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DMX-Player
Function
NetPort comes with a standalone player for ILDA files.
The player allows playback of show sequences stored on internal SD-card by control via
DMX or directly from the webinterface.
Shows or sequences must be stored in ILDA-format (format 0, 1, 2, 4 or 5).
Configuration of the player as well as file upload is done in the webinterface.
Show management
By clicking on 'Show management' under the menu item 'player' of the start page of the
webinterface, all stored shows can be listed.
The table lists all ILDA files stored under the SD-cards 'player' directory.
New files can be uploaded.
After uploading, the new file will be listed in the show table.
To delete shows from the card, select the show at the 'delete' selector and click 'Apply'.
For each showfile, several parameters are listed in the table:
DMX Value
The first field normally is empty.
This field will contain the number (DMX-value) under which the sequence can be started via
DMX control.
Note: The value is equal to the fader value for show selection.
To make control via fader more easy, 2 different DMX channels are used for show selection,
each one for 16 numbers. Both channels are multiplied, so total 256 sequences can be selected
via DMX.
Number (value) 0 should not be used, because fader position 0 of the DMX control desk
should stop show output.
Outputspeed Speed PPS
The speed cannot be controlled via DMX signals for safety reasons.
The default value for all sequences is set to 10Kpps.
The user must test the correct output speed for individual sequences.
Each sequence can be started directly in the webinterface by selecting the corresponding
'show'
selector in the table (not 'delete'!) and clicking 'Apply'.
For output of the sequence, settings in 'speed PPS' and 'Framerepeat' are used.
This direct show start can be used to check the right output parameters.
To stop output, click 'Stop'.
Note: If the sequence in the table is not set to a DMX start number (first field), some
parameters are reset to their default values after starting the sequence, for example output
speed PPS. To save the parameters, the sequence must have a DMX start value.
