Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-27 Thread brandt
hi i did a project last year controlling a led-wall for displaying the fft-analysis of the sound which actually happens on the stage of the theater behind. its a 24/7 installation with 1280 led´s white and dimmable. we did it through udp and the serial porta driver was made for cost

Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-27 Thread Bastiaan van den Berg
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 14:57, Martin Peach wrote: > The DMXUSBPro works well for me with Pd. I set the [comport] baud rate to > 25 but I don't think it's necessary. > Well, how many lights are you controlling? :) I think for architectural lighting, the number of DMX channels used can go up

Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-27 Thread Martin Peach
On 2012-03-27 05:07, Bastiaan van den Berg wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 09:41, Pierre-Olivier Boulant mailto:po.boul...@free.fr>> wrote: Hi, You can make a USB to DMX interface really easily with an Arduino. FYI, USB is pretty slow for DMX stuff. It's faster than DMX though. It's

Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-27 Thread Bastiaan van den Berg
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 09:41, Pierre-Olivier Boulant wrote: > Hi, > > You can make a USB to DMX interface really easily with an Arduino. FYI, USB is pretty slow for DMX stuff. You rather want an external controller that runs all the controlling logic. Something like http://lanbox.com/ which I'

Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-27 Thread Jim Hickcox
For the archives, I had emailed my brother in law Pete about the potential of using an arduino chip to process the midi and send the signals to the LEDs, and his response was fairly enlightening as well, so here's that in case it's helpful for the future: The "analog" outputs of the arduino are i

Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-26 Thread Jim Hickcox
Thank you all for getting back to me. Patrick: I actually tried to call Enttec today, but both of their sales people were on an airplane, and they should get back to me tomorrow I guess. But what do you need? They have a usb to dmx, right? And then you need the driver, and then just the lights? Th

Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-26 Thread Björn Eriksson
Found this when as suggested doing some googling on Interface-Z - on this page some test pd patches and more... http://www.interface-z.com/produits/act054_8_trans-puiss.htm and a vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAjILa4MOu8 /Björn Eriksson On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Jean-Marie Adrien w

Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-26 Thread Pagano, Patrick
: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs Am 26.03.2012 um 19:44 schrieb Charles Goyard: > Hi, > Jim Hickcox wrote: >> I am working on an architectural installation with a guy and part of >> the goal is to control some dim lighting from Pd. >> Does anyone have any experience with the s

Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-26 Thread Max
Am 26.03.2012 um 19:44 schrieb Charles Goyard: > Hi, > Jim Hickcox wrote: >> I am working on an architectural installation with a guy and part of >> the goal is to control some dim lighting from Pd. >> Does anyone have any experience with the steps for taking the midi >> output and making that cont

Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-26 Thread Jean-Marie Adrien
hi if you're in a hurry, google interface-z jmadrien Le 26 mars 2012 à 20:02, Jim Hickcox a écrit : > Hey there. > > I am working on an architectural installation with a guy and part of > the goal is to control some dim lighting from Pd. > Does anyone have any experience with the steps for takin

Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-26 Thread Pagano, Patrick
Yes, enttec boxes work nice with pd -Original Message- From: pd-list-boun...@iem.at [mailto:pd-list-boun...@iem.at] On Behalf Of Charles Goyard Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 1:44 PM To: pd-list@iem.at Subject: Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs Hi, Jim Hickcox wrote: > I am working on

Re: [PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-26 Thread Charles Goyard
Hi, Jim Hickcox wrote: > I am working on an architectural installation with a guy and part of > the goal is to control some dim lighting from Pd. > Does anyone have any experience with the steps for taking the midi > output and making that control some LEDs? > Any recommended workflows? Try DMX a

[PD] connecting Pd to LEDs

2012-03-26 Thread Jim Hickcox
Hey there. I am working on an architectural installation with a guy and part of the goal is to control some dim lighting from Pd. Does anyone have any experience with the steps for taking the midi output and making that control some LEDs? Any recommended workflows? I was thinking about trying to b