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Wednesday 17 August 2011

Elios has been download more than 400 times

By Alexandre on Wednesday 17 August 2011, 18:07

We are proud to see that Elios, the Entertainment LIghting Open source Software has been download more that 400 times. That's a great reward to our work on Elios.

Even if we have not release a new version since a while, we are still working on Elios... so wait and see ;-)

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Thursday 6 January 2011

Use Case #1 : ELIOS wirelessly controlling an ArtNet Node

By Jérémie on Thursday 6 January 2011, 21:04 - Use Cases

In this series of posts, we will present you some Use Cases of ELIOS software.

The first an simplest Use Case of ELIOS is to wirelessly control an ArtNet node using a tablet PC and a WiFi router (or access point).

Elios controlling an ArtNet node

What do you need :

  • a tablet PC running Windows or Linux with Java and ELIOS installed (We use SmartQ7 because it's really cheap, but if you prefer something more user friendly and with Windows, have a look at EviGroup Paddle.) ;
  • a Wifi router or access point (We use TRENDnet TEW-654TR because it is really small and easy to carry.) ;
  • an ArtNet node (We use Enttec ODE because it's the cheaper and the most commonly used.).

How does it work :

  • The tablet (or computer) is connected to the router by Wifi.
  • The router is connected to the ArtNet node using a simple Ethernet cable.
  • ELIOS directly sends ArtNet to the node via Wifi and Ethernet.
  • The node emits DMX to control lighting equipments.

Advantages of this solution :

  • You have a minimal set of devices. It's really easy to set up the system each time you arrive in a new place.

Configuration points :

  • configure your router with a Wifi network giving IP in 2.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 (needed by Artnet Protocol Specification) ;
  • configure your node to have an IP in the same network than router (2.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x), to listen on the first universe and subnet and to output DMX ;
  • configure the tablet to join the Wifi network of your router ;
  • configure ELIOS to broadcast ArtNet on the same network (2.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x) and to send ArtNet on the first universe and subnet.

It's the setup we use when we work because it is very simple to install and really helpful. In our own case, our lighting board has a DMX input so we can plug node output directly into it and have the two systems working at the same time.

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Wednesday 24 November 2010

First Release of ELIOS is out !!!

By Jérémie on Wednesday 24 November 2010, 00:26 - Releases

We are proud to present you the first release of ELIOS !!!

Here are the main capabilities :

  • Windows, Mac and Linux compatible ;
  • integrated web server for remote use from a Smartphone ;
  • use of ArtNet protocol (DMX command via ArtNet to DMX boxes) ;
  • powerful command line syntax to set each channel to different values ;
  • additive mode keep last state in mind ;
  • set of broadcast address, subnet and DMX universe ;
  • user interface in english and french.

To download windows or cross-platform installer, please go to http://repo.eliosoft.net/downloads

Now, let's see some screenshots :

Elios-01-RemoteTab.png Elios-02-PrefsTab.png Elios-03-LogsTab.png Elios-04-AboutTab.png

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Wednesday 1 September 2010

ELIOS - Entertainment LIghting Open source Software

By Alexandre on Wednesday 1 September 2010, 22:41

Entertainment LIghting Open source Software a.k.a ELIOS is a Java application that provides remote management capabilities to your lighting system based on Art-Net.

This project is released under GPL v3, the source code can be download on our git repository : Our source code repository http://repo.eliosoft.net

We also provide public access to our continuous integration system at Our continuous integration server http://integration.eliosoft.net.

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