Hi,

It can, but it's in the nature of sACN to require a router since it's based on multicast.

thank you for your answer.

I meant multicasting using 127.0.0.1

best regards,

nicolas

That's not a thing though, it's not technically possible. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_address for a list of valid multicast group addresses.

maybe I'm wrong... but nothing prevent to use localHost card to multicast data.

madMapper is doing that, D::Light is doing that

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Hi,

is it something you'll consider? We are starting to work with Capture and do not want to switch on Wifi card ... Also sometimes there's no RJ 45 adaptators plugged to the computer... using localhost (not as a multicast address but as an IP to bind to) is a nice solution.

best regards,

nicolas

Hello, is it possible for capture to work without any need of connexion to another network ?

When starting capture without any connexion, i can't use sacn with only local host. I need to be connected first to initialise network...

Also about net dmx, does Art-net support localhost in capture ?

And when i try to connect to Capture with Art-net,  the light from connectivity status goes on for 5 seconds and then goes off. Do you know why ?

Regards

Well, sACN is a multicast protocol. Can multicast working without a network connection? Yes, possibly, with the right operating system setup. But let's just say it's not "standard" and not something I would recommend unless you're a skilled networking professional.

Art-Net is not a multicast protocol, and therefore more likely to function on a computer without network. The sending system will need to do the right things in order for it to work though.

If you get the above right, Capture supports it all. Pretty much all the fuzz is on the sender side.

If you get brief activity in Art-Net that's probably some polling going on. And I'm guessing the sending system doesn't know what to do after that.