ART-NET OUTPUT

An Art-Net output can be created by using the built-in Art-Net fixture presets that give you the possibility to chose from a single (1) channel preset or a 10-channel preset.

USING ART-NET PRESETS

The 1-channel or 10-channel Art-Net fixture preset is added to the Asset window by right-clicking in the Assets window and selecting Add Art-Net fixture and then selecting 1ch Generic or 10ch Generic. You can add as many Art-Net fixture assets you want and give them unique names, or you can use a single one and create multiple cues from that one.


Art-Net fixture assets in the Asset window are shown below.


You create a cue by dragging the Art-Net asset into a timeline layer. Depending on the Art-Net asset type used you will have one or ten tween layers that can be used to manipulate the different Art-Net channel values.



Selecting the cue will show the Cue Properties window.

  1. Name Name of the Cue.
  2. Start Time Cue location on the timeline.
  3. Duration Cue duration on the timeline.
  4. Pre-roll Cue pre-roll time.
  5. Net Universe start address in steps of 256 universes.
  6. Sub-Net Universe start address in steps of 16 universes.
  7. Universe Universe start address in steps of a single universe.
  8. Universe (absolute) Universe start address in absolute terms.

NOTE: You can use the Net / Sub-Net / Universe to enter the Universe you want to use, and the absolute value will automatically be calculated, or you can enter the absolute address directly.

  1. Channel Output channel start address.

NOTE: If you use the 10-channel Art-Net preset, output channel 1 will use the channel number set in the Channel field. Output channel 2 through 10 will use the following 9 channels.

  1. Mode Defines the resolution of each of the Art-Net channels. The resolution can consist of 1, 2, 3 or 4 consecutive bytes grouped together to increase the resolution of the channel.

Note: Using a 10-channel Art-Net preset and a Mode set to Uber (32bit) means that each channel will reserve 4 consecutive bytes. So, output channel 1 will use the channel number set in the Channel field as a base, output channel 2 will use the number in Channel +4 as a base, output channel 3 will use the number in Channel +8 as base, etc.

  1. Asset Version Defines what version of the asset to use.

For more information about Art-Net, refer to Wikipedia