Mixed DMX output Wing/Art-Net

[alexnasa]

Hi there,

First of all, I'm pretty sure I know the answer to my question, but I don't have my gear with me and I won't have time for trials&errors on the show day.

I have a PC Wing + Laptop. I usually use an Ethernet => DMX node (8 universes). In my DMX I/O setup, Uni 1-8 are set to Art-Net, and everything just works fine. Uni 1&2 ouputs are shared between wing and Art-Net.

For my next show, I'll need 10 universes, so I'd like to have uni 1-2 output from the wing and 3-10 from Art-Net.
If i'm not mistaking, changing the Out Type to MQ Wing, will output ONLY from the wing. So, if my setup is :
Uni 1&2 - Out Type: MQ Wing
Uni 3-10 - Out Type : Art-Net
I will have my 10 universes, right ? Is there any other option to change ?

Thanks !

[ChamSys.be]

Don't change the Out type, leave it like it is. Just activate universes 9 and 10 and set them to ArtNet.
Start universe of the node was 0-0, change it in 0-2.

[alexnasa]

thanks for the quick help !
but what do i do with the 0-0 and 0-1 universes then ? I get the "!" mark if i change as you said
or do you mean changing the setup on the hardware ? not MQ software?

[ChamSys.be]

Yes changing setup in hardware. Otherwise you get conflicts, you can't send out the same universe more than once!

[jwbosch]

Hi there,

First of all, I'm pretty sure I know the answer to my question, but I don't have my gear with me and I won't have time for trials&errors on the show day.

I have a PC Wing + Laptop. I usually use an Ethernet => DMX node (8 universes). In my DMX I/O setup, Uni 1-8 are set to Art-Net, and everything just works fine. Uni 1&2 ouputs are shared between wing and Art-Net.

For my next show, I'll need 10 universes, so I'd like to have uni 1-2 output from the wing and 3-10 from Art-Net.
If i'm not mistaking, changing the Out Type to MQ Wing, will output ONLY from the wing. So, if my setup is :
Uni 1&2 - Out Type: MQ Wing
Uni 3-10 - Out Type : Art-Net
I will have my 10 universes, right ? Is there any other option to change ?

Thanks !

Standard setup for me:
PC with wing and 8-node
PC with MagicHD on artnet 9
Normally the show is like:
universe 1-8 are Artnet 0 thru 7
universe 9 is artnet 9 for MagicHD
universe 10 and 11 are MQ wing where 10 is copy uni 1 and 11 is copy uni 2

Now i don't have to worry if i am using the wing or the node for the first 2 universes.

Of course when i need all the universes i disable the copy, so i have 8 universes backstage via the node and 2 universes at the FOH

This setup enables me to test rigs without the wing or if i use the wing, without the node with no changes made in the setup.