http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Aurora Support Forum : Aurora & DMX : Last 10 Posts Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:08:46 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:41:55 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.06 30 www.aurorashow.com/forum/RSS_topic_feed.asp?FID=21 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/../Images/aurora_forum.png http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/ http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529143&PID=694439#694439 Author: Buckeyelights
Subject: D-light and Aurora
Posted: 09 Dec 2015 at 11:41am

Have you identified what the issue might be? If you could be more specific someone may be able to help. You could also try the LOR forum, it's more active than this forum.

]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:41:55 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529143&PID=694439#694439 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529141&PID=694430#694430 Author: BigDPS
Subject: D-Light DMX & Aurora
Posted: 06 Dec 2015 at 1:33pm

I had bought mine on eBay for 25$. http://www.ebay.com/itm/iCA03-USB-Microchip-PIC-dsPIC-EEPROM-ICSP-Zif-Socket-Programmer-Set-PICkit2-SW-/390699614574?hash=item5af783016e:m:muRGyP-hpliTZwqepVoxxzA


Edited by BigDPS - 06 Dec 2015 at 1:34pm]]> Sun, 06 Dec 2015 13:33:39 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529141&PID=694430#694430 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529141&PID=694429#694429 Author: Lopdrop
Subject: D-Light DMX & Aurora
Posted: 05 Dec 2015 at 9:13pm

Where can I buy a decent PIC2 EEPROM burner? Like a model you know works.

Lopdrop]]> Sat, 05 Dec 2015 21:13:45 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529141&PID=694429#694429 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529143&PID=694428#694428 Author: fireman2028
Subject: D-light and Aurora
Posted: 05 Dec 2015 at 3:11pm

Hey Y'all, I have been out of it for a few years now sadly. I have one LOR box and a D-light Box, but have not been able to get them to work with Aurora. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.]]> Sat, 05 Dec 2015 15:11:43 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529143&PID=694428#694428 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529141&PID=694405#694405 Author: beavis
Subject: D-Light DMX & Aurora
Posted: 23 Oct 2015 at 12:09am

Did the same conversion last year. I just got a hold of Daryl from d-light though and he was able to send me the new dmx eeproms for a minimal fee. I only needed 3 though for my acx16s.

The sequences work fine in aurora once you get your mind around how the channel assignments line up. You don't really have to redo the songs. Just realign the channel assignments in one song and then you can import that channel assignment into your other songs.]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 00:09:08 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529141&PID=694405#694405 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529141&PID=694403#694403 Author: BigDPS
Subject: D-Light DMX & Aurora
Posted: 07 Oct 2015 at 4:50pm

1: Yes
2: Using a PIC2 EEPROM burner
3: Depending on which version, you have to convert your sequences to DMX using Aurora software found in the forum
4: It was a challenge for me since I had a bogus DMX file on my boxes. Once that was figured out, it was easy. If it hadn't been that, it would have been pretty good . Also, you can count on help from others when in a bind.
]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:50:44 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529141&PID=694403#694403 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529141&PID=694401#694401 Author: searayovernighter
Subject: D-Light DMX & Aurora
Posted: 05 Oct 2015 at 8:32pm

I'm in the military and have not been able to put up my Christmas display for the last three years due to military moves. I planned on doing it again this year. I come back on line and everything has changed.

Everything ran great for 2012 but it appears everything is moving to DMX.

Here's what I have:
8 ACx16 controllers running the latest firmware from D-light
4 ACx8 controllers running the latest firmware from D-light
Aurora software version 1.069
Windows 10 on a desktop

Question?

1) Is anyone else using D-light hardware using DMX and Aurora?
2) If so, how did you reprogram your PICs?
3) Did you need to do anything with your current sequences programmed using Aurora?
4) If so, was it a simple translation or did you need to re-invent the wheel.

Thanks for your help]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2015 20:32:51 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529141&PID=694401#694401 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1416&PID=694392#694392 Author: BigDPS
Subject: E1.31 Coming Soon...
Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 1:22pm

Well this past week, I had to do a special opening number for the school and instead of using the E1.31 protocol, I used a USB to DMX 512 dongle bought for under 20$on ebay and I must say, it works better than my 4 port Jsys that I had bought few years back.
To start with, it isn't as finicky as E1.31 when it comes time to restart the universe. My DR4 is nothing but a crap shoot: either I have to unplug something, reboot something or both at the time. USB dongle, click restart universes and it's good to go. Only negative thing about it is that it has only 512 channels. For anybody with 513 and above, you are SOOL.
]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:22:56 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1416&PID=694392#694392 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529123&PID=694225#694225 Author: Buckeyelights
Subject: Is Aurora written in a binary format?
Posted: 22 Jan 2014 at 4:13pm

Thanks Michael. While I don't understand any of that; it does sound quite complex. If I get lucky and they XLights is willing to go through all that I'll let you know.

tks!!!]]> Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:13:55 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529123&PID=694225#694225 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529123&PID=694224#694224 Author: LightsOnLogan
Subject: Is Aurora written in a binary format?
Posted: 22 Jan 2014 at 1:59pm

The plan with version 2 release was to provide an API DLL for data manipulation (much like what deweycooter has used with his utilities with past version 1 APIs). 

There were significant changes to the file format between 1.0.90 (the last available API) and 1.999.307.  The previous API is no longer compatible.  The new internal DLL now assumes that it is running in the BoxedAPP virtual environment and I have not taken the time to create an API that exposes the interfaces to be called from outside of the BoxedAPP environment.  It was on the to-do list, but wasn't a priority for Beta 1 and I simply haven't gotten around to it (plus the thread model was changing and I didn't want to waste much time on code I would be throwing away when beta 2 was introduced).

If someone wants to get at the data now (instead of waiting for an API to become available), there is a way.  They can communicate with a running Aurora APG server process to attach a converter to the virtual environment.  A specific data structure has to be sent to the APG server via Window Message to get the APG server to launch their third party converter with the correct permissions to access the Aurora internal interfaces.  After that is successful their converter can late bind an ActiveX DLL which will provide the necessary interfaces to load/manipulate/save the DLS files.  I don't have documentation for the specifics (although possible this wasn't an intended use case for the APG server), so if someone wants to do this I would have to put together some documentation-- which might take a little time.  That said, I'm going to guess that the developers probably do not want to be bothered with such a complex process for a handful of users.  If I am mistaken then let me know otherwise.

Michael


Edited by LightsOnLogan - 22 Jan 2014 at 2:01pm]]> Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:59:07 +0000 http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=529123&PID=694224#694224