[OSC_dev] Anyone doing OSC->DMX?

[adrian at cnmat.berkeley.edu]

> Hello,
>
> Is anyone on this list doing OSC -> DMX (lighting protocol)? It
> appeals to me because they are both unidirectional protocols.
>
> James Harrison has written an interesting blog post:
> http://www.talkunafraid.co.uk/2009/01/proscdmx-a-dmx-multiplexing-opensoundcontrol-server/
>
> I am thinking about writing a liblo based server for controlling the
> Velleman K8062/VM116 and I have started thinking about name-spacing
> the methods:
>
> /dmx/set ii   - Set channel X to value Y
> /dmx/fade iif  - Fade channel X to value Y over a period of Z seconds
>
> Is that it? Would anything else that would be useful?
I think there are lots of ways of leveraging OSC for this.
Get rid of the integers. Use 0.0 1.0 for brightness.
Use Timetags to do the fade.
Build the channel into the namespace using numbers and/or the a-z
technique so that you
can use OSC patterns to control groups in a flexible way. You can also do
All lights off and All lights on in a single message once you have the
channel in the name space.