Output Plugins

[twooly]

Is there some docs on getting LSP setup with the Etherdongle

I've got a couple expresses/mr16/aethers and then smart strings.  Etherdongle is flashed with pixelnet and the express/mr16/aethers come off the dmx out off the hub.

Thanks

[keitha43]

Are you here at the academy? I am currently in the etherdongles class.

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[twooly]

No I'm not there.

[keitha43]

I know there is a document that explained setting up the etherdongle with lsp and xlights. Check those 2 forums.

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[Mickpat]

Check out the following document from the wiki You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.

[keitha43]

That was the one that worked for me.

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[twooly]

Yeah I've read through that a couple times but for some reason I can't get it to work in LSP.  Works fine in vixen and xlights just can't get it in LSP.  One thing I've noticed is that the checkbox act never stays checked for me for whatever reason.

Ill give a remove/add clean start on the plugins again.

[keitha43]

Make sure your controllers are configured for e131. And the channels are correct. You might post some screenshots.

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[MrChristmas2000]

Follow this thread over at LSP.

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Second posting has a link to a setup document.

Hope that helps.

It is close to xLights but some diff.

[peteandvanessa]

Yeah I've read through that a couple times but for some reason I can't get it to work in LSP.  Works fine in vixen and xlights just can't get it in LSP.  One thing I've noticed is that the checkbox act never stays checked for me for whatever reason.

Ill give a remove/add clean start on the plugins again.

Are you connecting via Wireless or Cat5 Ethernet?

Usually, when I saw that LSP wouldn't "keep" the checkbox checked, it was because it wasn't "seeing" that connection.

E.g. I made the mistake thinking that I was connected via Cat5 when in fact I was trying to connect to the Etherdongle via Wireless. I tried to check the check boxes, and the checkmark was marked correctly, but when I went back to the outputs, it was unchecked.
I flipped the outputs to Cat5 Wired and it then worked correctly and the check marks stayed checked.

Also check that if you are trying to connect via Cat5 Wired that your Wireless is turned Off.

Here's some additiinal thoughts that I found out about when setting up LSP with the Etherdongle:

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[twooly]

Ok so I'm close.  This is over a wireless connection and works perfect within xlights.

The act checkbox is also staying now.

When I do the test controller hardware within lsp it responds just fine but when I try within the sequence I don't get a thing.  I do have the enable output set on.

Here is the screenshots and thanks for the help so far!

[MrChristmas2000]

Is your system a notebook?

[twooly]

Nope imac booted over to windows 7 with bootcamp.

[peteandvanessa]

On the post above, it seems you have smart strings and DMX.

Which one's are you testing in the above when turning on the Output?

And what are the jumper settings for the hub?

I'm assuming you are setting the jumpers at 1 and 1 for the DMX set up on the hub

What are the actual addresses in LSP for each type of lights you are using, and do they match what you programmed them with the Smart String Utility?

For my Smart LED Flexstrips, the first set appears in LSP as Controller type: RGB light controller and ControllerProtocol: E.131 DMX over ethernet, channel numbers are 1 - 360 (there's 120 Nodes on my first lights.)

For my first DMX controllers, they appear in  LSP as controller type: Light Controllers, Controller Protocol E1.31 DMX over Ethernet.

Now, for DMX channel numbers, they are numbered as 3898 - 3913 in LSP, but their physical DMX address is set to 314 - 330.

This is because I have selected DMX universe 8, which starts at logical address 3584. However, the hardware DMX addresses can only be between 1 and 512. Note, that I used the utility to program their DMX addresses as 314 - 330 to match what is set on the hub jumpers.

[urthegman]

Try exporting optimized on the main tab, I was having the same problem, test hardware worked but the sequencer wouldn't output, when I tried exporting optimized for some reason, the sequencer started to output as well.