Avolites Controller with Light Convers

[zahoorjury]

Hi . It is ok that seen on YouTube tutorials about Tiger Touch are being used with 3D Light Convers software. How can I use light convers at home ?
I mean kindly provided the software version and the hard ware requirements to run it on a PC with a Avo board.
Is there any other 3D Software you recommend for exercise ?
I hope this is the best way to exercise a Avo board with a virtual design show with lots of fixtures there.

[niclights]

You can use any visualiser that has Art-Net (or sACN) capability. The console and PC need to be connected on a network with IP addresses in the same subnet. Then in Titan DMX Settings simply assign an Art-Net or sACN node to a line as required.

Alternatives to Light Converse include Capture, WYSIWYG and ESP Vision. The hardware requirements will depend on and be specified by the software.

[zahoorjury]

Thanks Nick, i was imagining some differ like i insert simple DMX IN into the Light converse Dongle, assigning the Address in My PC virtual Show similar in Avo board and the lights start moving via my Avo controller . surly the software also has a Address format like addresses and Universe.
any way can you please tell me a link or Page where i can understand the routing of Art-Net or sACN ?

[niclights]

You can do it with physical DMX and dongles but this means you need additional hardware which is usually specific to the visualiser and therefore extra expense on top of the visualiser itself.

Art-Net or sACN is easy. It is assigned the same way as physical DMX. Art-Net starts at universe 0. So, for example, you can open DMX Settings in Titan, expand the Art-Net nodes on the left-hand side, select 'Broadcast universe 0' and then select Line 1 on the right-hand side to assign. Now anything patched into line 1 will output over Art-Net universe 0. Note that you can still have the physical DMX ports assigned to the lines at the same time.

Art-Net and sACN are just methods of transmitting data (protocols). So, where you are restricted to a single universe of 512 channels per copper line, Art-Net can handle multiple universes. But you still patch fixtures the same and for compatibility universes still work on a limit of 512 channels each. So if you patch a Martin Mac 700 profile on line 1 at address 001 in the console, you would add a Martin Mac 700 profile in the visualiser and set its mode, address and universe to match, just like you would with a real fixture.

You can try all this out for free. I suggest using Avolites Titan Simulator and Capture Polar (the demo version doesn't allow saving and has a time limit of 1hr but otherwise works normally):

- Start Titan Sim and select your preferred console to simulate
- Start a new show in Titan and patch a dimmer to line 1, address 001
- Go to DMX Settings (right-click the Avo key and then press Disk to open the System menu and then select [DMX Settings] softkey)
- Expand the Art-Net nodes and left-hand side, select Broadcast Universe 0 and then select Line 1 on the right to assign
- Launch Capture and start a new file
- Select the Library tab in the bottom-right pane and expand 'Lighting Fixtures/Generic/PARs'
- Click and drag PAR 64 to the top-left view
- Now with the fixture selected in the view select the tools icon (spanner) and select 'Properties...'
- In the Properties section that appears in the bottom-right pane find the field called 'Patch' and double-click in the cell next to it
- Input A.1 to set the address of the PAR to universe A (0) address 001
- Finally, in the bottom-left view click on the tools icon in the bottom-right corner and select 'Perspective' and then 'Live'

Now when you raise the level of the dimmer in Titan you should see it change in the live view in Capture.

[zahoorjury]

hello Nick, i am very thankful for your brief definition , i will come back to you after experiment your suggestions.
a profound regards.