I have experience with controlling LED strips and I usually do this with MadMapper (which is working like a charm). Since the venue doesn't have a Mac and they want sound reactive stuff, output to screens and LED strips I thought Resolume Arena has it all so lets make use of that! But since last night I started to doubt if Resolume can handle it they way I want.
My Artnet receiver is a AlphaPix 16 a fairly cheap controller up to 32 Universes of SPI (which means 5.440 individual pixels) and you can set a different chipset for each of the 16 ports individually. So its very flexible if you have different kinds of strip chipsets. ( http://www.holidaycoro.com/AlphaPix-16- ... 721-v3.htm )
I think the controllers refresh-rate would be too slow in the end, but for now this would be a cheap solution for the venue so when there's more money they can upgrade to a pixel driver that's on a high-end professional level.
What I'm missing in the DMX preference pane from Arena is that I can't say which network device it should use to send out Artnet (I got 2 ethernet ports and wifi, so 3 network devices) and to put the IP address from the controller where Arena should send it's Artnet to. The controller is connected directly to one of my ethernet devices. IP address and Subnet of both are in the same range. Still I don't see the controller receive Artnet packages on the ethernet port. My dropdown in DMX output is set to Artnet, I add the Lumiverse I made in Advanced Output which contains a fixture of the strip.
I would prefer unicast over broadcast, because need more then one controllers to control all LEDpixels in the venue. I think I read that Arena broadcasts the Artnet data, is this right? And is there a way I can configure Arena to use a specific network device?
I can't find a clear tutorial or manual how to configure Artnet out in Resolume Arena and set these more specific settings. Or maybe I misunderstood the Artnet functionality from Resolume, since whith Artnet in we're able to control Resolume itself.
My setup is as follows:
- Mac Pro (late 2013), running El Capitan (v10.11.5)
- Resolume Arena 5.0.2
- Artnet Receiver (Pixel Controller) AlphaPix 16 from Holidaycoro (they got sweet christmas decoration too!
)Any advice is welcome even if this means I have to make a custom little program/tool/plugin for this or advice on a LEDpixel controller which can eventually control 7.200 individual pixels. This means 21.600 individual DMX channels which are 43 Universes the least
