Sixteen universes on the wire

Name: Sixteen universes on the wire
Uploaded: 2026-09-29
Duration: 5 min 29 s
Description: Planning a rig across sixteen universes, what the network has to carry, and proving every byte arrives where the patch says.

Planning a rig across sixteen universes, what the network has to carry, and proving every byte arrives where the patch says.

5:29 · recorded on the console · published 2026-09-29 · subtitles AR EN

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How many universes, and what the network carries

Fixtures are packed as Quick Patch packs them: in order, never split across a universe. Figures use the console's 44 frames a second and frame sizes measured on the wire in Lesson 14.

Pack tightlyOne universe per line (by cable)

Universes

960 slots used · 64 idle

Packets a second

176

2 universes × Art-Net and sACN × 44 a second

On the cable

0.92 Mbps

9 % of a 10 Mbps link · 0.9 % of 100 Mbps

Line 1 nameslots eachhow many
Line 2 nameslots eachhow many

Where each line lands
Line	Art-Net · sACN	Addresses	Fixtures
Moving Head 16ch	0 · 1	1–512	32
LED Bar 7ch	1 · 2	1–448	64

The console sends every universe it runs whether or not anything is patched on it — the load follows the universe count (top drawer → UNIVERSES), not the rig. Wi-Fi does not retry lost broadcast: wire the show.