DMXIS & Show Buddy Forums

That's certainly doable with wired ArtNET, but why not loose the wires? Cables cost money. They are also prone to wear and it takes time to connect them all at setup and teardown. $200 for an 8 pack is ok, but it's even cheaper on AliExpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32970968805.html?spm=a2g0...

Thank you for the ArtNET to DMX converter links. That would undoubtedly be the fastet way to get something going. :) It would be neat to go wireless to the different positions to avoid cabling and have only 230V power to connect at setup. My current setup has 2 frontlight T-bars, 1 rear 6m (20') tru...

OnSong is NOT a lighting console and will not generate anything other than MIDI. Ok, I get the message. Thank you for pointing this out. I'll simply write this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_rls43BwbA and let him know that he has completely misunderstood the concept. Somewhere there is goin...

I get it that at some point you have to convert the ArtNET DMX commands to the DMX link layer and physical 250kHz asynchronous 8N2 serial link through an RS485 transceiver, but it is not true that this has to be done inside the iPad. The least amount of work would be a EZ Kling DMX controller throug...

Thanks for the suggestion. :) I'm currently looking into letting OnSong control the lights communicating wirelessly through ArtNET to a wireless DMX bridge. They have something called Scenes where you can configure and control you DMX rig. The particular point I'm trying to get my head around is how...

Ok. Thanks.

It's been a while since I fiddled with this, but if I recall correctly the light show still runs if you close the DMXIS software and keep the DMXIS hardware powered. I might remember wrong but it seems to me the the box itself kept reacting to footswitches changing both Bank and Preset. Even the osc...

Thank you for the quick reply Dave.

Dave Brown [admin] wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:15 pm

No, sorry. The DMXIS hardware has no standalone capabilities.

Is the interface between the PC software and the Entech DMXIS microcontroller running an open documented protocol or is this proprietary information?

You are miss-understanding what the DMXIS hardware interface is. It is nothing more than a USB to DMX interface. All of the DMX commands are generated by the DMXIS software. Well, this is what led me astray (from page 14 in the DMXIS user manual): An on-board microprocessor performs all the DMX fra...

Thank you for the quick reply cgrafx.

cgrafx wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 27, 2019 2:14 am

You would need a MIDI interface connected to your computer,

This is what I want to avoid - having both a PC and an iPad on stage.

Is it possible to control the DMXIS hardware interface with MIDI over USB without running the DMXIS software? This would enable MIDI control from an iPad. The rest of our band is using OnSong and it's only available for iOS. An ideal setup would be to have an iPad with OnSong sending MIDI commands t...

Yes, I'm in the same boat. I'm still using DMXIS and won't switch before the moving head visualizer is there. It's been 10 months now since I bought it in November after the "wiggly beams" post, but to be fair the post said "coming soon" which isn't an exact engineering unit. I guess that if you're ...

I think many of us are waiting for this feature. It was announced when I bought SBA (named differently back then), but later pushed to version 2.0.12 which we are still waiting for. I play in a small amateur rock band with 25 moving heads and no fixed lights. I bought SBA because of the announced vi...

Super.

Do you have a rough idea about the time schedule for the release of these two updates?

Hi Dave,

Are there any news on the progress of 2.0.12 with the moving head visualizer?

Best regards
Soren

There's been no news for about a month now ... does anyone know if Dave is ok?

Best regards
Soren

Idea to augment the MIDI controls: Have MIDI commands to emulate the footswitch commands. My problem is that two switch outputs on my guitar floor board (Line6 Helix) can't be configured as momentary outputs - they are latching outputs. That makes it very difficult to make short and double clicks, a...

Thanks for the quick reply.
Any idea about an approximate ETA on the 2.0.12 release?

Hi Dave My movers are still behaving like they did in 2.0.10. Do you have a short bullet point list on what was changed in 2.0.11? Specifically I was looking for Pan/Tilt offsets (maybe +/-360° for each?) under the beam icon in the fixture editing window. Maybe you have another solution in mind but ...

The following are ideas for improvements: - The visualizer doesn't seem to react to beam direction if there is a pan/tilt channel in the fixture. Could we get two beam direction sliders for pan & tilt offset from the default orientation? - The visualizer only reacts to R/Red, G/Green and B/Blue slid...

Hi, Here's my first impressions of the Platinum version. :) I really like the layout and the ideas behind the Control, Effects and Perform tabs. The visualizer is a great addition to get quick feedback without setting up the rig. The following are nice touches compared to the old DMXIS IMHO: - The S...

Hi there, I was messing about with the DMXIS Platinum and finally managed to get it working. :D Maybe this short description can help others with the same problem: 1) I installed DMXIS 1.6.3 and after that DMXIS Platinum 2.0.7 ran without problems. 2) I downloaded and installed DMXIS Platinum 2.0.10...

I read in the DMXIS Python Programming Guide that DMXIS is using Python version 2.6.
Is that the same version used in DMXIS Platinum?
Will it corrupt something if I try to install Python separately?

Trying to install DMXIS Platinum but had to upgrade to Windows 10 to do it. Now I have a clean and updated Windows 10 and DMXIS Platinum installed. When starting DMXIS Platinum I get this error message: python26.dll is either not prepared to run in Windows, or it contains a fault. Do I have to insta...

Platinum 2.0.11 landing soon, with wiggly beams. That looks exactly like what I need! :D Can you specify the 3D orientation of your movers? Example: specifying two rotational angles of the pan/tilt centered (decimal 128) or something similar. Some of mine are standing up straight. Others are hangin...

Excellent news.

There's no way to do that right now. But once the 2.0.8 release is finished, I'll be enhancing the moving head visualisation to account for orientation, pan/tilt inversion and range of movement (via additional controls in the 'Beam Properties' window) That is the feature I'm waiting for because my ...

Hi there, Another interesting observation ... Starting DMXIS as stand-alone I tried to assign a MIDI control to a button with the following results: - Select Helix as the active MIDI input. - Right click on the button choosing Learn I get the MIDI LEARN message box. - When pressing the switch on the...

Greetings, Situation: I've just bought a Show Buddy license and I'm a MIDI newbie having problems getting Show Buddy to react to MIDI control messages. Equipment: PC with Show Buddy 1.5.3, DMXIS box, Helix guitar floor board. Goal: Having my Helix floor board controlling Show Buddy. Problem: Show Bu...