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Mike,

Unless I am missing something, I cannot see anything on that page that references Capture!!

Unless PC Stage will output either a networkable DMX protocol (i.e. ArtNet, CITP etc) , or you have Capture on another PC with an appropiate DMX in hardware the two will obviously not connect!

Supported DMX is listed in the reference manual:

http://www.capturesweden....ference%20Manual.pdf

Regards,

Paul

Paul,

I have contacted pcstage and ask them, they are not sure if it does if you send me ur email address ill send you the pcstage capture plugin. Pcstage is a USB device and doesnt use ip/networking.

If i was to use 2 laptops how would i get it working then?? network and ip addys??

Best Regards, Mike

Hi Mike,

For reasons I am sure you will understand I do not want to post my email on a public forum. As you do not have your email listed in your profile either, that leaves us a bit stuck!

If you could zip the plugin along with a text file containing your email address and upload it to somewhere like www.yousendit.com (Send the file to your own email address) it will then give you a link for the download which you can post here which will be valid for 7 days. I will try and have a look, but I have no experience with PCstage, I use LightFactory (www.lifact.com) !

If you have to use 2 laptops then simply having the two connected via DMX would be an effective, if not expensive solution!

Laptop 1 with PCstage and USB DMX out interface

Laptop 2 with USB DMX in interface and Capture

Presumably the PCstage plugin is getting the current dimmer levels, and sending them to Capture, whilst your USB dongle outputs DMX, but thats just a guess! Quite what or how remains to be seen.

Regards,

Paul

Paul,

I understand where you are coming from. You can download the plugin from http://79.170.40.33/vivid...uk/capturelevels.zip download and unzip and copy to plugin folder under pcstage in "C" drive. Take it capture only workes if you have a network address / dmx converter? instead of USB.

PCStage is very user friendly and i dont think it wil take you long to workout how to use it.

Let me know how u get on.

Regards, Mike

Mike,

Ok, I have tested PCStage with the CaptureLevels plugin, and I have found that it does not work with Capture 2005.

As the date modified on the plugin is 2005, I tried it with Capture 3.0.31 and it does work fine. This led me back to try the Capture 2005 CITP Compatible Mode, but this still does not work.

I can only suggest that you go back to the authors of the CaptureLevels plugin and ask them to take a look at updating it. I do not believe there a reason it could not be made to work.

Regards,

Paul

Paul,

Cheer for looking into it for me, i have emailed pcstage and im going to see if they can update the plugin, can i download Capture 3.0.31? if so where from.

Also what do you think to pcstage?

Best Regards, Mike

Hi,

We don't have 3.0.31 available as a public download anymore. But if you drop me an e-mail on lars@capturesweden.com I will send you a download link!


Regards,
Lars Wernlund