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Chamsys
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:56 pm
by cfyfe20
Hi there. I was wondering if anyone has written a head file for Chamsys to be able to control Madmapper?
I want to be able to control it like that of the head file for Arkaos. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Re: Chamsys
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 12:09 am
by mad-matt
We had many times this request. We're really thinking about make a "surface fixture" / "master fixture" etc. but we'd like to invest the time & energy to make a clean - well designed and 100% reliable implemtation, and it's not in our timeline yet.
At the moment you have to create the controls manually (ie Quad 1 - opacity / red, green, blue, media type, media number). So it's working but requires more time to setup.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Re: Chamsys
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:27 am
by Millhouse
I have made a Chamsys fixture personality in Chamsys, unfortunate as previously said you still need to map it to MadMapper I’ve a mapper show somewhere with some layers mapped I’ll try to find. If you want the Chamsys personality Iet me know!
Re: Chamsys
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:40 am
by afterglo
I have made a Chamsys fixture personality in Chamsys, unfortunate as previously said you still need to map it to MadMapper I’ve a mapper show somewhere with some layers mapped I’ll try to find. If you want the Chamsys personality Iet me know!
I'd love that personality file, and if you could type a little more about how that functions I would greatly appreciate it.
Re: Chamsys
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:48 pm
by afterglo
I'm trying to figure out how to setup the networking within a single computer to have a one channel profile just control the opacity of a surface in madmapper. I can't figure it out, can anyone offer a guide to do that?
Worth noting is that chamsys is still in demo mode, not sure if that is contributing to the problem.
Re: Chamsys
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:16 am
by mad-matt
I just tested in demo mode with no problem.
1- In MadMapper preferences / DMX Input, choose ArtNet / your network interface / universe 0.
2- Create a quad and right click the opacity slider / choose "Add DMX control" / make sure the control was creating with DMX channel 1 (the 1st channel of the input DMX universe)
3- In MagicQ / Setup / View Settings / Network, set the IP Address to the same address chosen in MadMapper preferences / DMX Input.
4- In MagicQ / Setup / View DMX I/O, setup the first universe: "Out Type" to ArtNet, "Out Uni" to 0, don't change other settings.
Now if you patch a dimmer (in MagicQ) on channel 1 of MagicQ Universe 1 and move it, MadMapper will receive the data.
I attached screenshots.
Cheers
Re: Chamsys
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:39 pm
by afterglo
I just tested in demo mode with no problem.
1- In MadMapper preferences / DMX Input, choose ArtNet / your network interface / universe 0.
2- Create a quad and right click the opacity slider / choose "Add DMX control" / make sure the control was creating with DMX channel 1 (the 1st channel of the input DMX universe)
3- In MagicQ / Setup / View Settings / Network, set the IP Address to the same address chosen in MadMapper preferences / DMX Input.
4- In MagicQ / Setup / View DMX I/O, setup the first universe: "Out Type" to ArtNet, "Out Uni" to 0, don't change other settings.
Now if you patch a dimmer (in MagicQ) on channel 1 of MagicQ Universe 1 and move it, MadMapper will receive the data.
I attached screenshots.
Cheers
Thanks for that. Have you tried to do it using the internal loopback IP on your computer? I don't have a network switch to use right now but I feel like it should still work. I have the setting on chamsys to "send to applications within the PC" turned on but I'm not getting any DMX recognition from madmapper. Maybe I just need to run it through an actual switch?
Re: Chamsys
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:42 pm
by afterglo
I actually got it to work with an old router I had lying around so I'll go with that for now. It would be nice if it were possible with internal loopback though.