What you need to connect a rig.
CueSync runs on a Mac with Apple silicon, macOS 12 or later, and sends every cue over the network. A rig takes those cues through one of three things on that network, and every edition reaches all three.
Three ways in
A lighting desk
Cues fire on the desk that owns the rig: its cues, executors and macros, on time. The desk keeps its programming, and it drives the fixtures it is patched to.
An Art-Net or sACN node, for DMX
CueSync sends DMX through network nodes. A node takes the Art-Net or sACN from the network and puts DMX on the XLR your fixtures already use. One universe is 512 channels; add a node, or a node with more universes, as the rig grows. Any node that speaks Art-Net or sACN will do.
A media server
Clips, layers and cues on the media server fire on the same cue as the lights.
What a node costs
- One universe
- From roughly $70
- Two universes
- About $150 to $320 from an established maker
| Node | Speaks | Universes |
|---|---|---|
| DMXking eDMX1 MAX | Art-Net and sACN | 1 |
| CHAUVET DJ DMX-AN2 | Art-Net and sACN | 2 |
| ENTTEC ODE MK3 | Art-Net and sACN | 2 |
Setting one up: Art-Net and sACN.
The network
- Put the Mac and every node on one switch, and give the Mac an address in each node's network: Art-Net nodes commonly ship on 2.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x.
- Send each output to its node's own address, and a basic switch delivers that node's DMX to it alone.
More in the manual: Network planning.
Connect it
- Lighting desks
- Fixtures, pixels & lasers
- Playback
- Engines
- Show control & timecode