A few small questions - Githubissues

caitlynrw commented 5 years ago

I have a few questions before I am going to get into this

To use this with a DMX lighting system I would need a USB to DMX interface then I would set the connection port in my JS file
Could I use this in an Electron app, and I would do this I would set up some controls and have those written to a variable then parse that into the DMX library
Does this library have all the capabilities of a prebuilt software like ShowXpress I just need to make it usable

Thank you

Fensterbank commented 5 years ago

To use this with a DMX lighting system I would need a USB to DMX interface then I would set the connection port in my JS file

Yes. ENTTEC DMX USB Pro with this library.

Could I use this in an Electron app, and I would do this I would set up some controls and have those written to a variable then parse that into the DMX library

Yes of course. That's the reason why it is a library which can be used standalone. You can easily call the library methods directly from your electron app.

Does this library have all the capabilities of a prebuilt software like ShowXpress I just need to make it usable

I don't know this software, but I would say no.

bluemaex commented 5 years ago

Regarding electron: there is already one project using it: https://davidhoare.net/easycue/index.html - so you could get inspiration or how is used from there :)

caitlynrw commented 5 years ago

Thank you, but for the interface do I need to use that interface, or is that the only one guaranteed to work?

caitlynrw commented 5 years ago

Regarding electron: there is already one project using it: https://davidhoare.net/easycue/index.html - so you could get inspiration or how is used from there :)

Thank you for that, but that is for Mac only and to be perfectly honest I sorta want a fun project to do and it might be helpful.

Fensterbank commented 5 years ago

Thank you, but for the interface do I need to use that interface...

Sorry, I somehow removed a part of my sentence when copying the product name. 😅 For my use cases I use ENTTEC DMX USB Pro which works fine and out of the box. But more devices are supported by this library, see this driver folder: https://github.com/node-dmx/dmx/tree/master/drivers Technically it's no rocket science so it should be easy to add more drivers for other DMX usb converters...

I would refrain from using the much cheaper ENTTEC Open USB DMX, it did not work for me and as I read it doesn't have an internal clocking thing so it's kind of dependent of the computer if it works or not.

caitlynrw commented 5 years ago

Technically it's no rocket science so it should be easy to add more drivers for other DMX USB converters...

So if I could be bothered I could obtain the drivers that get installed with my interface, then place them into that folder and it might work?

caitlynrw commented 5 years ago

Actually, nevermind looks much more complicated...

bluemaex commented 5 years ago

Thank you, but for the interface do I need to use that interface, or is that the only one guaranteed to work?

No you do absolutely not need to use that interface. The Interface is very very simple and is just an example how you can use the API that the library exposes. It is just a demonstration :)

So if I could be bothered I could obtain the drivers that get installed with my interface, then place them into that folder and it might work?

No - If you use an yet unsupported device - you (or someone) needs to write a driver to control the device. then you can use it inside this library. Out of curiosity which device do you use/want to use?

Thank you for that, but that is for Mac only and to be perfectly honest I sorta want a fun project to do and it might be helpful.

If you checkout the sources and build your own version it will also work on Linux and Windows. :-)

caitlynrw commented 5 years ago

No - If you use an yet unsupported device - you (or someone) needs to write a driver to control the device. then you can use it inside this library. Out of curiosity which device do you use/want to use?

My project is just a hobby, the DMX software my school uses is a bit crappy and I wanted to build my own, and I think my school uses this one.

caitlynrw commented 5 years ago

So how would I go about writing a driver for a new interface @Fensterbank

williamoverton commented 5 years ago

@Griffdith You would have to find the datasheet for the device and write a new driver in the drivers folder (look at the drivers currently included for examples) First things first, check what device your school is currently using as it might be compatible with another device that there is a driver for.

caitlynrw commented 5 years ago

I know what device my school is using, it's the Xpress 512. Where would I find this datasheet, @williamoverton?

jasonappah commented 4 years ago

@Griffdith, I realize this is an old issue, but the ShowXpress interfaces are unable to communicate with any other programs. I think I recall seeing some workaround somewhere which allowed the ShowXpress software to receive ArtNet in, which this library can send.

caitlynrw commented 4 years ago

Oh, course they don't work with anything else, why would they want to do that.

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