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Topic: DMX Light control with VDJ 6.x ! - Page: 3

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acw_dj wrote :
So I will check also about it, and check if I can get more information on this.


thank you! any information is helpfull!
 
OK.. I remembered I still have VDJ 5.1 on my old laptop, so thought I would check out again how it wrote the DMX values..

>you would "activate" the DMX controller and the "lights control window" opens up..
This windows is the same window that pops up in VDJ 6.x

Below "activate" there were two more options that also opened up their own windows..
"Channels" and "Programs"

"Channels" it seems it where you would tell VDJ what each channel does
TYPE: (Other, Tilt, Pan, Color Wheel, Color (red,GRN, Blue), Gobo, Strobe, Shutter)
NAME: what ever you wanted..
I created 5 fake lights.. 2 scanners (scan1 & scan 2), and 3 colorchangers (CC1 to CC3)

In "Programs" you could set values for the different Tabs.
for the Color Tabs, you could set a value for any of the color wheels or Gobo channels.. but no steps..
IE: you only had a choice between 4 different color "scenes"
for the Move Tabs, you could set the position of any Tilt or Pan AND you could do it in "steps"

Of course without a connected "Interface" I have no clue on how VDJ ran the "Steps" and what the radio buttons "Rhythm" or "Smooth" did.
 
Soooo... ;-)
after fooling around I checked the "dmx.xml" file to see what was put in there..

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<VirtualDJ_DMX>
<Channel_list>
<Channel dmx="1" type="Tilt" name="scan1" />
<Channel dmx="2" type="Pan" name="scan1" />
<Channel dmx="3" type="Color Wheel" name="scan1" />
<Channel dmx="4" type="Gobo" name="scan1" />
<Channel dmx="5" type="Tilt" name="scan2" />
<Channel dmx="6" type="Pan" name="scan2" />
<Channel dmx="7" type="Color Wheel" name="scan2" />
<Channel dmx="8" type="Gobo" name="scan2" />
<Channel dmx="9" type="Shutter" name="CC1" />
<Channel dmx="10" type="Color Wheel" name="CC1" />
<Channel dmx="11" type="Strobe" name="CC1" />
<Channel dmx="12" type="Shutter" name="CC2" />
<Channel dmx="13" type="Color Wheel" name="CC2" />
<Channel dmx="14" type="Strobe" name="CC2" />
<Channel dmx="15" type="Shutter" name="CC3" />
<Channel dmx="16" type="Color Wheel" name="CC3" />
<Channel dmx="17" type="Strobe" name="CC3" />
</Channel_list>
<Program_list>
<Program button="Color 1" name="red">
<Set dmx="3" value="51" />
<Set dmx="7" value="51" />
<Set dmx="10" value="102" />
<Set dmx="13" value="102" />
<Set dmx="16" value="102" />
</Program>
<Program button="Move 1" name="chase1">
<Set step="1" dmx="1" value="0" />
<Set step="1" dmx="2" value="0" />
<Set step="1" dmx="5" value="0" />
<Set step="1" dmx="6" value="0" />
<Set step="2" dmx="1" value="107" />
<Set step="2" dmx="2" value="102" />
<Set step="2" dmx="5" value="102" />
<Set step="2" dmx="6" value="153" />
<Set step="3" dmx="1" value="255" />
<Set step="3" dmx="2" value="255" />
<Set step="3" dmx="5" value="255" />
<Set step="3" dmx="6" value="255" />
<Set step="4" dmx="1" value="51" />
<Set step="4" dmx="2" value="51" />
<Set step="4" dmx="5" value="51" />
<Set step="4" dmx="6" value="255" />
</Program>
<Program button="Move 2">
<Set step="1" dmx="6" value="0" />
</Program>
</Program_list>
</VirtualDJ_DMX>
 
I will be happy to help out if I can; I will need to go and pick up a cheap DMX light first though as I sold all my lighting quite a few years ago when I stopped most mobile work. At some point I may clean up my velleman code and release it.
 
SBDJ wrote :
I will be happy to help out if I can; I will need to go and pick up a cheap DMX light first though as I sold all my lighting quite a few years ago when I stopped most mobile work. At some point I may clean up my velleman code and release it.


Your profile says your "down south". Whereabout in the UK are you? I'm in Essex. Seems pointless buying a light if I could lend you one...

All going well I'll be in the club every weekend up until Christmas so won't have much need for them...

Either that or I might be able to get one to borrow from my DJ supplier ;-)

Cheers,

Roy
 
I'm in Buckinghamshire.

I can probably pick up a DMX controllable light for not much. I've been asked a lot over the last year to do mobile work, so maybe it's time to start think about getting back into it.
 
OK, maybe a bit too far away ;-)

No worries.

Looking forward to this now...

Roy
 
hippydog wrote :
I forgot to mention,
I started a "Ticket" just before he "popped" in..
maybe he was the one who recieved it?


well...

I recieved an answer to my ticket.. kinda ;-)

answer is pretty much what I have read in the threads all along..
its not been tested, nothings been developed..

I'm still hoping I can get a few answers, my main concern is if I purchase the SUIDI interface and then find out afterwards even the most basic controll has been removed..

AND I also need to know the official Syntax and usage of the DMX verbs..

AND I need to know if I have to write a Controller Definition..

And I need to know if the 'verbs' write to an .xml file? IE: how do you store the chases/steps?
 
Well I've looked over my plugin code and I reckon it could be cleaned up and released; at the moment it's set up for fixed scenes and fixed fixtures so there will be some work in making it usable to others but it's certainly possible. It would give direct DMX control from within VDJ.
 
SBDJ wrote :
Well I've looked over my plugin code and I reckon it could be cleaned up and released; at the moment it's set up for fixed scenes and fixed fixtures so there will be some work in making it usable to others but it's certainly possible. It would give direct DMX control from within VDJ.


Sweet. Put me down as a beta tester please...

Roy
 
Me too - I'll buy whatever interface will do the job, just let me know.
 
I've got a couple of things to do urgently, but I'll stick it on the to-do list :)

The downside to this plugin was that you had to disable effect reset on load, because it ran as an audio plugin enabled on one deck.
 
That would be ok for me as I dont use the vdj audio effects - just use the audio effects on the Pioneer mixer anyways. Thanks for adding to list - looking forward to it.
 
SBDJ wrote :
I've got a couple of things to do urgently, but I'll stick it on the to-do list :)

The downside to this plugin was that you had to disable effect reset on load, because it ran as an audio plugin enabled on one deck.


Does this mean you can't use effects?

Also what do you mean by "one deck"?

Roy
 
ever get the feeling that a thread you started has been hopelessly derailed to the point of no recovery ;-) LOL
 
hippydog wrote :
ever get the feeling that a thread you started has been hopelessly derailed to the point of no recovery ;-) LOL


My glass is always half full...

We'll get there ;-)

Roy
 
GadgetMan wrote :
Does this mean you can't use effects?

Also what do you mean by "one deck"?


Not at all, just means they won't automatically turn off when you load a track - if you have flanger on, then load a new track, flanger will still be on until you turn it off manually.

By one deck I mean you only activate it once against either deck and it deals with all the audio (from both decks) from there.

hippydog wrote :
ever get the feeling that a thread you started has been hopelessly derailed to the point of no recovery ;-) LOL


You're discussing DMX Control within VDJ6. I have no way of testing the inbuilt support, but was offering up another solution. I'll stay out of this thread now; when I/if have something to offer up I'll post it in a thread elsewhere.
 
musicalcheers wrote :
Thread hijack??? WTF??
.

1.) did anyone notice the "LOL" and the ";-)"? its not a big deal.. I was joking..

2.) this is the "hardware forum" not the "plug-in" forum.. As far as i know (and i'm probably wrong) the DMX control was a built in feature and was not considered a plug in.. my goal was to see if it was usable or not.. Heck maybe I placed THIS thread in the wrong forum myself..

3.) my post was in no way a bash against SBDJ, I too immensly appreciate everything he has done for the VDJ community..

4.) a plug in, (and the ensuing discussion of said plug-in) is a different direction then what I intended this thread to be..
do I fully support the idea? OF COURSE I DO!!!! but already, it is obvious that many are willing to support the 'plug in", yet no-one besides me seems to want to support the built in DMX control..
I simply want to explore what is already there (if possible).

5.) personally, if I was you guys.. I would suggest you support SBDJ in anyways possible the "CBG to Midi Clock Plugin".. I think that would provide the quickest results on VDJ working with other light control software & at the same time prove to many why its important..
If proven popular an integrated DMX control might be more palatable to the 'powers that be' ;-)

6.) why should their be a new thread about SBDJ's plug in? Because I had full intentions of continuing to post info I learned about VDJ's DMX control.. those posts and your guy's posts about the plug in I think would be confusing to future readers... its
a mute point now.. i'm now thinking it would be much easier and clearer to simply start a new one myself...
please feel free to continue on with your discussion.. I'm fine with it..
 
See your point - no offence meant. Its all about controlling lights really - cant it all go here? Start another one if you like but adding even more topics is unlikely to increase the chance of an official response, going from past experience here anyways.
 
 
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