DMX with ENTTECH open DMX USB

VST Live
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Hi there,

I have gone through quite some posts reg. DMX and VSTLP, and still I’m not up and running. I’m on VSTLP 1.4.50.868 on Win 11, and I have confirmed that my Enttech USB-device is working using Q Light - I have limited my setup to only one LED - a picowash 40 quad led, as it´s so friendly to tell me if it´s communicating with the software :slight_smile:

So - I have read elsewhere in this forum, that the Enttec device is tested with VSTLP, and is labeled as working/compatible. But, when launching VSTLP, the pico do confirm that it can see the software, but I have no control over the pico what so ever.

So I need help to debug this, so I hopefully can get this awesome setup up and running perfectly.

Thx…:

Erik

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Hi,

please download and install the latest Pre-Release. You can read more here. This will fix the problem.

And here’s another useful thread about the usage of DMX tracks.

It’s working?
Michael.

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Hi Michael, I tried 1.4.60 and I lost all communication with the pico on that version … , It only returned when de-installed and returned to 1.4.50. The article you linked to I also read, but I’ll give it another read. Still the pico is so extremely useful as to report if theres any connection through the interface at all, and on 1.4.60 nothere was no connection.

Regards,

Erik

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Read the article again, and I did everything as described …

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… then can you explain me your workflow, what’s not working and what you expect? And which DMX interface exactly are you using?

/Michael.

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Hi Michael,

I connect to the ENTTEC Open DMX USB from the PC, convert from 5 to 3 pin connection and then directly to the one LED i have connected.

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I have no control over the LED, none whatsoever - so, well, I expect that I’d be able to adjust the level of light, colour …

Venlig hilsen,

Erik Høirup

tors. 14. mar. 2024 20.15 skrev Michael Spork via Steinberg Forums <notifications@steinberg.discoursemail.com>:

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Works fine here, both DMXIS and Enttec Open DMX with lightbars, washers etc

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Thx, good to know!! I’ll dive into it, and see if I can figure out why that difference is there. … I used the enttec with QLite yesterday, and everything worked perfectly, so that should at least confirm that the enttec is working correctly. Intriguing - I’ll start testing!!

Thax!!

Erik

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Hi @Erik_Hoirup
Did you find a solution to this? I’m having the same issue. The OpenDMX USB is working fine with QLC+, but I can’t get any output from VST Live. I’ve updated to the newest Prerelease but still the same.

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Hi Harry, not yet I’m afraid. I had such a hassle with this that I installed some freeware software (QLC+), which works flawlessly btw.

I haven’t tested after upgrading to V2 though, but I could give it a shot in order to troubleshoot some more?

Venlig hilsen,

Erik Høirup

ons. 19. jun. 2024, 20.26 skrev Harry Darling via Steinberg Forums <notifications@steinberg.discoursemail.com>:

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… we have a fix for it and we hope to push it to the next Pre-Release. Please give us a bit,
Michael.

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@Spork That’s great news! Thank you for your fantastic work.
@Erik_Hoirup Yup, QLC+ works like a charm. I’d really prefer to do everything through VSTL though. Apparently Michael is on it, so all we need is patience (hopefully) :slight_smile:

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Great news, Michael :pray:

Venlig hilsen,

Erik Høirup

ons. 19. jun. 2024, 20.45 skrev Michael Spork via Steinberg Forums <notifications@steinberg.discoursemail.com>:

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Hey… Good to know it works w. the Enttec. What brand and models are your lights?

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Well, we are waiting for the next pre release to see if it hopefully works. Right now it doesn’t.

Venlig hilsen,

Erik Høirup

tors. 20. jun. 2024, 22.27 skrev greenpanda.martin via Steinberg Forums <notifications@steinberg.discoursemail.com>:

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Hi! did you manage connect VSTL with QLC+ too? (e.g. timecode, anything to keep them in sync?)

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I think you can send midi from vstl to qlc+ to sync and control it.

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Heya,
I managed to get this connection working. You can select Artnet as your Output in VSTL. In QLC+ you can select Artnet as your Input and the Enttec as your Output. Then click “Passthrough” at the top next to Universe 1.
Let me know if it works for you :slight_smile:

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Sounds like a great work around, Harry, I’ll give it a try this weekend :grinning::muscle:

Venlig hilsen,

Erik Høirup

fre. 21. jun. 2024, 16.51 skrev Harry Darling via Steinberg Forums <notifications@steinberg.discoursemail.com>: