Chamsys & strand show net

[henny]

Having recently got my hands on a number of strand sn103 nodes I'm looking at useing them with chamsys , has anyone managed this before ?

 

And does anyone have a copy of the shownet config software?

[J Pearce]

I've got a little touring package that runs Chamsys outputting to a Strand SN110. It works reliably and was very simple to setup. I didn't need shownet config, I just did it on the web broswer config page.

[henny]

The older sn103's don't have a web interface

[J Pearce]

Aha!

The strand archive don't list it as a download on the website, but may well have it stashed away somewhere.

[henny]

Thanks

[Martin]

It's been a long time since I used these nodes, but you have to edit a config file and then use a command line FTP to 'put' the file onto the node. "IOFTP" was bundled with the desk OS for this purpose. You can still download the software from Strands website. You need the C5 and CN files. You'll have to install it as an off-line system on your PC.

[henny]

That was my plan I have also got a 510 that I plan on uesing to ioftp from , unless anyone knows how to use a modern ftp client

[richardash1981]

unless anyone knows how to use a modern ftp client

The usual candidate is FileZilla, which can be persuaded to talk to most things I've tried it with (but never had one of these to play with).

[spotblaster]

I have an SN103. I recall (I think) that if you open it up you can plug in a ps2 qwerty keyboard and monitor like you can on a sn100/102 etc.

 

I think it's control x to exit the node software and get to a dos prompt. You can then type "edit 220node.cfg" and edit in the usual way. You may need to install a dos editor.

 

Does this ring any bells with anyone?

 

It's been a while since I did this but I recall Shownet was very advanced for its time it was easy to combine DMX streams etc using a node. For example you can set up a pair of standalone sn103's to send 4 DMX universes over 1 cat5.

 

Shownet works well with Chamsys.

 

All good fun!

[henny]

So the truss mount 103 has a daughter bord linking the intel PCB and the strand pcb this daughter board has a VGA port and useing it with the ps2 keyboard port on the strand pcb I can exit the strand OS and get into dos :)

 

But it has no edit instaled :( I've also used the same daughter board in one of the rack mount 103's and found the same.

 

I can't think of a way to install edit directly, but I do have a 510 that has the strand FTP client and I'm going to try to FTP in the config files and possibly even edit :)

 

Does anyone know if I can use a win FTP client eg filezilla I've had a quick go but can't login

[willjam39]

Sorry to drag up an old thread but did this ever work? I have found a 103 node and would be intrigued to see if it can be used with a Chamsys computer program.

[henny]

Never got round finishing it

[Kazeja]

Only way I found of doing this is to have a 32 bit machine (PC/laptop) loaded up with Console software Ci (or C5) and CN. A 500 console is ideal for this.

Depending on the machine, run IOFTPDOS or IOFTP32 for transferring and editing the 220node.cfg file.

 

I have tested a couple of nodes (104, 110) and both seem to work without any noticeable fault when connected to chamsys.

 

I did have a version of shownet configuration software but that is now in the world of once upon a time.

 

The 500 series software is adequate for configuring nodes.

 

K.

[willjam39]

Thanks Guys, I shall have a look to see if I have the 500 series software somewhere