ArtnetnodeWifi
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rstephan
ArtNet output
Hi, thank you for the great library.
Are you going to implement a write function like ArtnetWifi library in order to send out ArtNet?
The short answer would be no. But I have look up the Art-Net specification and a node should receive and/or transmit Art-Net DMX messages. So I guess, in the future it will be. The update will take some time, maybe some weeks or so. In the meantime use my other library. Recently I have discovered some inconsistency in the transmit method, fixes are applied in a couple of days.
Ok, thank you very much! I tried your ArtnetWifi library and works great, but i have to wait for the update of this library because of this: https://github.com/rstephan/ArtnetWifi/issues/19
The time has come.
If you like, you can test the transmit function, example: ArtnetnodeWifiTransmit.ino
Hi, i tried your code and in principle it works, there are only two things that didn't convinced me.
1: The PollReply is not automatically managed by the library, is this wanted? 2: Usually in functions like setByte the user expects that the written values are saved in a dedicated memory, your function instead use the shared buffer. Since there is a quite huge amount of RAM on ESP8266 IMHO a dedicated buffer would be better because saves a lot of instructions used to fill artnetPacket buffer at each loop(). Moreover usually ArtNet DMX programs need a dedicated buffer where store values either to send or to read, so that memory is usually allocated (either by the library or by the user).
To 1: The transmission of the ArtPollReply frames should be handled automatically. If not, than there is a bug. The content of that frame is up to the user, that is on purpose. But for convenient, it could be shown in the transmit-example how to do this (e.g. set the PortTypes field).
To 2: I have replicated the ArtnetWifi behavior, but you are right. A dedicated buffer for transmitter is a good idea.
Thanks for the advice!
As you can see in the pictures i'm not able to get a PollReply neither from "The ArtNetominator" nor QLC+.
The "missing" ArtPollReply is fixed.
Just a note. My ArtnetnodeWifi is just a library, not a ready to use product. The examples should demonstrate parts of the functionality, just to show how to use it. The Transmit-Example shows how to transmit. In this case transmit-only. Depending on how to look at the example, it may has missing features. To create your project, you have to combine and/or extend the examples to your needs.
So, from my point of view, it was not a bug.
The transmit buffer extension will come soon.
1: The PollReply is not automatically managed by the library, is this wanted?
Yes, I agree with you, in fact I asked. Maybe my question was a little bit mess, I should have used the word "example", not "library".
Thank you for your work!