DMX Artnet with ODE Enttec isnt working

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Hello,

i have lend an Enttec ODE ethernet to dmx adapter ( https://www.enttec.com/eu/products/controls/dmx-over-ethernet/ode/ ) and a LED strobe ( https://www.thomann.de/de/stairville_lf_12_led_flash_12_dmx_strobe.htm?sid=ae1fc5023ad0ed72fd2660534c59d961 ) from university.

I thought it would be simple but i cant get it to work.
I set up the ip adress like it is shown in this video from enttec:How to Configure Madrix & Enttec ODE 70305 - YouTube
only that my ip-adress is configured as: 10.7.127.196 because of the ip adress of the ODE: 10.7.127.195

Strobe adress is 1. i also changed it to see if there is some offset but it also did not work. i changed universer from 0 to 1. also nothing is happening.

The data is send - as it can be seen in the screenshot - but i dont know if it gets there. I am not very in to netwo

Does someone have any advice for what i can do to get it to work??

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at least in your screenshot you didnt set up your ip address as the one that you quoted…
edit: ah yes, you do. just your ipconfig shows a different adapter?
no idea how much experience you have with light equipment, but it always helps to double check the manual to see if you are in a dmx channelmode that requires an “enable” channel or something similar to be set

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ah sorry i didnt close the command window… it is from before. in wireshark you can see the source ip.

I know how to adress and the different channel modes but not really experienced with light setups…
But i think i am less experienced in networks^^

i checked the manual and there was nothing to be found that matches the enable channel.

i connected it with a xlr cable. is it possible that it is only working with dmx cables and the 110ohm resister?

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xlr cable should not be the problem…
it does show 255.255.255.255 as destination, you would probably want to have 10.7.127.195 as a destination, right?
did you put the ode ip as “destination address” on the artnet node?

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Yea i tried that too.
I thought 255.255.255.255 would be the adress that broadcast to everyone in the network so that it is safe that every device is listening?!

i also tried on my laptop but there i dont even get network access…

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255.255.255.255 can e problematic when having multiple network adapters, then there is no way for windows to know which adapter to use.
You should send to 10.7.127.255 or 10.7.127.195 as suggested above

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i got it to work yesterday at night, but i dont know how… very unsatisfying^^
ip adress, universe and ip settings are the same as always.

whats different than before is that the network is somehow acknowledged by windows as shown in the screenshot.

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i dont understand why…

today i tested it again and it also worked with firewall and AVG activated and also with sending to the ip 255.255.255.255.
that wasnt the case yesterday.

i want to blame windows for being unsteady, but i think it is my lack of knowledge!..

thanks for the help :)

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i reckognized something: windows only establishes / acknowledges the network when i send a ping in the command window to 10.7.127.195

before that i cant send any messages and the networkstatus is: “no network connection”.
it is “no internet connection” after i send the ping.

is this the “enable” that soriak was talking about=???

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try disabling the firewall

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it works with firewall on.

what needs to be done is to send a ping to the enttec ode.
then the network is established.
without ping there is no network connection.

this i dont understand.

also with firewall off i had to ping…

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