MA Lighting grandMA2 User Manual - page 631
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Transmit only. Only one range of universes.
sACN:
(streaming ACN)
Both transmit and receive. Several ranges of universes can have different settings.
Shownet:
Transmit only. Only one range of universes.
KiNET:
Transmit only. Several ranges of universes can have different settings.
It is always the Master in a session that transmit and receive the network DMX data.
Each of the different network protocols have at least one configuration line. If the protocols support it, then there
might be more lines.
General buttons in Network Protocols
There are up to three buttons on the right side of the view:
Network DMX if Alone
- When this is active (the text is yellow), then the station will output DMX via the network.
All network protocols are sent from the master station in a session. If there is no connected stations, you need to
turn this on to output network DMX. This toggles all network DMX outputs. If the frame is red, then this station does
not output network DMX. If the frame is green then this station outputs network DMX. This setting is shared across
all network DMX protocols.
[Protocol name] Output Active
- When this is on (the text is yellow), then you can output the network DMX
protocol. This needs to be enabled or disabled for each protocol.
[Protocol name] Input Active
- When this is on (the text is yellow), then you can input the DMX protocol. This is
only possible in Art-Net and sACN.
At the bottom of the view, there might be two buttons. They are only visible in Art-Net, sACN and Kinet1. They are
used to
Add
and
Delete
lines in the table above. The three mentioned protocols can have more configurations
lines.
General settings in Network Protocols
Some settings are shared by the different protocols.
LocalStart
- This is the number of the first DMX universe in your console that you want to transmit, or the first
universe you want to receive.
Amount
- This is the amount of universes you want to receive or transmit.
ExternStart
- Many of the protocols use this to set the protocol universe number. For example grandMA2 universe
number 10 should be transmitted as Shownet universe 5, then the ExternStart should be 5 and LocalStart is 10.
TTL (Time To Live)
- Specifies the number of routers (hops) that multicast traffic is permitted to pass through
before expiring on the network. For each router (hop), the original specified TTL is subtracted by 1. When TTL
reaches a value of 0, then the DMX data is no longer forwarded through the network.
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