DMX Input

Reads one DMX channel coming in over Art-Net or sACN and outputs it as a normalized signal you can patch into anything. Use it to drive a node parameter from a lighting desk without going through Modulaser's fixed DMX fixtures.

Outputs

Controls

• Universe: the raw incoming universe number, as the console sends it on the wire.
• Channel: the DMX channel to read, 1–512.

When the configured input can't be read, the node shows a warning (DMX-IN disabled, DMX-IN bind failed, or No DMX data) and outputs 0.0.

Ideas

• Desk fader into a shape's scale: map a console fader to geometry size for hands-on control from the lighting desk.
• Desk channel into a Color node's hue: shift color live from the same desk that runs your wash.
• Channel into an effect parameter: read a spare channel in an output group's effect graph to nudge an effect outside the fixed fixture slots.

Tips

• DMX-IN must be enabled in Settings → DMX for the node to receive data.
• Patch the universe number the console actually sends. Art-Net often starts at 0 while many sACN consoles display the first universe as 1. See universe numbering.
• Universes referenced by a DMX Input node are included in ArtPoll replies and sACN multicast joins, even when no fixture is patched on that universe.
• When the source stops sending, the node falls back to 0.0 rather than holding its last value.

Related

• DMX: patch Modulaser into a console with the fixed Master and Output Group fixtures
• OSC: free-form network control with learn mode and feedback