sACNView

sACNView is a tool for viewing, monitoring and testing the ANSI/ESTA E1.31 protcol, informally known as "Streaming ACN".

For general information on the project, visit the [web site](http://docsteer.github.io/sacnview/)

This protocol is used in lighting systems (typically theatre, television, live entertainment and other systems where a high performance stream of data is required).

This is sACNView mark 2. The original program was written in Borland Delphi, but this new version supplants it. It is written in C++, using the Qt library and sACN reception code from [Electronic Theatre Controls](http://www.etcconnect.com).

If you are interested in simply using the program, visit the [product web site](http://docsteer.github.io/sacnview/) to download installers for your platform (Linux, Mac or Windows OS).

If you are interested in building the application you will need the following:

• CMake
• Qt Library version 6.8.2 or higher https://www.qt.io/
• For Windows:
• Visual Studio 2022 - Community edition is fine
• NSIS - http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ and the [SimpleFW NSIS Plugin](http://nsis.sourceforge.net/NSIS_Simple_Firewall_Plugin)
• If NSIS is included in your $PATH the installer will be built automatically

The application uses a couple of external libraries:

• Google Breakpad for crash reporting
• LibPCAP for captured packet playback

You need to acquire the Breakpad library by using the git submodule command

• Clone the repository (git clone https://github.com/docsteer/sacnview.git)
• Switch to the directory (cd sacnview)
• Initialize the submodules (git submodule init)
• Download the submodule (git submodule update)

Then, to build:

AppImage

To build an AppImage, you will need the linuxdeploy utility, which is itself an appimage. Obtain it and locate it in your path.

Then from the root of the repository run the script install/linux/build_appimage.sh. This will run the build and then use the linuxdeploy tool to build the AppImage.

Debian Package (DEB)

To build a DEB package, run the command cpack --package "linux". This will generate the deb package under the output directory.

To build for MacOS:

Tell CMake where Qt is located by setting the environment variable, for example: