Art-Net

Art-Net is an Ethernet based protocol to transport DMX data. The protocol is designed by Artistic Licence and supported by over twenty manufacturers. Since the protocol is in the public domain it is possible to make Open Source tools that use Art-Net. One of those tools is the Wireshark plugin that can be used to monitor and debug application that use Art-Net by getting a detailed view on what is transported over the network. (For more information on Wireshark see the Wireshark page ).

News

2003-10-11 - First libartnet sources are available

A first alpha version of libartnet is available for download. Keep in mind that this library is still under development and until the release of version 1.0.0 the API will be in state of flux.

libartnet

This library has, due to lack of time, not been updated for a long time so please don't be disapointed when it doesn't work.

libartnet is a library written in C that offers an easy way to add Art-Net support to programs or devices. The library is meant for POSIX based systems that implement the BSD socket API, these systems include Linux, BSD, and embedded systems like RTEMS. The library is licensed under the BSD style license which means it can be used in commercial and proprietary software, without the obligation to make that software open source. Even though the BSD license doesn't force you to give back improvements or changes to the library, it is of course highly appreciated when you do. The text of the license is included with the sources, and also can be read online here.

Documentation

The library is documented with Doxygen, a program that extracts documentation directly from the source code and can make that documentation available in several formats. The online HTML API documentation of libartnet can be found here. For a good overview on what Art-Net is and how it works it is best to read the specification.

Sreenshots

The library comes with several small examples on how to use it. Below some screen shots of those example programs.

Art-Net DMX monitor

Downloads

libartnet 2003-10-12 source: libartnet-20031012.tgz

References

Artistic Licence : http://www.artisticlicence.com
Art-Net Specification: http://www.artisticlicence.com/art-net.pdf
Artnet (and other lighting topics) discussion board : http://www.artisticlicence.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi