked for.

Kind regards,

Stefan

Maybe you could switch to using Art-Net as the DMXC output and an external Program to output that to the uDMX?

Have a look here: https://www.illutzmination.de/udmx-artnet.html?&L=2

Maybe trying his output plugins is also worth a shot (if it's not what is currently used anyway): https://www.illutzmination.de/dmxcontrol.html?&L=2

German is the default compiled-in language. In fact, the German language file is mostly empty. Therefore, you cannot really remove german.

I wonder why it keeps switching...

However, the currently active language is stored in the registry. You shoud be able to switch to english by simply double clicking the attached file after removing the .txt file suffix.

Kind regards,

Stefan

What would be the advantage of sending an "ignore this" value over sending the value itself?

I think it would only be beneficial if the protocol didn't always send all values, but this is not how DMX512 was designed...

Stefan

DMXC auto-sets the channel count to the highest channel that was changed in the session. So if you only output values on channels 1 to 10, the SetChannelCount function of the interface DLL will be called with "10". If you change channel 20 for the first time, it will be called with 20.

Stefan

This speed is only for the configured plugin (Enttec OpenDMX). It has no effect on other plugins or DMXC itself.
DMXControl 2 does not have a fixed output timing. It processes channels as they change and forwards them to the output plugin.
If the update rate should be limited, the output plugin in responsible.

Stefan

But I suppose flickering problems with WS2812 probably are not caused by the DMX interface. I think it is more likely a timing issue of the LED controller (you probably can't change that) or a power problem. Do you feed your supply voltage from both ends of the string or just one?

Stefan

The settings of the plugin probably will be in the registry in the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\DMXControl\Plugins" hive.
That DMXC shows "unsupported plugins" when they are disabled in the plugin administrator and DMXC is run without admin priviledges is perfectly normal - that is what the plugin administrator is for.

Stefan

Maybe it helps to select a dark(er) Windows Theme? Or does DMXC 3 not obey the Windows settings?

Stefan

In your project directory is a file ending with ".TrackList.bak". Try to use that file by first renaming the ".TrackList" file to somethink else, then remove the .bak ending from the other file.

Kind regards,
Stefan