Lesson 6 Tut3

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• preamble
• lesson 1: Installation and configuration
• lesson 2: The GUI panel concept
• lesson 3: Creating and patching fixtures
• lesson 4: The live view panel
• lesson 5: Setting properties with property panels
• lesson 6: Output plugins
• lesson 7: Summery and details - Setting
• lesson 8: Scenes (cues) and scene lists
• lesson 9: Fanning, chasers and other effects
• lesson 10: The programmer view
• lesson 11: Trigger concepts
• lesson 12: Editing scenes and scenelists
• lesson 13: Presets
• lesson 14: Summary and details - Programming
• lesson 15: Working with parallel scene lists
• lesson 16: Softpult
• lesson 17: Artnet
• lesson 18: Multi-media: Beamer tool, Matrix etc.
• lesson 19: Other clients and plugins (Android, iOS, ...
• lesson 20: Create new device definitions
• lesson 21: free topic
• lesson 22: Hints for testers and test reporting
• appendix1: Summary of commands ans shortcuts
• appendix2: Kernel menu tree

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Overview

In order to control your lamps you need to send out "real" DMX signals to your universes. In this lesson we explain how to configure your output devices.

Lecture 6: Configuring the output plugins

In the menue "windows" you can find the panel "output devices". There you can select your DMX transmitter/sender by setting the hook.

Hint: in the current beta version only a subset of DMX Interfaces is supported (compared to DMXControl 2). But this is no blocking point for testing the software, if you are an owner of a different interface. On one hand the software also works without DMX-Interface, on the other hand you can use the Artnet-Interface to connect to a light control software supporting your interface, e.g. DMXControl 2.11.

In the settings menu another dialog for interface configuration is included:

Here you can make fine tuning and configuration setting that are supported by your DMX transmitter. In the shown case you can modify e.g. break time if the DMX receiver in one of your lamps requires a greater value.

topics to be added (by beta testers)

• other supported interfaces
• how to load an external interface (where to place the dll etc.)

Excercise

• Activate and configure your DMX transmitter
• Configure an ArtNet Interface ("Artistic Licence")

Certificate

I have understood the topics of this lecture and want to continue with next course: Lesson 7