Why is the amount of art-net universes limited?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2018 2:52 pm
Hi there,
Right now we are looking to use about 8 1-universe art-net nodes connected to our local network for easy dmx distribution(the network was already in place). Each universe would contain some devices taking up on average about 128 channels.
However, we ran into a snag: even though we've already bought the DVC 4 GZM controller earlier, we would now have to buy ANOTHER controller like the DVC fun to even be able to; ALSO buy 5 more art-net universes that we wouldn't even fill up. Not to mention the what seems to me sheer unneccesity of having a second controller essentially just sitting around as a very expensive hardware key.
Can someone please explain to me: why is this licensing system this way, where we have to buy more hardware just to be able to register something software-wise, and why do we even have to pay $100 dollars to just add some universes? I could be wrong, but it seems like this is just an artificial software limitation purely as a cash grab for people that want to be able to use it's full functionality.
I've always been a fan of Daslight, but this just seems a bit ridiculous to me. It is therefore that I'd really like to know the answer to these questions, because right now I just don't understand it and I'd like to inform myself before judging or making any decisions.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Right now we are looking to use about 8 1-universe art-net nodes connected to our local network for easy dmx distribution(the network was already in place). Each universe would contain some devices taking up on average about 128 channels.
However, we ran into a snag: even though we've already bought the DVC 4 GZM controller earlier, we would now have to buy ANOTHER controller like the DVC fun to even be able to; ALSO buy 5 more art-net universes that we wouldn't even fill up. Not to mention the what seems to me sheer unneccesity of having a second controller essentially just sitting around as a very expensive hardware key.
Can someone please explain to me: why is this licensing system this way, where we have to buy more hardware just to be able to register something software-wise, and why do we even have to pay $100 dollars to just add some universes? I could be wrong, but it seems like this is just an artificial software limitation purely as a cash grab for people that want to be able to use it's full functionality.
I've always been a fan of Daslight, but this just seems a bit ridiculous to me. It is therefore that I'd really like to know the answer to these questions, because right now I just don't understand it and I'd like to inform myself before judging or making any decisions.
Thanks a lot in advance!