Add MADRIX Plugin

[fxedel]

MADRIX is just another lighting control software that uses a huge .mflx file (in xml format) as fixture library.

• Software and Library Download
• Fixture Editor Guide

Interesting facts:

• It supports outputting in e:net format that is understood by the e:cue butler (See manual)
• It also seems to support MA lighting fixtures (as of download page)

Sample:

<fixture version="0x03000000" unit_uuid="0085ade3-7176-42e1-8076-7470717cc2e7">
  <unit_specification version="0x03000000">
    <manufacturer value="EUROLITE"/>
    <homepage value="http://www.eurolite.de/"/>
    <unit_name value="Audience Blinder 4xPAR-36 TCL LED"/>
    <short_name value="LED Blinder"/>
    <protocol_name value="12 Ch Mode"/> <!-- protocol_name means mode! -->
    <pixel_count version="0x03000000" x="10" y="1" z="1"/>
    <color_depth value="1"/>
    <dmx_channel_count value="12"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="Dimmer" default_value="255" fixed_value="1"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="Strobe" number="1" fixed_value="1"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="White" number="2"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="White" number="3" x="1" y="0" z="0"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="White" number="4" x="2" y="0" z="0"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="White" number="5" x="3" y="0" z="0"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="White" number="6" x="4" y="0" z="0"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="White" number="7" x="5" y="0" z="0"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="White" number="8" x="6" y="0" z="0"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="White" number="9" x="7" y="0" z="0"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="White" number="10" x="8" y="0" z="0"/>
    <channel version="0x03000000" name="White" number="11" x="9" y="0" z="0"/>
  </unit_specification>
</fixture>

[fxedel]

It seems pretty easy to implement MADRIX import as it doesn't support advanced features like fine channels, channel types or capabilities. However, it has a huge focus on led matrices. There's a color_depth attribute and you can define the x/y/z position of each pixel. We could parse this using heads or wait until there's a solution for #136.

[fxedel]

Even if the whole program sets such a high focus on matrix devices, the library doesn't include any fixture with a 3d matrix which would have been very nice as an example for #136.