johnyjohn Posted August 21, 2020 Report Share Posted August 21, 2020 Hi everyone, I have lighting cue on Avolite Arena and the graphics on watchout 6.6.1. Can i trigger lighting cues (Avolite Arena desk) from Watchout ? Please advice Can we use 2 midi's input simultaneously Watchout ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dataton Partner RBeddig Posted August 24, 2020 Dataton Partner Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 I have no clue what sort of control the Avolite Arena can take. To answer the second question: you can only select one MIDI device to work with WATCHOUT. One possible way would be to use a midi merger device or an USB to MIDI (5-pin DIN cvonnector) adaptor and fader boxes which can be daisy-chained with outputs on a MIDI plug. I have one client who wrote a bit of software to catch the midi commands and then forwarded this to MIDI rtp. WATCHOUT was then listening to this virtual MIDI input. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyjohn Posted August 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Avolite Arena desk uses artnet. how can i trigger the lighting desk with artnet ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fahl Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Many lighting consoles take LTC timecode. If so, that may be an option (using a WAV file to play timecode from your WATCHOUT timeline). Mike 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dataton Partner RBeddig Posted August 25, 2020 Dataton Partner Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 LTC or MTC (coverted through an external device) is usually the choice if the lighting show is fully pre-programmed along the show time. If you just want to trigger sequences Artnet or DMX is used. Under preferences you can define the standard input and output universes. In the current versions of WATCHOUT you can send out Artnet into more than one universe which is then defined in the actual output channel. You can find this in the output window (DMX). Once an output channel is defined you can just drag this into a timeline and use the attached fade tween to fade the channel up or down. If your console can receive Artnet there is no need for an external converter from Artnet to DMX. Important: WATCHOUT only receives or sends Artnet when it is online! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinSkarp Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 Avolites only supports MIDI or DMX, not Artnet. As input triggers. You could use a artnet>DMX converter to get a dmx output from WO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyjohn Posted August 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 Thanks for your replies. I will check this out and get back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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