Light desksBasics and channel list

Patch VJ-Link like a fixture.

VJ-Link listens to one universe of Art-Net or sACN and behaves like a fixture with 91 channels. Only channels that change take effect, so the mouse, MIDI and the desk can work side by side: a fader that does not move on the desk does not overwrite what you set by hand.

Set up in VJ-Link

1. Desk and VJ-Link computer in the same network (same IP range). On Windows allow VJ-Link for private networks.

2. Settings → DMX and network → set the Art-Net universe (0 is the first) or the sACN universe (1 is the first) and the start address.

3. Save the channel list (CSV) and patch VJ-Link on the desk with 91 channels.

4. Move a fader on the desk: the live values show it, the DMX pill at the top turns green.

Network

• Art-Net often uses the range 2.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x (subnet 255.0.0.0). Give the VJ-Link computer an address in the same range, for example 2.0.0.50, or switch the desk to unicast to the computer's address.
• sACN uses multicast. With many universes the switch should support IGMP snooping; for a few universes any switch works.
• Use a cable, not Wi-Fi, between desk and VJ-Link.

Channel list

Addresses relative to the start address (channel 1 = start address).

More than the profile

Layers 5–8 and every other control (laser position, slot hue, scenes 1–32, test patterns, timecode …) can be put on any DMX channel with MAPPING → DMX / Art-Net: click the element, move the channel on the desk.

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