I have guestartists in my house experiencing something I've never seen before.
They run LXConsole triggered via OSC from Qlab.
Occassionally LXConsole changes the ip address they've set to listen to OSC commands from a static ip nr to "any interface" and that leads to LXconsole not receiving the osc commands from Qlab.
What can they do to prevent this from happening?
OSC address changes randomly
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Johan Söderberg
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Re: OSC address changes randomly
What exact version of LXConsole does this happen with? LXConsole will try to find a usable network address if the address set in the preferences is not available. But, at least the latest builds, should not change to any address if the set address is missing, only to a new network address. So, if you post the specific version and build, it can be checked to make sure that this is correct. The latest build is 6.5.1 (18724.1).
The best practice is to leave the incoming address set to "any address". If QLAb and LXConsole are running on the same computer, use the localhost address 127.0.0.1 and the port you specify in LXConsole's preferences as the outgoing address from QLab.
The best practice is to leave the incoming address set to "any address". If QLAb and LXConsole are running on the same computer, use the localhost address 127.0.0.1 and the port you specify in LXConsole's preferences as the outgoing address from QLab.
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Johan Söderberg
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Re: OSC address changes randomly
Seems like a good theory.
They had an old version on a very old macbook that they couldn't update the system on.
I also noted that they didn't use the 127.0.0.1 address but instead tried to run it on the same network as their Enttec ArtNet device, which seemed a bit strange since all they wanted was communication from Qlab 3 running on the same laptop as LXConsole.
They had an old version on a very old macbook that they couldn't update the system on.
I also noted that they didn't use the 127.0.0.1 address but instead tried to run it on the same network as their Enttec ArtNet device, which seemed a bit strange since all they wanted was communication from Qlab 3 running on the same laptop as LXConsole.