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13. Networking  - Page 139

 

 

 

 

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A module is a method of sending DMX and can be thought of as a 

collection of nodes. 
For example, consider using wireless networking technology to 

transmit DMX to several individual receivers. Each receiver is 

configured to output a specific universe of DMX. In this case, the 

wireless system as a whole is the module, and each receiver is a 

node. 
The Module Settings window (top right of the Setup DMX Outputs 

screen) enables you to set the specific properties of the Modules used 

with the Pearl. These were selected during the installation process. If 

you are running the Pearl simulator, some (or all) modules may be 

missing, depending on what Avolites hardware you have attached. 
You can only use different modules (e.g. Art Net) if you have several 

network adapters, or by re-configuring the IP addresses of the 

Devices to be compatible. 
In the Setup DMX Modules window, click on the Module that you wish 

to adjust, and its properties will be shown.   
This allows you to adjust settings for each module, and to select a 

network adapter for ACDI and Art-Net. Most people will only have one 

network adapter, however many laptop users will have their standard 

network adapter and also a Wi-Fi (wireless) adapter, both of which 

will be shown. 

If the DMX Module that you want to use has not been installed, you 

can add it by running the Pearl installer again and checking the 

option(s) that you want in the setup window. 
 

AvoTalk allows devices on a standard network to communicate and 

share information. In the case of Avolites consoles it allows the 

console to talk to fixtures and to retrieve and change information 

such as personalities and Mode information. 
For example, when using a media server such as Hippotizer with the 

Pearl you have the option of patching it as an “active fixture”.  In 

order for this to work you must download and install an “Active 

Fixture Plugin” for the device you want to use and install that plugin 

on the device (i.e. the Hippotizer).  When the plugin is run on the 

active device, it interrogates the device and generates a personality 

and other information specific to that device such as media thumbnail 

clips, and provides this info to the Pearl over the network using the 

AvoTalk protocol.  These thumbnails, for example, can then be used 

in the wheel view on the Pearl to provide a preview of the media 

selected on a particular media layer.   
Active fixtures can also perform other tasks such as readdressing 

themselves to a new DMX universe or DMX address etc and all these 

tasks are performed by sending commands using AvoTalk across the