[13 channels of audio]

I assume every speakers play individual audio, if some of them are playing same audio, you may use audio DA.

here one of the post talking about multi-channel audio, please have a look.

http://forum.dataton.com/topic/114-watchout-5-and-successful-surroundmultichannel-audio-setup/page-2?do=findComment&comment=1414

you can use mentioned hardware to play up to 8 channels per display pc.

hope this help.

[Watchpax and Artnet DMX]

I think you can connect the Artnet DMX (Kissbox) to the network switch

[DMX Output with Enttec ODE or Kissbox?]

Thanks for the feedback, Peter & Leonard!

[DMX Output with Enttec ODE or Kissbox?]

I use Kissbox for LED control.

you may try the following suggestion:

1.use Kissbox Editor to monitor the output singal, make sure the universe set to correct setting, and receive correct signal

2. make sure you set LED channel and value are correc, for example,

channel 1 is Red

channel 2 is Green

channel 3 is Blue

channel 4 is Intensity

 if you turn on 1,2,3,  but channel 4 is 0, the LED wont bright up. every LED have different setting, please check the manual.

3.you need "ONLINE" to see the output/effect.

[Slow transfer rates]

after i google "gigabit lan speed"

i found an interesting article

 

"Gigabit Ethernet: Dude, Where's My Bandwidth?"

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gigabit-ethernet-bandwidth,2321.html

 

please have a look!

i think it explain very clear.

[WATCHPAX OS]

watchpax product sheet

http://dataton.com/downloads/watchout/WATCHPAX-1.1.pdf

 

Processor: AMD Fusion T56N, 1.6 GHz

[Slow transfer rates]

25-30mb per second for 1 computer?

how do you find out this number?

 

when you online, watchout will upload required files to all display PC at the same time.

may be this is the reason share the "bandwidth"?

[masks and shapes drawing directly in watchout]

make/modify the mask in Photoshop.

then use Refresh(CTRL+R) then Update(CTRL+D) in Watchout.