The Open Lighting Architecture is a framework for lighting control information. It supports a range of protocols and over a dozen USB devices. It can run as a standalone service, which is useful for converting signals between protocols, or alternatively using the OLA API, it can be used as the backend for lighting control software. OLA runs on many different platforms including ARM, which makes it a perfect fit for low cost Ethernet to DMX gateways.

Ethernet Protocols

Protocol Linux Mac OS FreeBSD Windows ArtNet 1, 2 & 3 TX / RX / RDM TX / RX / RDM TX / RX / RDM TX / RX / RDM E1.31 / sACN TX / RX TX / RX TX / RX Not yet ESP Net TX / RX TX / RX TX / RX KiNET Nanoleaf Aurora Open Pixel Control (OPC) TX / RX TX / RX Open Sound Control (OSC) TX / RX TX / RX Pathport TX / RX TX / RX TX / RX SandNet TX / RX TX / RX TX / RX Strand Shownet TX / RX TX / RX TX / RX

SPI Pixel Strings

Device Linux Mac OS FreeBSD Windows P9813 LPD8806 WS2801 APA102

OLA also supports WS2811 and WS2812 pixels via Scanlime’s Fadecandy USB interface.

USB/Serial/Network Devices

Device Linux Mac OS FreeBSD Windows Anyma uDMX Arduino RGB Mixer TX / RDM TX / RDM Not yet Digital Enlightenment DMX-USB TX / RX DMXControl Projects e.V. Nodle U1 TX / RX DMXCreator 512 Basic DMXking ultraDMX Micro TX / RX TX / RX Not yet DMXking ultraDMX Pro TX / RX TX / RX Not yet DMXking Ultra RDM Pro TX / RX / RDM TX / RX / RDM TX / RX / RDM Not yet DMXking USB DMX512-A TX / RX TX / RX TX / RX Not yet Enttec DMX USB Pro TX / RX / RDM TX / RX / RDM TX / RX / RDM Not yet Enttec DMX USB Pro MK2 TX / RX / RDM  TX / RX / RDM TX / RX / RDM Not yet Enttec Open DMX USB Enttec USB Assembled Widget Enttec RDM USB Pro TX / RX / RDM TX / RX / RDM Not yet Eurolite USB-DMX512-PRO Interface Eurolite USB-DMX512-PRO Interface MK2 Eurolite freeDMX Wi-Fi Interface (via USB) FX5 DMX TX / RX Goddard Design DMXter4 / MiniDMXter Not yet JESE DMX-TRI Not yet JESE RDM-TRI TX / RDM TX / RDM TX / RDM Not yet KarateLight Not yet KMtronic DMX Adapter Not yet Milford Instruments 1-463 Not yet Milford Instruments 1-553 Not yet Number1 (powered by OLE ) TX / RDM TX / RDM Not yet Renard Serial Protocol (Renard SS24, SS8, etc) Not yet Robe Universal Interface TX / RX / RDM TX / RX / RDM Not yet Robe RUNIT WTX TX / RX / RDM TX / RX / RDM Not yet Scanlime Fadecandy StageProfi Not yet uDMX_asp Not yet Sunlite USBDMX2 USB-DMX512 Not yet Velleman K8062 VX8062

OLA supports some older devices through the legacy DMX4Linux project.