CEM+ v3.0 Patching absolut ACN Adresses

Hi Stefan,

You are correct that with CEM+ 3.0 the addressing moved to a Universe/Channel type address rather than the old absolute addressing system. Truth is that sACN always works this way behind the scenes - it's very fundamentally a way to move DMX like data (in blocks of 512 channels) around on a network. The only reason that CEM+ temporarily still used the absolute value was that the user interface work for the web UI was not easy to add universe/channel support.

In terms of configuration on the racks, do you have/do you use Dimstat? It allows you to select either a Universe/Channel or an absolute address view when you edit your patch, somewhat similar to Eos. From the web UI in the racks only the Universe/Channel view is available.

Hope that helps.

~Tom

Hi Tom,

i don't have Dimstat, so i can't use it for absolut adresses.

May be that you will give us in a future release the possibility both

ways of adresing in the web GUI.

I think that the use of absolut adresses is more practical in houses

with larger systems. For example my way of a patch rout i use:

Circuit No: 601

Dimmer Patch Adress: ACN 601

ION Patch adress: ACN 601

Channel No: 601 

So, in this way you have not to think about Universes an DMX-Adresses

for the whole rout, its always the same number and makes ist easier

for solving problems.

Thank You

Stefan Staub

Well, I certainly agree with you for circuit numbering, so we'll discuss this with the dimming development team. If you need to reconfigure your dimming system regularly you might like to consider getting Dimstat, it provides easier editing facilities than the Web Browser, and multiple show storage, etc, as well as fault reporting. Sadly it's not free, but I would talk to whoever provided your system to see if they can help.

~Tom

Well, I certainly agree with you for circuit numbering, so we'll discuss this with the dimming development team. If you need to reconfigure your dimming system regularly you might like to consider getting Dimstat, it provides easier editing facilities than the Web Browser, and multiple show storage, etc, as well as fault reporting. Sadly it's not free, but I would talk to whoever provided your system to see if they can help.

~Tom