Transmogrifier

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Does this old/new look right:

All my controllers will be on network 32.

I have 11 16-channel controllers that are assigned ID's 01-0B.
Then I have a mix of D-Light ACx8s and ACx16s:
* 11 ACx16
* 13 ACx8
* 15 ACx8
* 16 ACx8
* 17 ACx8
* 18 ACx8
* 19 ACx16
* 1A ACx16
* 1B ACx16
* 1C ACx16
* 1D ACx16

So... the first set of 11 will get channels 1 thru 176 (this was my DMX network the past couple years).
Then the rest will follow:
* 11 ACx16 -> 177
* 13 ACx8 -> 193
* 15 ACx8 -> 201
* 16 ACx8 -> 209
* 17 ACx8 -> 217
* 18 ACx8 -> 225 --- this is the odd duck, it will allocate 16, but 233-240 will have no data
* 19 ACx16 -> 241
* 1A ACx16 -> 257
* 1B ACx16 -> 273
* 1C ACx16 -> 289
* 1D ACx16 -> 305

Did I get that right?

Good News... I have a DMX Hack with HIGHLY improved timing running on my desk, and I also have a greatly improved shimmer renderer running as well.  I have some testing and polishing to do, but I expect the executables to be ready to release to this group on Monday.

Michael

deweycooter,

Some examples of how the new allocation system works:

Old / New
-------------
ACx16 05 / DMX 1
ACx16 06 / DMX 17
ACx16 13 / DMX 33

Old / New
-------------
ACx8 05 / DMX 1
ACx8 06 / DMX 9
ACx8 13 / DMX 17

Old / New
-------------
ACx16 05 / DMX 1
ACx8  06 / DMX 17
ACx8  13 / DMX 25

Old / New
-------------
ACx8  05 / DMX 1
ACx16 06 / DMX 17
ACx8  13 / DMX 9
ACx16 22 / DMX 33


That last one is the gotcha... everything is internally allocated in 16 channel device blocks with ACx8s having an 8 channel offset available.  That offset will not be utilized until another ACx8 comes along (an ACx16 can't be assigned to a block offset).  Thus, some crazy renumbering can happen.

I should note that the source IDs are not sorted by ID number, but by their order in the channel list.  This could probably be done neater, but this program is a temporary hack so I didn't want to spend too much time on it.

An real world example post-transmogrify output report:

Device Report

Original              New                   DMX
NET DEV (dec) CHAN    NET DEV (dec) CHAN    Addr
--- --------- ----    --- --- ----------    ----
32  1   (1  ) 1       32  1   (1  ) 1       1
1   C   (12 ) 1       32  2   (2  ) 1       17
1   D   (13 ) 1       32  3   (3  ) 1       33
1   40  (64 ) 1       32  4   (4  ) 1       49
1   41  (65 ) 1       32  4   (4  ) 9       57
1   42  (66 ) 1       32  5   (5  ) 1       65
1   43  (67 ) 1       32  5   (5  ) 9       73
1   44  (68 ) 1       32  6   (6  ) 1       81
1   45  (69 ) 1       32  6   (6  ) 9       89
1   20  (32 ) 1       32  7   (7  ) 1       97
1   21  (33 ) 1       32  8   (8  ) 1       113
1   22  (34 ) 1       32  9   (9  ) 1       129
1   23  (35 ) 1       32  A   (10 ) 1       145
1   24  (36 ) 1       32  B   (11 ) 1       161
2   D0  (208) 1       32  C   (12 ) 1       177
2   D1  (209) 1       32  D   (13 ) 1       193
2   D2  (210) 1       32  E   (14 ) 1       209
2   D3  (211) 1       32  F   (15 ) 1       225
2   D4  (212) 1       32  10  (16 ) 1       241
2   D5  (213) 1       32  11  (17 ) 1       257
2   D6  (214) 1       32  12  (18 ) 1       273
2   D7  (215) 1       32  13  (19 ) 1       289
2   D8  (216) 1       32  14  (20 ) 1       305
2   D9  (217) 1       32  15  (21 ) 1       321
2   DA  (218) 1       32  16  (22 ) 1       337
2   DB  (219) 1       32  17  (23 ) 1       353

Channels Report
                                 Original              New                   DMX
Channel Name                     NET DEV (dec) CHAN    NET DEV (dec) CHAN    Addr
------------                     --- --------- ----    --- --------- ----    ----

32/1/1                           32  1   (1  ) 1       32  1   (1  ) 1       1
Pan                              32  1   (1  ) 2       32  1   (1  ) 2       2
Tilt                             32  1   (1  ) 3       32  1   (1  ) 3       3
... (snip) ...
Arch R Pixel 16 (Blue)           2   D9  (217) 16      32  17  (23 ) 16      368

Michael


Edited by LightsOnLogan - 18 Nov 2011 at 12:18pm

I'll be posting a new version tomorrow with auto channel remapping.

regedt32 = regsvr32?

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