7th Sense DeltaServer Bedienungsanleitung

Delta Media Server

Device Control with

DeltaServer

MC258-2

User Guide

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Printed: March 2023

This edition is for software version Delta 2.5 and above

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Contents

Introduction 4

Art-Net/DMX Control 4

Addressing DMX Devices 5

ENTTEC Node Management 6

Configure Art-Net Output in DeltaGUI 8

Create DeltaGUI Resource 9

Using Art-Net Timeline Resources 12

Configure Art-Net Input in DeltaGUI 14

Art-Net Recording 16

Using Serial Events for Device Control 18

Create Serial Event in Delta Timeline (Direct Method) 19

Trigger Serial Commands on Demand (Sequence Method) 24

UDP Serial Events 31

PJLink 34

Using 7thUDP2TCP for Device Control 34

Setup Instructions for 7thSense 3D Sync using Labjack 36

Hardware Connectivity 36

Software Configuration 37

Verifying Operation 39

LabJack 7thSense Pinout and Connections 41

DeltaShowControlInterface 43

Workflow 44

Configure the ADAM-6060 Comms 45

Configure DeltaShowControlInterface 51

Control Logic for Direct Control (Mode=0) 52

Control Logic for Sequences (Mode=1) 54

Appendix: Sending ASCII to ADAM-6060 55

Document Information 55

56Index

Introduction

DeltaServer offers a number of ways of controlling external devices, whether projectors, lighting,

stage and theatre effects machines, or playback devices including smart glasses, 3D synchronised

glasses and VR headsets.

See also: 7thConnect

A powerful, single application, used to connect multiple I/O feeds for use with Delta Media Server

system. Receive dynamic inputs to the Delta Timeline and send controls to switches over IP.

7thConnect User Guide

Art-Net/DMX Control

DMX is a serial protocol used to control many lighting systems, bubble, and smoke machines and

other stage effects devices.

Art-Net is DMX over Ethernet, the protocol that DeltaServer uses to interface with external devices,

so we need to convert the Art-Net signal into DMX.

An Ethernet cable carries the Art-Net signal to and from a converter (e.g. Enttec box), which converts

to DMX over XLR cable to the first device: other DMX devices can then be connected in a serial /

daisy-chain format, one to the next.

Art-Net/DMX Control

Addressing DMX Devices

Your devices receive messages from DeltaServer according to the DMX Base Address and their

respective Delta channels.

Each Base Address can be any number within range (0-511) but should be unique for independent

devices: it should not coincide with any other base/channel number unless this is the requirement

(e.g. multiple devices listening to the same part of the addressed block).

Plan your device requirements:

For example, Light 1 has base address of 1 and can have 4 Delta output channels:

Red channel 1 (values 0–255)

Blue channel 2 (values 0–255)

Green channel 3 (values 0–255)

Brightness channel 4 (values 0–255)

Light 2 can then start at base address 5 and take up 4 channels, and so on.

Further instructions for addressing specific devices may be found in its manufacturer’s user

manual.

DIP switch settings

The example below shows a DIP switch chart denoting that this light is ON (switch 10) with a base

address of 5 (switches 1 and 3):

Art-Net/DMX Control

A device set-up might look like this:

ArtNetominator is a free facility to help you to set up and troubleshoot your Art-Net devices:

http://www.lightjams.com/artnetominator/

ENTTEC Node Management

This page describes the ENTTEC OpenDMX Ethernet (ODE) MkI. Operation of the MkII is the same,

but the software app for configuration (v1.8 on) operates in a browser page.

The server must be set up with the correct software for the DMX converter – we use ENTTEC Node

Management Utility.

Connect the ENTTEC box to the server NIC (or via network) with an Ethernet cable.

Connect the first device to the ENTTEC box using XLR cable.

Connect each device to the next using XLR cables.

Open the Node Management software.

Click the ‘Discovery’ button:

Art-Net/DMX Control

The attached ENTECC box will show listed under Device Type with its IP Address, Device Name

and Mac Address.

Click to select the device and the ‘Configure’ button will become active. Click it.

Art-Net/DMX Control

The correct details should default in, but you should check:

IP Address is correct and is on the same range as the server (if it is on a different range, the

server can get confused and may show the device IP in its front panel instead of its own).

Protocol: Art-Net

Subnet and Universe can be set to what you want – the default for both is 00.

Check/set your Subnet and Universe here, and make sure they match in Delta.

Port Direction: Output DMX

Universes and Subnets

Each ENTTEC box is addressed to a Universe and Subnet (to allow for more physical channels if

required) on a network.

DeltaServer can read from up to 16 Universes (512 channels each), with up to 16 Subnets (512

channels each) for Art-Net INPUT via (for example) a Showtec console.

For Art-Net OUTPUT, DeltaServer outputs to a single Universe/Subnet as set in Preferences >

ArtNet & DMX.

Each independent output device (light, effects machine) should be addressed with a unique Base

Address + a Delta channel for each set of values it requires (e.g. R, G, B, Brightness for lights = 4

Delta Channels).

Each Delta device output can have a value of between 0 and 255 (8 bit) but this can be extended by

allocating 2 (16 bit) or 4 channels (32 bit) to match the device characteristics.

Some devices such as smoke or bubble machines only require a single Delta channel output: On =

255 and Off = 0.

Configure Art-Net Output in DeltaGUI

Check the configuration in DeltaGUI matches your set-up. In DeltaGUI, select Configure > Preferences

and go to ‘ArtNet & DMX’.

Art-Net/DMX Control

Tick to enable ‘Output ArtNet Data’.

Check that the Art-Net NIC IP is the correct NIC to the Enttec box

Type in the correct Universe and SubNet for which Art-Net output should be enabled.

Note: if you tick ‘Enable TestMode’, Delta will send a message out to ALL channels available and so

all your devices should respond. Untick this box to stop/reset.

Create DeltaGUI Resource

Set up a new DeltaGUI resource for each of the devices you are using:

From the top menu bar in DeltaGUI, select View > ArtNet & DMX Editor:

Art-Net/DMX Control

Click Create New and name your resource. Click OK and select your new resource:

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