Artnet on Nanohog

Hi,
We have purchased some lighting fixtures (Chavuet Epix Bars and the Chavuet Epix drive 642) and have no idea on how to get them to work with the road hog. these fixtures are not in the fixture schedule and i am not sure if they need to be, but we have been trying to wire them up using a Ethernet cable running from the computer to the epix drive, where the fixtures are connected. i have watched the Hog4 tutorial on the youtube channel and we have tried to do the same thing, but each time we change the IP address, it goes back to the default and will not keep what we change after applying it and exiting out. What is going on and how can we get these fixtures to work with the NanoHog4. we are using Hog4pc with the Nanohog, and need help with art net. the fixtures only have inputs for ethernet cables and don't have dmx inputs. Can someone guide us in the right direction on what to do to get these working. we need them up and running by Easter 2016. THANKS

0 jxgriffi - Former HES Forum Member over 8 years ago

So looking at the webpage (and without going too deep into them), it looks like they are designed to take video and pixel map it to Artnet, Klingnet or sACN. Depending on how many you have, you might end up using more than the universes you have available on the Nanohog as they eat a TON of channels for the pixel mapping.

As far as IP changes…with HogPC, you need to set this on the COMPUTER, not the console. It keeps reverting back because that's what's coming from the computer. On the console, you set the IP on the console, but for Hog PC, you have to do it on the computer.

How many universes do you have on the Nano???
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0 fatmatt86 - Former HES Forum Member over 8 years ago

We have 4 universes on the nano, 2 of which have nothing on them. I believe the driver breaks up the channels. I was thinking the same thing, telling our service director that each fixture has 160 pixels which is 480 channels and we only had room for 1024 channels. We have 8 LED bars and 2 drivers. Each driver aupports 4 fixtures through ethernet. He was dissapointed that i was unable to set them up last night. I told him if it was dmx or xlr inputs it would be done, but artnet is something new for me, and i have no knowledge of where to start. Networking is not my strong suite. I dont know what to do. Thanks for your help.
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0 jxgriffi - Former HES Forum Member over 8 years ago

Yes…each bar is 450 channels…all the driver box does is tell the art net where to go into the bars. So you're still looking at 3600 channels that the Hog needs to control. And you will need to patch each and every one of those channels if you want the console to control it. And you will probably want to use the pixel map function in the console to ease programming and use video as opposed to just grabbing a bar.
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0 fatmatt86 - Former HES Forum Member over 8 years ago

Wow. It looks like we may have to return these then, or add some widgets. I was under the impression that the drivers could somehow lower the channel numbers. Maybe use a seperate program for them
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0 jxgriffi - Former HES Forum Member over 8 years ago

Normally it uses a video mapping program and then the driver just routes the data as Artnet, KlingNet or sACN…but the channel count does not go down. If you want to control them from the console, then you still need all the channels.
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0 fatmatt86 - Former HES Forum Member over 8 years ago

Is there anything out there we could buy to use this with the nanohog without going through so many channels. Also would these fixtures need profiles or can we just use the generic RGB profile.
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0 jxgriffi - Former HES Forum Member over 8 years ago

These are generally designed to be used with media servers and not DMX directly from a console (hence the recommendation on the Chauvet site for Arkaos).

You could use a media server…trigger the video files on the media server and have the server send out the art net. Media servers aren't cheap though. Chauvet shows Arkaos Media Master Express software…which runs around $700-800. If you're just triggering Arkaos, you need to patch the Arkaos layers, masters, etc. (you'd have to look at the documentation)…and not patching the Bars themselves.

If you try to control them from the Nano (not through media software), then you'd have to see what the pixels are (probably RGBA, but I don't know without digging deeper).
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0 fatmatt86 - Former HES Forum Member over 8 years ago

So If we purchase the arkaos media server we would be able to use the pixel mapping layers on hog4pc through artnet without eating up a ton of channels? We have spent close to $5,000 on the bars, drives, and ethernet cables and supplies. I would hate to tell our service director that we cant use them with the nanohog and have to ship them all back. Does the nanohog have a media server we could used with these fixtures? Purchasing the media server may be the best option if we can get it to work with the hog4pc program. I am way over my head on this. Thanks so much for your help.
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0 jxgriffi - Former HES Forum Member over 8 years ago

Arkaos has the LED mapper. To control Arkaos with the Nano, you have to figure out which method you want to use it in and patch accordingly. Arkaos does not require a ton of channels to control. There is a big learning curve with pixel mapping and media server programming just so you're aware. It's going to be a lot of trial and error since you aren't familiar with Artnet/KlingNet/Networking and have never used a media server before.
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0 fatmatt86 - Former HES Forum Member over 8 years ago

I have told our service director. I am hoping we return them and get something else compatable and not as complicated. Thanks so much for your help
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