Appendix – Blizzard Lighting AutoBahn 8 User Manual
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AutoBahn™ 8 User Manual - Rev. A
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FIRMWARE vERSION:
You can check the firmware version from this option.
Enter the main menu by pressing the button, then use
the
5. AppENDIX
A quick lesson on ArtNet
ArtNet is a protocol, like http, ftp, telnet and so on. A protocol is a set of
rules that have to be followed if you want you stuff to work with other
machines.
ArtNet is basically DMX over Ethernet (DOE) and was developed by
Wayne Howell and his company, Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd.
USITT DMX512 is well known in the entertainment industry because it
is the industry standard for controlling dimmers and automated lighting
fixtures (moving lights). The electrical standard of DMX512 is RS485
which is as superset of RS422 which almost the same as RS232, well
known as serial port on a PC.
Ethernet is the electrical standard that transports data based on TCP/IP,
well known as a standard in todays internet. ArtNet is based on TCP/IP
and uses UDP Packets.
So what is the big deal with ArtNet? Well ArtNet supports up to 256
universes over one piece of CAT-5 cable compared to one universe over
a DMX cable!