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Christie Pandoras Box
Long-running media server and show control platform, originally coolux, covering projection mapping, LED and multi-display playback with its own Widget Designer companion for control logic.
Protocols it speaks
| Protocol | Direction | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| art-net | bidirectional | Art-Net in for console control, out from Widget Designer. |
| sacn | bidirectional | sACN in for console control. |
| osc | bidirectional | OSC in and out, heavily used via Widget Designer. |
| dmx512 | bidirectional | DMX via interfaces. |
| midi | bidirectional | MIDI in and out. |
| ltc | in | LTC timeline sync. |
| ndi | bidirectional | NDI in and out. |
| psn | in | PosiStageNet tracking input. |
| citp | bidirectional | CITP/MSEX thumbnails to consoles. |
What to watch for
Pandoras Box and Widget Designer are two products that are almost always deployed together. Ask which one a workflow depends on: the show logic often lives in Widget Designer, not in the server.
The coolux heritage means a lot of field knowledge, forum threads and show files predate the Christie branding. Version numbers matter more than the badge on the box.
Sources
- Christie — Christie primary
Understand the mechanism
Something wrong, or missing?
Known gaps on this entry: physical_ports, released. If you can source one of them, that is a ten minute pull request.
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