Feature Request: ArtNet 4 Unicast

The major change in Art-Net 4 was the deprecation of Art-DMX.
In Art-Net 4 the legacy Art-DMX is replaced by sACN multicast (ANSI E1.31), which is the default DMX-over-ethernet protocol on Eos.

If they are truly Art-Net 4, then enable sACN mode on them and you're up and away.

but not in unicast, right? eos doesn't support sACN unicast

Correct. We don't use unicast because it's impossible to fault-find

Unicast sACN has been requested before, and I don't think this is a request that should be ignored... Many "other guys" have been able to implement it just fine. Sure, it makes troubleshooting more difficult, but if you're using unicast sACN you're probably also able to do things like port mirroring to troubleshoot.

Having taken the support calls... No, they don't!

Unicast requires a completely different configuration and patching system, and there aren't any fault-finding tools we can offer to help with that.

It's something we'll continue to consider for future versions of course, however it is not a 'small' thing and many (probably most) users do find it extremely confusing.

Having taken the support calls... No, they don't!

Unicast requires a completely different configuration and patching system, and there aren't any fault-finding tools we can offer to help with that.

It's something we'll continue to consider for future versions of course, however it is not a 'small' thing and many (probably most) users do find it extremely confusing.

Errr. That's like saying you're going to decline to sell a stereo with a car because some people crash when changing the station!