Feature Request: Comm Listener In Sequence Editor

[Tim Fischer]

Having to have the LOR control panel running when you want to control DMX (and soon E1.31) lights via the sequence editor is non-intuitive, and seems to be the source of a lot of frustration, and by extension, threads here on the forums.

I would suggest that, if your network setup includes a DMX/E1.31 network, that the sequence editor just intelligently fire up the Listener on your behalf. Or if that's not feasible for technical reasons, at least pop a warning dialog that some of your lights are not going to be properly controlled.

This presumably simple fix would keep a lot of people from tripping up.

-Tim

[LightORamaDan]

I second that

[LOR Staff]

Is that my cue to put this in the queue?

[Tim Fischer]

I second that

Heh. If only you were in a position to make it happen

[marquisite]

Thirded?

[spomalley]

+1

Fourthed??

[ben]

totaly agree with this thread

[Greg]

I would also have to agree here

[bisquit476]

+1

[Tim Fischer]

I'd still like to see this, by the way.

[jeffl]

Maybe the next release will have this feature.

[Tim Fischer]

Maybe the next release will have this feature.

 

We can always hope.  It's been a long wait for a lot of features

[George Simmons]

Kind of disappointing that Dan's vote back in 2012 didn't seem to count for very much at all ... 

[k6ccc]

Please make it selectable.  I would generally NOT want the comm listener on my sequencing computer because a second computer pouring out E-1.31 packets would interfere with the show computer pouring out E1.31 packets.

[Tim Fischer]

Please make it selectable.  I would generally NOT want the comm listener on my sequencing computer because a second computer pouring out E-1.31 packets would interfere with the show computer pouring out E1.31 packets.

I would only expect it to happen if "control lights" was selected and you had native DMX or E1.31 devices in the network.

[derekb]

+1, I would love for the comm listener to load with sequencer.