Open Lighting Project
| Open Lighting Project | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Commercial? | no |
| Type of project | Open Source Software, Open Source Hardware |
| Products | Open Lighting Architecture, RDM Responder Tests, RDM Manufacturer Library, libartnet |
| Location | Worldwide |
| Founder | Simon Newton |
| Country | Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 446: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Established | 6 August 2004 |
| Website | www |
The Open Lighting Project is a collection of software & hardware projects for the Entertainment & Architecture Lighting Industry. The goal of the project is to provide Open Source solutions for the entertainment, hobby, and do-it-yourself lighting markets.[1] The project is best known for the Open Lighting Architecture.
History[edit]
The Open Lighting Project began as a university assignment; in 2004, as a student at the University of Western Australia, Simon Newton was required to complete a year long software engineering project.[2] DMX512 over IP protocols were starting to see adoption in the industry so Simon wrote an implementation of the Art-Net protocol, since it was the only publicly available protocol at the time. Such was the demand for a free Linux & Mac OS X ArtNet library that libartnet was being used in venues around the world within months of the initial release.[3]
Recognizing the need for a multi-protocol, open source software within the industry, Simon founded the Open Lighting Project in 2005 and began work on the Open Lighting Architecture. The project grew and has spawned sub-projects to meet user demands.
Projects[edit]
Open Lighting Architecture[edit]
Open Lighting Architecture (OLA) is an open source software framework that is designed to allow programs to easily send and receive DMX512 and RDM data to other devices or processes regardless of the transport mechanism.[4] OLA supports many different USB to DMX512 devices as well as network protocols such as Streaming ACN, Art-Net, Pathport, and many others. OLA itself uses a client-server architecture. The server/daemon runs in the background and is the piece of software that connects directly to other devices via selected transport mechanisms.[5] The client is generally a piece of user written software that is generating DMX512 data for devices to consume. Clients are available for C++, Java & Python.
OLA is also used in commercial & open source lighting control software[6][7][8] as the distribution mechanism for the DMX512 control data.
RDM Tests[edit]
The Open Lighting Project also provides a suite of tests to help equipment manufacturers test and build RDM Responders.[9] These automated tests exercise the software and protocol layer of devices under test. These sames tests are now being used by reviewers to test manufacturer equipment.[10][11]
RDM Manufacturer Product Library[edit]
The Open Lighting Project maintains a list of RDM products and manufacturers.[12] The list is populated by running an RDM scraper program built on top of OLA, which gathers responder data that is then uploaded to a hosted site where users can explore all captured data.
Google Summer of Code[edit]
The Open Lighting Project was part of the Google Summer of Code in 2012, 2013 & 2014. Significant student projects include development of the Web UI for the RDM Responder Tests (2012) [13] and the port to Windows by Lukas Erlinghagen (2014).[14]
Standards Development Efforts[edit]
Members of the Open Lighting Project are actively involved in the development of new control protocols for the industry [15] as part of the PLASA Technical Standards Program. OLA is often used as a testing ground for draft versions of standards [16] such as RDM & Streaming ACN.
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Open Lighting Project
- ↑ Richard Cadena (September 2013), Technology Focus, Building on the Future with Open Lighting Architecture, Lighting & Sound International(subscription required)
- ↑ Simon Newton (2005). "Control of Professional Lighting Systems Over UDP" (pdf).
- ↑ Open Lighting Architecture, Open Lighting Architecture
- ↑ John Knight (December 2011), OLA - Open Light Project, Linux Journal
- ↑ What’s the relationship between Lightkey and the Open Lighting Architecture (OLA)?, LightKey Help Center
- ↑ OLA - DLight
- ↑ Features, QLC+ (in French)
- ↑ RDM Responder Tests
- ↑ Mike Wood (May 2013), Phillips Showline SL BAR 640 Review (pdf), Lighting & Sound America
- ↑ Mike Wood (January 2014), Robe ROBIN Pointe Review (pdf), Lighting & Sound America
- ↑ RDM Manufacturer Library
- ↑ Ravindra Nath Kakarla (10 September 2012), Web Based RDM Tests & Integration with the RDM Index, Google-Melange
- ↑ Lukas Erlinghagen (23 August 2014), Windows port of OLA, Google-Melange
- ↑ "Control Protocols Working Group Minutes" (pdf). January 2015.
- ↑ "OLA 0.9.3 Release Notes". Open Lightning Project. 16 November 2014.
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