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URGENT! MagicQ and Enttec Pro
Thomas Bishop:
I'm trying to get MagicQ and the Enttec DMX Pro dongle to interface and it's frustrating me greatly. I've tried everything I can think of and read for the last 4 days with no luck. I want to use it on my Mac Book Pro (OSX 10.6.6) but have also tried it on my PC laptop (both Windows XP and 7) as well as my PC desktop (Windows XP) with no luck. The light on the dongle flashes when connected to my PC's and MagicQ open but not on my Mac. I get no DMX to my fixtures on any computer and MagicQ it stays in "Demo Mode." All computers see the dongle (it shows up as USB to Serial adapter in Windows and under USB devices in System Profiler on my Mac.
I started out downloading the drivers from the Enttec web site which I later found out not to do. So I finally removed the drivers from my Mac (really, command line still exists?) and forced the correct drivers on my PC. None of which changed anything at all. I'm really at my wit's end here with a show this weekend. So not only do I need to get the hardware/software working I have to learn how to use it as well (and probably create some fixture profiles). myDMX was very limited which is why I just sold both of my units and bought the Enttec, but at this point I may have to go to Guitar Center to pick one up just so I can get through this weekend.
Posting here would be fine, but a phone call would be amazing if there is someone out there with patience to help out this frustrated guy. Thanks!
Thomas
609.902.6277
James Feenstra:
call the closest distributor to you for chamsys:
http://www.chamsys.co.uk/contactusa
they should be able to walk you through it without problems
Thomas Bishop:
Great suggestion, James. I missed that page on the web site. I'll call them tomorrow.
waldo [Casey Williams]:
"Demo Mode" is normal. It only goes into "real mode" or whatever it's called, when you have a chamsys wing attached. It still sends full DMX in Demo Mode.
One dumb question: is your grand master up? Check the "output" pane in magicQ to make sure you're really spitting out DMX.
I'm using the Ethernet version of the enttec box, and it's also a bit finnicky, but once I get the signal path going, it's rock-solid. There are two things I have to do every time I re-start the laptop (behaves the same on mac and pc):
run the enttec NMU utility (however, I don't think this applies to the USB box)
after having the laptop up, having run NMU and running magicQ, with some DMX output going, I unplug power to the enttec box and plug it back in. Then I'm set.
My enttec box will show all the proper blinking LEDs, but often doesn't put out a signal unless I do those two steps.
good luck!
waldo
edit: one more dumb question. Make sure your universe is 'enabled.' (under 'setup'). I've had mine default to disabled once or twice.
Alexander Schranz:
hi thomas!
with osx 10.6.5. and 10.6.6. the enttec pro interface is no longer working. chamsys integrated a new ftdi-driver in their osx 1.4.8.3. beta version, but this drivers are for supporting the wings, not the interfaces.
on mac the only option is to step back to osx 10.6.4. (hope you have time machine backups) for using the enttec pro interface.
greets from austria, alex
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