DMX Input via Pharos

Version 4.1 by Mark Kohlmann on 2021/07/14 16:24

SHOWRUNNER™ can accept commands from a Pharos' DMX input.  Note: Pharos recommends not using anymore than 50 channels on the DMX input.

Steps:

SHOWRUNNER™

  1. Enable UDP Listener in the SHOWRUNNER™ config:

  "UdpListener":
  {
    "ListenPort": 45794
  },

Pharos Config:

  1. Create a new Pharos Project or Open an Existing One
  2. Go to Project->Project Features and set DMX In under Trigger to Enabled
  3. Go to Network->Select Controller with DMX Input->Interfaces and set the Serial Port to DMX Input
  4. Triggers
    1. Create a trigger on each DMX Input that you wish to send to SHOWRUNNER™
    2. Set Trigger Parameters:
      1. Channel: Channel # you wish to capture
      2. Changes in range: Minimum: 0 Maximum: 255
    3. New Action: Output Ethernet
      1. Enable Variables
      2. IP/Hostname: IP Address or Hostname of the processor running SHOWRUNNER™
      3. Port: 45794
      4. Protocol: UDP
      5. String: "GID.SetLevelByByte.<3>\r"
        1. GID is the GlobalID for the load within SHOWRUNNER™
      6. Example DMX Channel 41 controlling load with global ID of 32:
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