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DMX OUT patcher for "vvvv"

Download the "Cinetix dmx-out.zip" patcher for "vvvv". This patcher is provided 'as is' -- without any warranty.

When this patcher is loaded by the "vvvv" software, it provides control of DMX OUT for all Cinetix DMX products with RS-232, USB or Ethernet command interface delivered from May 2009.

The control messages are formally built as MIDI NOTE ON and CONTROL CHANGE messages -- though they are transmitted through a serial interface and not via a native MIDI interface.
The patcher may be used for Cinetix products with MIDI interface, too, -- but only when the code switch is in position "E". In this case the MIDI interface is effectively configured as a RS-232 port, which can easily made be compatible with a subD connector. Hope to provide native MIDI support soon.

Though it can be used as a standalone DMX control, the patcher is essentially provided as a template to be integrated into your own projects. One major problem with "vvvv" in this context is to generate clean integer values (you have to shift and shift an "endless" slider or you cannot set exact values with a limited slider). For the byte range 0-255 generation of clean integers is achieved by the the stack of "SpellValue" , "Byte" and "AsValue" again. But this does not work with greater integers as are needed to select the DMX channel. Hope to find a better solution some day.

Partial screenshot of the essential area of the patcher:

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