Open Lighting Architecture 0.10.9
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Open Lighting Architecture Developer Documentation

Overview

The Open Lighting Architecture is a flexible framework for working with lighting control protocols such as DMX512 and [RDM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDM_(lighting%29). It contains a framework library (libola), a C++ API (libolaclient) and the main program (olad).

Features

OLA can act as a gateway, where it converts between different protocols. It can also be used by client applications to communicate with DMX devices.

OLA supports the following:

  • Various DMX512 over IP Protocols, including:
    • ArtNet 1, 2 & 3
    • Streaming ACN (E1.31)
    • Pathway Pathport
    • Strand ShowNet
    • Enttec ESP
  • Other network protocols, including:
    • KiNet
    • OSC (Open Sound Control)
  • More than 20 USB DMX widgets, including those from the following manufacturers:
    • Enttec
    • DMXKing
    • JESE
    • Robe

Other features include:

  • Built in web based control panel
  • Support for acting as an RDM controller or RDM gateway.
  • C++, Python and Java APIs.

Supported Platforms

OLA runs on Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. It's been tested to run on x86, x86_64 & arm platforms.

Getting Started

As a developer, the easiest way to get started using OLA is with the C++ DMX Client API Tutorial.

Licensing

The OLA framework and C++ client library is licensed under the LGPL. The OLA Daemon (olad) is licenced under the GPL.