Correct, but the DP-2000s have a mode now that allows them to input ArtNet (instead of HogNet) and output 5-Pin DMX.
I agree with Eric on this one.....seems like a phenominal misallocation of resources to use a DP-8K as an ArtNet output node......it can't possibly be cost effective!
Ok , I need to get my hands on one of these before I spout off any more. But in my mind that means the answer to the OP's question is that the feature is already built in, yes?
Ok , I need to get my hands on one of these before I spout off any more. But in my mind that means the answer to the OP's question is that the feature is already built in, yes?
Maybe the OP meant to say... Have 1 crossover cable from the console, conneted to an ethernet hub/switch, then have the DP8Ks in the rig outputting art-net.
Ok , I need to get my hands on one of these before I spout off any more. But in my mind that means the answer to the OP's question is that the feature is already built in, yes?
No.
Let's make sure we are talking about the same thing here.
You can set any one of the DP-8Ks available 16 universes to be transmitted over ArtNet. While any 8 of them can be assigned to the DMX 5-pin ports on the front. The total number of unique universes cannot be greater than 16 per processor though.
The above refers to what to do when your fixtures on the other side need to recieve 5-pin DMX (ie - cannot take ArtNet directly) when you are only sending ArtNet...no 5-pin cables are run between the console and the fixtures. You need a converter of some sort in this case. Using a DP-8K as a converter seems like an aweful waste to me personally.
The suggestion to put the same functionality into the DP8000 as the D2000 was logged a while back from a user suggestion. While it is overkill, the suggestion is valid and has been logged.
I totally agree that that DMX8000 would be a real waste if used solely as an artnet node. But so is the DP2000; that is also a way overpowered artnet node.
My Hognet processors are currently located remotely in the dimmer/data room. I am just thinking that on the shows visiting my venue that carry their own console, I'd rather have them go artnet into my existing processors than run a 7 universe snake.
I don't know how involved it would be to port the functionality over from the DP2000, so it was just a suggestion.
I meant have the 8k's physical 5 pin outputs individually assignable as either hog from the HogIII or artnet from an external artnet source. Is that what you meant is currently possible? What I had understood up till now is that the 8k will send a HogIII output over artnet cat5, but that means one of its physical 5-pin outputs is doing nothing now.
I currently have a recurring use for this scenario, where I need just one or possibly 2 physical outputs for an artnet source and am not using all of the hognet outputs. This would make the 8k that much more awesome.
[quote=rbrigham]My Hognet processors are currently located remotely in the dimmer/data room. I am just thinking that on the shows visiting my venue that carry their own console, I'd rather have them go artnet into my existing processors than run a 7 universe snake.
Well I guess it does make sense in that scenario....as Brad says, it is logged.
[quote=Lekolite]What I had understood up till now is that the 8k will send a HogIII output over artnet cat5, but that means one of its physical 5-pin outputs is doing nothing now.
Not entirely true.
[quote=Lekolite]I currently have a recurring use for this scenario, where I need just one or possibly 2 physical outputs for an artnet source and am not using all of the hognet outputs. This would make the 8k that much more awesome.
The DP-8K can handle 16 Universes. It only has 8 DMX 5-pin ports.....so you can have 8 ArtNet Universes plus 8 DMX 5-pin Universes or any combination thereof. The only time you would "lose" a 5-pin port is if you need more than 8 Universes of ArtNet (ie - 12 ArtNet Universes and 4 DMX 5-pin)
[quote=Marty Postma] The DP-8K can handle 16 Universes. It only has 8 DMX 5-pin ports.....so you can have 8 ArtNet Universes plus 8 DMX 5-pin Universes or any combination thereof. The only time you would "lose" a 5-pin port is if you need more than 8 Universes of ArtNet (ie - 12 ArtNet Universes and 4 DMX 5-pin)
Isn't there an expansion box to get the additional 8 5-pin ports? And thats still not addressing my dream of having the 8k turn 5-pin port #8 into a physical output for my other artnet source.
Yes there is an optional (it doesn't come standard) expansion box for the DP-8K to make all 16 outputs 5-pin. It hooks up to the USB in the rear of the DP-8K.
Alternatively you could hook up DMX super-widgets or single widgets as well to get the extra 8 universes to be 5-pin.
I can't see why you would generate ArtNet from another source and input it into the DP-8K?!? Why not then just generate it with the DP-8K to begin with?
If you need a single universe ArtNet to DMX box, there are some out there for a few hundred bucks.....a DP-8K will cost you thousands.....doesn't make any sense, financially or in terms of signal flow.
