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Terminology
NEXUS
Operator Manual V1.01
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9.4.2
sACN
sACN (streaming Architecture for Control Networks) is a protocol for sending DMX512 data
over IP networks developed
It is also known as ANSI E1.31 (American National Standards Institute).
It supports up to 63999 universes. It uses multicasting and is becoming the preferred method
of sending DMX over Ethernet.