Is there a secret to DMX In AND Out or is this a bug?
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 4:22 am
Running 11.10.7
I've backed myself into a corner thinking that SCS could both read incoming DMX and take action as well as output DMX. Monitoring and responding to incoming DMX has been working great for the past two weeks. Today, when I added a DMX IN device (needed for controlling just a single channel dowser via direct DMX cable from SCS to the dowser), poop hit the fan. Outgoing DMX cues to the dowser work fine but cues responding to incoming DMX level changes stop - even though the Test DMX Control window sees the level changes and displays Play DMX Cue whatever. It just doesn't actually play DMX Cue whatever. If I remove the DMX Out device the cues responding to incoming DMX changes start working again.
I've tried setting this up with a single ENTTEC DMX USB Pro MK2 using the DMX 1 IN and DMX 2 OUT as well as the ENTTEC for input and a Ultra DMX Micro DMX USB Pro for output. Neither approach has worked - establishing a DMX Out device works but kills the previously functional DMX In device. I can borrow another ENNTEC DMX USB Pro MK2 if that's the secret.
All I need it to do for output is control a single channel dowser but I also need it to be listening to the lighting console DMX outputs to catch and respond to cues that require tight coupling of audio and lighting. Am I doing something wrong? Expecting a capability that isn't available? Or did I find a bug?
As always - tech week is in just right around the corner (sigh). Help!
TIA Mark
I've backed myself into a corner thinking that SCS could both read incoming DMX and take action as well as output DMX. Monitoring and responding to incoming DMX has been working great for the past two weeks. Today, when I added a DMX IN device (needed for controlling just a single channel dowser via direct DMX cable from SCS to the dowser), poop hit the fan. Outgoing DMX cues to the dowser work fine but cues responding to incoming DMX level changes stop - even though the Test DMX Control window sees the level changes and displays Play DMX Cue whatever. It just doesn't actually play DMX Cue whatever. If I remove the DMX Out device the cues responding to incoming DMX changes start working again.
I've tried setting this up with a single ENTTEC DMX USB Pro MK2 using the DMX 1 IN and DMX 2 OUT as well as the ENTTEC for input and a Ultra DMX Micro DMX USB Pro for output. Neither approach has worked - establishing a DMX Out device works but kills the previously functional DMX In device. I can borrow another ENNTEC DMX USB Pro MK2 if that's the secret.
All I need it to do for output is control a single channel dowser but I also need it to be listening to the lighting console DMX outputs to catch and respond to cues that require tight coupling of audio and lighting. Am I doing something wrong? Expecting a capability that isn't available? Or did I find a bug?
As always - tech week is in just right around the corner (sigh). Help!
TIA Mark