Rookie questions for PS1 and E1.31 setup on LOR

[pdub]

Hey guys. This forum has been very helpful so far. I found the driver post to clear the error I was getting on the control panel. Everything looks good from the control panel, but I'm not getting my lights to light up with LOR software. I did check to make sure my control lights option was selected in the sequence editor. I'm running 2 150 pixel TM1809 ribbons. Here is the output from my LOR control panel:

2012-12-09 20:54:44 30:Listener [iNFO ] Listening on port 8837

2012-12-09 20:54:45 32:Listener [iNFO ] Connection accepted (508)

2012-12-09 20:54:45 509:DMX1 [iNFO ] E1.31u1: E1.31 universe 1 opened on 1

92.168.1.206/1

2012-12-09 20:55:00 32:Listener [iNFO ] Connection accepted (400)

Question 1: My PS1 is set up on socket/port 1, so do I need to change it to socket/port 8837? So is the PS1 talking back to the PC on port 8837?

Here is my PS1 output:

Current Network Mode is: Normal STATIC

IP Address: 192.168.001.206 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.000 Gateway: 192.168.001.001 DNS Server: 192.168.001.001

Mac Adrs: 4A:49:4D:58:43:3F

System Up-Time: 0003:17:34 Firmware Version: 2.050 Web Timeout in: ---

E1.31 Packet Statistics:

Socket s1 Socket s2 Socket s3 Socket s4 Socket s5 Socket s6

Universe Number 1 2 3 4 5 6

Packets Received 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sequence Errors 0 0 0 0 0 0

Invalid Packets 0 0 0 0 0 0

Global Configuration:

Static Network Information:

IP Address: 192.168.001.206 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.000 Gateway: 192.168.001.001 DNS Server: 192.168.001.001

WEB Server Socket: 8 (DEDICATED) Last Firmware Update Status: None Tried

Default IP Mode: STATIC Web Srvr Mode: Boot+Auto No Data Timeout: Disabled Test Pattern: 00

Pixel String Configuration:

Cluster# Strings Chip Pixels Grp Str Len RGB DMX Address Range Reverse Zigs Null Pixels Refresh Gamma

1 4 1804(F) 150 001 0150 RGB s1-001 thru s4-270 NNNN 0000 0-0-0-0 0082

2 2 1804(F) 150 001 0150 RGB s4-271 thru s6-150 NNNN 0000 0-0-0-0 0082

3 4 1804(F) 150 001 0150 RGB s1-001 thru s4-270 NNNN 0000 0-0-0-0 0082

4 2 1804(F) 150 001 0150 RGB s4-271 thru s6-150 NNNN 0000 0-0-0-0 0082

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Question 2: Am I running the wrong Chip for my ribbons?

[heystew]

In LOR Network Preferences, try setting the Protocol to Multicast instead of specifying the ip address of the PS1.

The PS1 listens to multicast messages from the LOR software. Leave the port #'s at their defaults (5569 for DMX universes, and 8837 for the DMX listener)

[pdub]

Dumb question, but why wouldn't it listen to unicast traffic as well? Bug?

[heystew]

The E-682 is designed to use multicast only. It will work fine with multicast, I've used many of them this way.

[pdub]

Heystew, thanks for the info. On the PS1, wouldn't I need to change the socket/port of s1 to 5569?

[heystew]

pdub,

I don't think you need to change the configuration of the PS1 at all. If you are sending the E1.31 data on the standard multicast ip and port #'s.

these should be:

Universe 1 - 239.255.0.1 Multicast - Port 5568

Universe 2 - 239.255.0.2 Multicast - Port 5568

Universe 3 - 239.255.0.3 Multicast - Port 5568

and so on.

You then configure the sockets for the universe you want using the DMX command on the PS1.

[Crazydave]

Make sure your control panel is showing up in your system tray.

Also if you want to control the lights using the sequence editor, make sure any shows are DISABLED. (your light bulb in the system tray should be red)

The control panel can only control one (1) thing at a time.. either a show or the sequence editor

[pdub]

Thanks for the assistance. I am controlling the lights!!!! Broke a chip on my ribbon so I had to break out the soldering iron last night to do a little splcing repair. Any suggestions on making the ribbon waterproof again? Can I just put silicone over my soldering splice?