Art-Net is a modern protocol that transmits DMX data over an Ethernet network.
Configure IP address and Subnet mask in Windows and Mac.
This article describes how to set up an Art-Net network on a Windows 10 or 11 computer with a second network card.
- Copy and paste into the search bar:
Network Connections
- Identify the correct Network card. Right click and select ‘Properties’
- Select ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)’
- Open ‘Properties’ and enter the following data
- Press all the OKs
- Check with the Command Prompt app if the new IP is set correctly. Write inside the terminal
ipconfig
This article describes how to set up an Art-Net network on a Mac computer.
- Go to System Settings > Network and identify the correct Network. (possibly called USB 10/100/1000 LAN depending on how the device is being connected to to computer)
- Select the correct network, then press ‘Details…’
- Under TCP/IP > Configure IPv4 to ‘Manually’ using the dropdown menu on the right
- Set the IP address to 10.101.0.0 and Subnet mask to 255.0.0.0
- Press OK
Make sure you have installed the latest imp.artnet package (download the latest version). This package is already part of the IASpace core libraries.
- Install a package by copying the package folder into Max’s packages folder:
- Mac path: ~/Documents/Max 9/Packages
- Windows path: %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Documents\Max 9\Packages
- Copy the max patch code below and set, for example, the @unicast_ip to 10.101.0.100 to the DMX address.
- Now you should be able to send the DMX messages via the ‘channel’ message:
channel <dmx-channel> <value>
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