ola_dmxconsole(1)

🎀 ola_dmxconsole — the manual page, but make it cute 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to ola_dmxconsole(1) from the General Commands Manual. She's a little program that sends DMX512 info to olad, and honestly? she's iconic for it. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ola_dmxconsole — send DMX512 information to olad. periodt. that's the whole job.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ola_dmxconsole [-u universe-id ]

that's it. that's the whole command. she's low maintenance, unlike some people 😭

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so ola_dmxconsole is literally a simple 12 scene console for sending DMX512 data. like, it shows up, it does the thing, no drama.

here's the lore you need:

• each DMX512 universe is 512 slots 👑
• each slot can have a value between 0 and 255
• for most dimmers: a value of 0 is off, and a value of 255 is on

that's the whole vibe. 0 = sleepy, 255 = wide awake and glowing ✨

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

• -u, --universe <universe-id> — the universe ID you wanna control. pick your universe, bestie 🌈
• -h, --help — displays a short help message. your lil rescue text when you forget everything 💀

💅 CONTROLS 💅

once she's running, these keys are your main characters. memorise them, iykyk:

• + — increment the current slot data by one. tiny baby step 🍼
• - — decrement the current slot data by one. tiny baby step, but backwards 🙈
• Page Up — increment the current slot data by 16. big girl step 🔥
• Page Down — decrement the current slot data by 16. big girl step, backwards 💜
• <space> — toggle the current slot between 0 and 255. flip it like a switch, off or on, no in-between 😌
• Insert — insert a channel (slot), shifting the existing values up one channel. make room, bestie 🫶
• Delete — delete a channel (slot), shifting the existing values down one channel. bye girl, the line closes up behind you 👋
• 0 .. 9 — set the fade time from 0 to 9 seconds. dramatic slow fade, or instant. your call 🎬
• b, B — blackout, sets all slots to 0. everything goes night night 💤
• f, F — full, sets all slots to 255. everything goes MAXIMUM ✨
• m, M — toggle display modes: hex, DMX and decimal. three aesthetics, one key 🎨
• n, N — toggle channel (slot) indexing mode. 0-indexed or 1-indexed. choose your own adventure 🌟
• p, P — toggle display palette. new colour scheme, same queen 🌈
• q, Q — quit the program. exit gracefully, she deserves it 💅
• u, U — undo the last change. only one level of undo is supported — so fr fr, don't count on going back any further than one step, bestie 😭
• Arrow keys — move the channel (slot) cursor. scoot around ➡️
• Home — move the channel (slot) cursor to the first channel. back to the beginning ⭐
• End — move the channel (slot) cursor to the last channel. all the way to the end 🎀
• F1 - F12 — change scene honouring the fade time. twelve scenes, twelve vibes, one row of keys 👑

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• ola_dmxmonitor(1)
• olad(1)

not me writing a whole manual page and it being genuinely useful. anyway, go forth and light things up responsibly, bestie 🫶

this was ola_dmxconsole(1), part of the General Commands Manual, dated July 2013. ok love you, bye 💖✨