Aurora Support Forum: Aurora Reconfig Utility

Latest release - download here
- improves DMX conversion. When an event ends, an OFF event is added at the end point if no event immediately follows.
- beginning of RGB DMX conversion. The red channel gets converted, but the green and blue do not. Should get straightened out shortly.

Edited by deweycooter - 09 Sep 2010 at 9:13pm

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I have the app ready - I'm considering it a beta for the time being. In addition to the DMX capabilities, the real strength in this app is that it allows you to reconfigure your sequences in a batch, especially as you make changes from one year to the next. Here's a quick breakdown of what it currently does:

Config by Template - allows you to load/create a "master" template and then create translations (renumbering, adding, deleting channels) based on that template. Great if you need to add a new network, change a controller ID, or add controllers to all your sequences from the previous year.
Channel copy - copy all events from one channel to another, then choose what sequences to apply these changes to
Order channels - change the order that the channels appear in the editor and, again, applying this ordering to multiple sequences
Merge - since Aurora can be difficult to work with with high event counts, you can edit with smaller channel counts, then merge the files into one.
Timing copy - not sure if this worked completely, but the idea was to create a sequence from an existing sequence, adding one channel that only had the timing marks. This is good to use with the merge - that way your two files have common timings.
DMX Hack - This is the part that allows you to DMX-ify a sequence - essentially changing ramps and shimmers to intensity commands. DMX via Aurora requires the network ID to be 32, so this allows you to renumber a network, specify the event spacing in milliseconds, then DMX-ify the data on that network. It works reasonably well, but I still have a couple kinks to work out.

Make sure you use this on a computer with Aurora installed (it relies on Aurora DLLs). Also, you may need to run it as administrator if you're on Vista or Win7. Let me know what you find. I'll get this put up on the web soon - for now just email me a request at my gmail address ... I'll give you one guess as to what it is. Smile

Steve

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deweycooter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Development Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Location: League City, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 674	Quote Reply Posted: 19 Nov 2010 at 8:26am
	Has anyone besides me had success with this tool? It seems that several people have seen a problem when they click on the Master Template tab - this is where the app uses the Aurora DLL to actually start interacting with your sequence file.
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deweycooter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Development Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Location: League City, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 674	Quote Reply Posted: 09 Sep 2010 at 9:11pm
	Latest release - download here - improves DMX conversion. When an event ends, an OFF event is added at the end point if no event immediately follows. - beginning of RGB DMX conversion. The red channel gets converted, but the green and blue do not. Should get straightened out shortly. Edited by deweycooter - 09 Sep 2010 at 9:13pm
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bdkeen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Location: Easton,PA Online Status: Offline Posts: 380	Quote Reply Posted: 09 Sep 2010 at 11:07am
	Does your utility work for RGB channels? I wish to DMXify RGB devices. Example: A DCx16 in RGB configuration - set all channels to NET2 - converts to Net32? and converts to intensity? I believe I've seen it work ok on individual channels but don't believe I've seen it function when trying to DMXify RGB. This may just be operator error on my part.

deweycooter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Development Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Location: League City, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 674	Quote Reply Posted: 26 Aug 2010 at 9:54am
	I have the app ready - I'm considering it a beta for the time being. In addition to the DMX capabilities, the real strength in this app is that it allows you to reconfigure your sequences in a batch, especially as you make changes from one year to the next. Here's a quick breakdown of what it currently does: Config by Template - allows you to load/create a "master" template and then create translations (renumbering, adding, deleting channels) based on that template. Great if you need to add a new network, change a controller ID, or add controllers to all your sequences from the previous year. Channel copy - copy all events from one channel to another, then choose what sequences to apply these changes to Order channels - change the order that the channels appear in the editor and, again, applying this ordering to multiple sequences Merge - since Aurora can be difficult to work with with high event counts, you can edit with smaller channel counts, then merge the files into one. Timing copy - not sure if this worked completely, but the idea was to create a sequence from an existing sequence, adding one channel that only had the timing marks. This is good to use with the merge - that way your two files have common timings. DMX Hack - This is the part that allows you to DMX-ify a sequence - essentially changing ramps and shimmers to intensity commands. DMX via Aurora requires the network ID to be 32, so this allows you to renumber a network, specify the event spacing in milliseconds, then DMX-ify the data on that network. It works reasonably well, but I still have a couple kinks to work out. Make sure you use this on a computer with Aurora installed (it relies on Aurora DLLs). Also, you may need to run it as administrator if you're on Vista or Win7. Let me know what you find. I'll get this put up on the web soon - for now just email me a request at my gmail address ... I'll give you one guess as to what it is. Steve
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