QLC+ supports the E1.31 protocol (also known as sACN)
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 E1.31 protocol
that works on Linux, Windows and OSX systems.
The E1.31 plugin can send and receive packets from multiple network cards, virtual addresses,
the loopback device (127.0.0.1) and multiple universes per network interface.
By default, E1.31 packets will be sent as UDP on multicast addresses like 239.255.0.x,
where 'x' is the universe number selected in QLC+. The port used is 5568.
When using the loopback device packets are always transmitted using address 127.0.0.1.
When transmitting multiple universes on the same interface, the packets will be sent by default with an E1.31
Universe ID equal to the QLC+ universe number minus 1.
For example:
QLC+ Universe 1 --> E1.31 Universe 0
QLC+ Universe 2 --> E1.31 Universe 1
...
QLC+ Universe 8 --> E1.31 Universe 7
If the above settings don't meet the requirements of your network, please read the following chapter.
When clicking on the configuration button,
a small dialog will be displayed, showing the Universes Configuration panel.
After a QLC+ universe is patched with an E1.31 input or output, an entry will be displayed in this list,
allowing to manually configure the desired parameters to be used by the E1.31 plugin.
Input lines do not have particular parameters, while an output line can be configured wth the following:
QLC+ has been tested with the following E1.31 softwares/devices: