A good RGB LED Control solution for Control4 is there

[jackstone]

Just do an in-place update of the rs232 dmx engin driver, no need to replace all the light driver.

[Manbient]

Checking in on this solution for a new product we are developing, and I was curious: Does the engine make use of RDM, or is it required for full functionality? We use multiple channels for white, as well as RGB together to provide high CRI over a wide color temperature range, and it would be great for some of our customers who use Control4 to be able to integrate with your DMX solution.

[jackstone]

6 hours ago, Manbient said:

Checking in on this solution for a new product we are developing, and I was curious: Does the engine make use of RDM, or is it required for full functionality? We use multiple channels for white, as well as RGB together to provide high CRI over a wide color temperature range, and it would be great for some of our customers who use Control4 to be able to integrate with your DMX solution.

We got this feature request a few time but multiple white support is not yet implented in the driver, at least natively. At this time, the driver offer numerous native options for managing RGBW, i'm not sure what kind of interface would be best to control multiple channels of white. If you have some idea how to present this kind of control in the driver other than static preset, let me know and we could add support for it.

[MarshallMCH]

Hi all, I'm looking to purchase the driver and Engineering Solutions Engine, however I cannot seem to get any response from Engineering Solutions. I've tried calling and emailing multiple times over the past month, but nobody every responds or picks up the phone.  Does this driver work with the Enttec ODE device?  Obviously I don't want to buy something from a company that doesn't respond! 

[SMHarman]

Hi all, I'm looking to purchase the driver and Engineering Solutions Engine, however I cannot seem to get any response from Engineering Solutions. I've tried calling and emailing multiple times over the past month, but nobody every responds or picks up the phone.  Does this driver work with the Enttec ODE device?  Obviously I don't want to buy something from a company that doesn't respond! 

Does not work with enntec. The free C4/EV driver runs that but fades are choppier and features are different.

[MarshallMCH]

Any other hardware I could use with Domaudeo's driver?

[lippavisual]

The driver and dmx engine can be purchased from the same place, Houselogix. 

[lippavisual]

His driver only works with ES Response box. 

[cybuch]

Or you can buy it from Amazon

[jackstone]

I spoke to John at ES just right now, he's fine and told me he never knew someone was trying to contact him without success.

if you have any question about the DMX Engine, Or want to purchase a unit, Houselogix is the place or you can can still contact John at: john@response-box.com

[bk]

Just noticed my properties tab is stating incompatible firmware v5.061 driver is 2.02. Documentation says this setup requires this firmware as minimum. Has something changed?

[jackstone]

45 minutes ago, bk said:

Just noticed my properties tab is stating incompatible firmware v5.061 driver is 2.02. Documentation says this setup requires this firmware as minimum. Has something changed?

The minimum firmware version is 5.071. Maybe there is a typo in the documentation, but the included firmware in the download package is the right one.

[bk]

ok, thanks, I'll update. Yes the documentation is incorrect then.

[PaulYork]

Today I updated the driver for the DMX engine to 2.2 (removed and replaced) upgraded the firmware in the ES module to 5071. I have made the connection in composer to the correct serial port on the IO extender (pin 4 removed) but cannot retrieve the firmware version? I have tried a 3.5mm C4 cable from serial 3 on the EA5 as well with no luck. I have re-run the firmware update again but this hasn't helped. It was working fine.

[jackstone]

Have you changed the baudrate with the baudrate changer driver?

[PaulYork]

No I Haven't, how do you do that?

[jackstone]

Add the baudrate changer driver in the project and follow the instruction in the properties, it's straight forward.

[chris.cytexone]

On 9/15/2017 at 10:47 AM, PaulYork said:

No I Haven't, how do you do that?

Curious to see what you come up with Paul. I've unfortunately had nothing but difficulties with the v2.0 driver.

I was able to get everything working perfectly with the 1.5 driver (DMX control, was able to cycle the colors on the LED strip, etc). Not satisfied being on an older version, I've been trying to work with Jack over e-mail to resolve my issues (HouseLogix is near useless, they refer me to Domaudeo aka Jack). Like he is saying, the baud rate driver is key (although it's not mentioned in the main documentation, when you add the driver in it has its own documentation tab). Connect the engine to this driver and hit the action button on the driver to change the engine's baud speed from 9600 to 115200 (note, you need to power cycle the engine after this).

Once I did that, I was able to switch the binding to the V2 driver (it was able to talk to the engine and retrieve the firmware). However, now I'm stuck with no DMX control. I had functional control of LED colors under 1.5 and now since updating to the 2.0 driver it's broken. I've verified the DMX ID's are back in as they should be and nada, nothing. I've actually been trying to figure out how to revert back to the 1.5 driver (to see if it starts working again and confirm the issue I'm solely having is with v2). I found the proper serial command to change the engine back to 9600 baud so now I just need to go back onsite to test with the legacy driver.

I'll provide an update once I have more.

 

[jackstone]

Don't revert to 1.5, v2 work best and i'm sure we can dig out what is your issue... so now you can see the dmx engine firmware? Havr you tried the action/all on and see if your dmx lights turns on?

[chris.cytexone]

25 minutes ago, jackstone said:

Don't revert to 1.5, v2 work best and i'm sure we can dig out what is your issue... so now you can see the dmx engine firmware? Havr you tried the action/all on and see if your dmx lights turns on?

Yes, I've tried that command under the driver, nothing happened on the lighting end. 

[jackstone]

Ok... so 1: retry the "get firmware" action and see if it can still get the firmare version.

2: confirm if you have a single output DMX engine or the dual output model, chance the new firmware does not work with the older single output version of the engine.

3: if you have the older engine, then yes you can revert to the driver version 1.5 but don't try to revert the baudrate to 9600, send me an email and i will send you a modified version of 1.5 that run at 115200bps, you will not get the new features of v2.x but it will react bit faster than before.

[cybuch]

Are you sure your Engine updated successfully?  I had an issue with my unit not updating but finally got it to update.

[chris.cytexone]

12 hours ago, jackstone said:

Ok... so 1: retry the "get firmware" action and see if it can still get the firmare version.

2: confirm if you have a single output DMX engine or the dual output model, chance the new firmware does not work with the older single output version of the engine.

3: if you have the older engine, then yes you can revert to the driver version 1.5 but don't try to revert the baudrate to 9600, send me an email and i will send you a modified version of 1.5 that run at 115200bps, you will not get the new features of v2.x but it will react bit faster than before.

1. Performing "Get Firmware" action produces "Online (Firmware v5.071)". However, after a few moments the status changes back to "Offline. Check DMX Engine connection."

2. It's a dual output DMX engine: https://response-box.com/gear/2016/10/announcing-the-rs-232-driven-double-dmx-engine/

3. I have two engines available, one on-site with the new firmware at 115200bps. One in my lab with the new firmware at 9600bps (was going to bring it back onsite this morning to try some stuff out).

Here's the LUA output when I hit the "Get Firmware" command:

 

Started Standard DMX: 3
System Is Active & Feelin' Groovy
Handle Command: www.response-box.com/gear
Handle Command:  * *  RS-232 Double DMX Engine  * *
Handle Command: Firmware v5.071
Handle Command:
Handle Command: Started Standard DMX: 3
Handle Command: System Is Active & Feelin' Groovy
Last command done
ReceivedFromSerial(), idBinding = 1, strData = Startup Scene:  None, Delay:  None
Handle Command:
Handle Command: Startup Scene:  None, Delay:  None
Last command done
Recovering from buffer...
Function:	SendToSerial(1, Z053@000,077@000,073@000,063@000,047@000,037@000,067@000,057@000,212@000,027@000,017@000,013@000,023@000,042@000,052@000,062@000,072@000,036@000,046@000,056@000,066@000,239@000,092@000,040@000,210@000,016@000,025@000,201@000,012@000,022@000,083@000,071@000:000):
Sending Command...
Function:	SendToSerial(1, Z061@000,085@000,075@000,065@000,090@000,091@000,035@000,059@000,049@000,039@000,029@000,099@000,089@000,079@000,110@000,001@000,218@000,003@000,002@000,005@000,004@000,007@000,006@000,009@000,008@000,135@000,097@000,031@000,021@000,011@000,096@000,060@000:000):
Sending Command...
Trying to reconnect...
ReceivedFromSerial(), idBinding = 1, strData = Syntax erro
Last command done
ReceivedFromSerial(), idBinding = 1, strData = r
10
Handle Command: Syntax error
Syntax error	Bad command is:  Z061@000,085@000,075@000,065@000,090@000,091@000,035@000,059@000,049@000,039@000,029@000,099@000,089@000,079@000,110@000,001@000,218@000,003@000,002@000,005@000,004@000,007@000,006@000,009@000,008@000,135@000,097@000,031@000,021@000,011@000,096@000,060@000:000
Handle Command: 10
Last command done

Let me know what you think, thanks.

 

[jackstone]

Do you have the single output red dmx engine or the dual ouput? (With two xlr connectors)

[chris.cytexone]

10 minutes ago, jackstone said:

Do you have the single output red dmx engine or the dual ouput? (With two xlr connectors)

Dual output, I'm on-site now and you were dead on with your suspicions. The Global Cache iTach Flex seems to be the issue. I was able to get it working with an HC250 instead of the GC device. I'm going to leave as is, but would love to be able to get the GC device working. I'm going to call Global Cache about this but if you have any other ideas on how I can get it working with the GC device that would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks for all the help Jack!