Pknight ArtNet DMX 512 Ethernet Lighting Controller Interface

Tested with Resolume running par fixtures and addressable LEDs on artnet via Lumiverse. Typically have to ship these from China and have long lead times - this is one Of the few artnet/dmx boxes you can get real quick in a pinch, making it valuable for shows. I’ll be ordering more to run in my systems as it’s been rock solid.Not a paid review.

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Great product! Works.great

Pros: two DMX outputs, web configuration, can get address via DHCP, low cost.Cons: The manual implies DHCP is the default:"It is also set as a DHCP node, so you can plug it into your existing router, and it's good to go."So I plugged it into my router, and logged into the router to find the address the DHCP server assigned it.But it wasn't there. No new devices.Turns out that it does NOT use DHCP by default. Mine was preset to use address 2.48.242.139, not DHCP. I was able to configure it to use DHCP, but I had to setup a temporary private network in the 2.48.242.0/24 family and connect it to that. Then I was able to use the built-in web server to reconfigure it to use DHCP. And hopefully it will remember that setting.So it works, and it's good value. But you'll need to learn a lot of networking to configure it.Yes, they have a configuration program that *might* have simplified that. But it's Windoz only, and I don't have access to a Windoz box.Edit, a week later:It doesn't work with some controllers. Specifically, I think it only works if the controller uses "broadcast mode". For example, it wouldn't work with QLab until I set the "Use broadcast for DMX data" option. To get uber-geek, while it does send a ArtPollResponse message to QLab's ArtPoll request, it sends it to the limited broadcast address 255.255.255.255 rather than the directed broadcast address. As a result, a controller that conforms to ArtNetversion 3 or 4 won't see this device.