Acolyte DMX - Manual (Page 29)

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N E T W O R K C O N T R O L
Several USB-Ethernet controllers can be synchronized to make a stand alone show with more than 2 universes.
Note that this is not compatible with the touch controllers.
To begin with, be sure that all USB-Ethernet controllers are connected to a switch or router. By default,
the controller is set to take the IP address from the router. If your router doesn’t have DHCP (automatic IP
addressing) enabled, connect your controller to your computer by USB and open the tools application to set a
manual IP address. See the ‘Hardware tools’ topic of the hardware manual for more information.
Once your interfaces are connected, start the ESA Pro software and select the controllers from the start-up
dialog.
Additional universes can be added in the patch window.
The DMX universes can be assigned to the appropriate controllers by clicking the ‘Universes Patch’ button.
The IP addresses of the detected controllers appear on the left. If you have no controllers connected and want
to write the show to the computer, create a name for each controller by double clicking on the appropriate
cell. The combo boxes are used to assign a software universe to one of the 2 DMX output universes on the
controller. Click the DMX icon in the top left to automatically assign the universes in IP address order.
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