Art-Route
Free Art-Net Software Package for routing broadcast to unicast data.
Detail
The product is a software application that runs on Windows.
Art-Route™ is designed to route data between two networks using independent network connections. Art-Net DMX data received at the input network is checked to see whether a consumer for the universe exists on the output network. If it does, the data is converted to unicast and routed to the output network. If not, the data is dropped.
Art-Route will generally be connected between the network output of the lighting controller or media server and the local network containing the Art-Net receivers.
The product serves a number of purposes: The original Art-Net (Art-Net I) specification used broadcast data for all DMX over ethernet transmissions. This set a limit of around 40 universes on a network cable (irrelevant of the speed of network). Art-Net II onwards uses unicast data for most transmissions. This removes the Art-Net specific universe limit. Art-Route can therefore be considered as an Art-Net I to Art-Net 4 converter.
Art-Route is also useful when transmitting Art-Net over WiFi or via VPN. It allows you to select specific universes that will be routed over a different network. This ensures that slower media such as WiFi does not become clogged transferring redundant data
The Art-Route software package is installed as part of DMX-Workshop. See Resources for the download link.
Features
- Twin network card support
- Converts incoming Art-Net data to unicast
Specification
- Software Package is installed as part of DMX-Workshop. This product requires a PC with two network cards.
- Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, XP
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