Hello TD forum,
after watching Ben and Markus amazing video on youtube ([url]Intro to TouchDesigner for Pixel Mapping - Ben Voigt and Markus Heckmann - YouTube) I have a couple of questions regarding adding the IP address in the routing table and sending more than 16 universes.
Adding a column in the DMX routing table to insert a specific IP address for each universe seems a very neat option for large networks.
But then what happens to that IP address 10.0.0.1 typed into the DMX out CHOP in the Network Address field? (Iām referring to the youtube video at about 1:25:36)
Does that address get bypassed/ignored? or should I leave that field blank and TD automatically knows to look in that fifth column called ānetaddressā? or do I need to tell TD to look to that ānetaddressā column?
My next question is about subnet and outputting more than 16 universes.
I understand the principle that TD is able to outputting 16 universes per subnet. But then I am not clear what the TD setting should be and the physical hardware setup might look like for sending over 16 universes.
I am not overly familiar with IP addresses and networking, but will try to explain the best I can:
Letās say I am sending 16 universes to my DMXdevice1 set to network address 10.0.0.1, and this device is capable of receiving 30 universes.
Iād imagine the dmx out routing table will have 17 rows, and from row 1 the table will be filled with:
channel (name of that universe)
net 0
subnet 0
universe (output universe number 1 to 16 for sACN).
But then I am not clear what happens if I need to output another universe?
I would imagine that I will add another row to the routing table, and fill this row with:
channel (name of that 17th universe)
net 0
subnet 1
universe 1 (for sACN).
is that it? will my DMXdevice1 receive and output that 17th universe?
and how does my device know that itās universe 17 if itās called 1?
PS: side note: I always found hilarious the word āuniverseā to refer to 512 lighting channels, and now more than ever since one entire āuniverseā could easily be filled by using a single 5m LED strip