Rumor Mill: Enttec ODE New Firmware in the Works.
Our tip line is getting filled up with rumors running around the industry these days. The latest rumor that has been sent to us is that Enttec, the makers of lighting control products such as the Open DMX Ethernet (ODE) device pictured left have been developing a firmware upgrade for the ODE.
The current model of the ODE supports 1 universe of DMX over Art-Net and ESP. The firmware upgrade would merge up to 8 art-net streams coming from different IP addresses of any origin to make the ODE a 8:1 merger of Art-Net data.
The firmware upgrade is still in beta testing and not available just yet. The firmware upgrade i for the first 2 universes is a free firmware upgrade. The additional 6 universes would be available though a paid for firmware upgrade through Enttec. This would give a total of 8 HTP Art-net inputs for an ODE.
to learn more about the Enttec Open DMX Ethernet (ODE) device, or to purchase your open, visit Enttec’s website at www.enttec.com.
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By: jkumin
I can confirm this rumor is 75% true. There is a new firmware now posted on the Enttec site http://www.enttec.com for the ODE, which does a couple of things. It addresses a potential reliability problem that a small number of users reported, so it’s considered a critical update, but on the cool side of things it does indeed include 2 Art-Net inputs of HTP merging. Then the Plugin is available for 3 thru 6 inputs of merge. We elected to stop there so that it wouldn’t compete directly with our popular Datagate and its 7:1 merging option.
–Jeremy Kumin, representing Enttec