OK - so I have blinky now going in Vixen 3 with the etherdongle, active hub, a dumb string and a third party 27 channel controller (I'd be 100% Lynx, but unfortunately I wasn't able to source 6 more DSCs so I had to go another path - sorry). Anyways, here is what I did to get basic blinky going. I'll maybe make a pdf file later on with screen shots.
1. Configure controllers
- add new controller, e1.31 output controller
- give it a 4096 channel count
- configure the controller, give it 8 universes, all active, all starting at 1 and a size of 512, all multicast
2. configure elements
- add two elements and set a color,location, position for them (not sure you need to add the properties yet, i'm still learning
3. Configure the Filters and Patching
- select an element on the left and three dmx channels on the right
- run the patching wizard
- select your element as the source, add a color breakdown filter, apply template then you are done (kinda those steps, you'll see the wizard)
4. setup the sequence
- I dropped down two alternating sequences of different colors for the two elements I created
- picked different colors for each
- made the duration of each for 1minute
5. Click play and enjoy!!