Is there a way to set the display on a Net 3 Gateway to always show the universes it is assigned to? It would be very useful as the current port display can be confusing if you have a 4 port gateway. It seems to be another point of confusion when I say plug this line for Universe 3 into port #1 - it always ends up in port #3.
-Todd
Todd Drga, Lighting Supervisor
Long Center for the Performing Arts - Austin, Texas
Quite tricky, as it supports a lot of potential universes (>65000)...there is not enough room on the display for these numbers.
-luke-
I agree it should display the universe, this is the question every production electrician ask me.
I'm sure you can find a clever way to get around this once you start patching over 99 universes.
Nick Simmons
Hmmm, could use hex. "Ah, I see universe A5 is outputting, grand!"
I'm with you, though.
There's no reason it shouldn't display the universe number as even though there is an amazingly high number of supported universes, there isn't an ETC desk that goes that high. Even though there may be other ACN desks that do, people don't generally mix brands between consoles and nodes.
But what about permanent installs. The bigger ones can routinely go into that large number of universes and most times there isn't a console involved that controls it all.
I agree that there should be something more to the port labeling system then there currently is, but I don't know how to do it within the limits of the display.
How about scrolling display or paging displays.
On my installs with Net3 Gateways, we have just been using the Naming field to label the universes that are running on it. It ain't great, but it works. If you take some time with some clever spaces you can get U1, U2 etc, to line up with the port number displays.
-Derek McLaughlin- Gopher Stage Lighting.