6716 VIA16 Manual
6716-200-REV1
2018-05-25
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Art-Net Trap-and-Convert
When enabled, Art-Net data packets with broadcast address destinations are trapped and
converted to E1.31 sACN multicast packets, as the packets enter the port of the switch. The
resulting sACN packets may then be filtered using the IGMP settings. All other Art-Net
broadcast packets, such as ArtPoll, are discarded. Depending on the amount of Art-Net data
traffic, this operation could significantly improve bandwidth usage efficiency and reduce the
amount of unnecessary traffic seen by end devices.
The Art-Net packet will be converted to the analogous sACN universe. Due to how Art-Net
universes are numbered, there is the possibility of an off-by-one error. Change the “Art-Net
Alternate Mapping” option should the universe mapping seem incorrect.
Although performance depends on DMX frame rate, conversion of no more than 48 Art-Net
universes by one VIA at one time is recommended.
Currently, there is no method of converting the sACN back to Art-Net. This feature assumes
the DMX gateways can receive sACN instead of Art-Net.
When this feature is disabled, Art-Net data will be routed as normal broadcast traffic to all
devices on the current VLAN.
Port Enable/Disable
Enabled by default, this option allows the user to completely disable PoE on a given port.
Any PoE allocation set with the following parameter will be ignored.
