I purchased Maxwell because it was supposed to be compatible with Etherdream DACs, I have an Etherdream 2 DAC and Maxwell does not work with it.
Please advise, regards, Dan.
Are you using the Ethernet connection of the Ether Dream or the new USB connection? I don't currently have an Ether Dream 2 yet - but according to the Developer it should be directly compatible with the Ether Dream V1 as long as you are using the Ether Dream port.
If you are using the Ether Dream port, and it is not working, I will indeed investigate ASAP!
I am having problems with my sion 2 Etherdream DAC... but had been working on a different windows 7 i think.
I did have this problem before though and it was the EW2 file or something that you have to copy and p[ast over into the DAC but its not working for me tonight gonner keep trying to uninstall and reinstall i guiess
I've tried upgrading the firmware on the Etherdream 2 DAC but the issue remains.
I will explain exactly what I'm doing in Maxwell to re-create the problem...
1) Open Maxwell app
2) Load a preset file and select a preset
3) Click the Power button
4) Click ON/OFF in the DAC selection section with settings showing:
* DAC TYPE: EtherDream
* DAC INDEX: 0
* DAC PPS: 20000
Expected result: laser should output as per preview window
Actual result: Laser seems to output something for a split second then stops
I suspect that the Etherdream driver DLL included with Maxwell is incompatible with the Etherdream 2 DAC because I had similar issues with LSX until I upgraded to the latest version which included a newer Etherdream driver DLL.
For future reference, here's what was wrong. A) I was running the 'sitter.exe' included in the etherdream v2 downloads to keep track of ILDA activity, and it was using the same port as Maxwell is configured to use, and thus was blocking Maxwell (Fix: Quit 'sitter.exe' before starting Maxwell) B) I think there were issues relating to having 32 bit Max installed on my system, but not 64 bit Max installed. The combination of uninstalling Maxwell, installing 64 bit Max, and reinstalling Maxwell fixed the 'Error 193 loading external jit.maxwell' message. This shouldn't technically happen because Maxwell is a packaged standalone with it's own copies of the Max libraries? But it's what worked for me.
I am also experiencing problems connecting Maxwell to EtherDream 2 on OSX:
The program seems to run ok, I can load and run presets and the animations are displayed on the preview window.
Everytime I turn on the power button in the Laser DAC zone inside the Maxwell UI, the following message is displayed in the max console:
"there was a problem connecting to your DAC"
Already tried with :
DAC INDEX: 0 and 1
DAC PPS: 20000 and 30000
always gives the same error.. please help.