QLC+ supports the ArtNet protocol through an input/output plugin
that receives and transmits packets on the network.
No extra requirements are needed, since QLC+ has a native implementation of the ArtNet protocol
that works on Linux, Windows and OSX systems.
The ArtNet plugin can send and receive packets from multiple network cards, virtual addresses
and multiple universes per network card.
When transmitting multiple universes on the same interface, the packets will be sent with an ArtNet
Universe ID equal to the QLC+ universe number minus 1.
For example:
QLC+ Universe 1 --> ArtNet Universe 0
QLC+ Universe 2 --> ArtNet Universe 1
...
QLC+ Universe 8 --> ArtNet Universe 7
This choice is due to some facts:
1- The first valid ArtNet universe is 0 and not 1
2- The first universe accepted by commercial ArtNet-DMX devices like eDMX and ODE is 0, so
to have QLC+ to work out of the box, the first ArtNet universe must be 0.
The ArtNet plugin doesn't really have a configuration panel. When clicking on the configuration button, a panel will be shown, displaying the ArtNet nodes discovered, grouped by network interface.
If you own one of these devices, they both have configuration tools that might come handy
when working with QLC+. With them you can set several parameters to match the best
configuration to input/output data from/to QLC+.
For example if you want QLC+ universe 3 to output data on the first port of a eDMX,
you need to use the tool below to change the device universe address to 2.
Here the links to download the tools:
DMXKing eDMX Configuration tool
ENTTEC Node Management Utility
QLC+ has been tested with the following ArtNet softwares/devices: