The Software
A custom web-app allowing users to easily select key parts of the logo and choose colors from a color picker. The software then provides a hardware agnostic API to write data to any standard DMX node (via ART-NET) or any CueServer (via binarybuffer).
The Translator
Locally here, we’re using a CueServer2 Mini to act as the server and controller for the sign. It’s connected to the local network on an IoT VLAN then receives data via ART-NET (or http data) and transmits it’s over RJ45/CAT6 to the DMX RGB controllers.
The Communicator
The DMX dimmer for the lights is a Bitro controller, which determines how much voltage is delivered to each color of RGB light. It appears to be identical (minus logo) to this one on Amazon:
The CueServer sends DMX (over a CAT6 cable) to the individual DMX receivers on the roof, which are individually addressed to each LED set in the letters.
Physical Sign Fixture Addressing
DMX Address Range | Sign Part | Notes |
0-3 | Cloud Swoosh | |
3-6 | Sun Swoosh | |
6-9 | S | s in “Sun” |
9-12 | U | u in “Sun” |
12-15 | N | n in “Sun” |
15-18 | G | g in “Grove” |
18-21 | R | r in “Grove” |
21-24 | O | o in “Grove” |
24-27 | V | v in “Grove” |
27-30 | E | e in “Grove” |
30-33 | C | c in “Church” |
33-36 | H | h in “Church” |
36-39 | U | u in “Church” |
39-42 | R | r in “Church” |
42-45 | C | (last) c in “Church” |
45-48 | H | (last) h in “Church” |
Each address in the three channel range (1-3) is the Red, Green, Blue channels respectively.