What is Undying Station?
The operating environment included on every Panther. It handles the network side of a show: cross-manufacturer node discovery and firmware management, live RDM fixture monitoring, system health, failsafe configuration, a pre-show check, and Show Time process control. No license, no subscription, no separate install.
Does it control my lights?
No — the lighting software you bring does the controlling. Station manages everything around it: the nodes and their firmware, each fixture's live state over RDM, the machine's health, and what every universe does if signal drops. Bring any sACN or Art-Net application.
Which nodes does it work with?
Discovery is cross-manufacturer — DMXking, Enttec, Swisson, Pathway, Cuelux, and others — and each node's own web UI is mirrored inside Station, so there's no tab juggling. RDM monitoring reads manufacturer, model, UID, address, lamp hours, temperature, and online state across every patched universe. If a fixture comes back at the wrong address after a swap, Station flags the mismatch before you do.
What is Show Time?
A one-button mode that drops background apps like Chrome, Slack, and Spotify to idle priority and trims their RAM — roughly eight gigabytes of headroom recovered — while your allowlisted show apps stay untouched. It's fully reversible.
What are plugins?
A plugin teaches Station how to interoperate with one external system. The GMA3 File Router is available now — it auto-files show assets into the right folders for a grandMA3 setup. Hog 4 and Eos OSC bridges are coming. Nothing installs by default, and being straight with you: plugins aren't sandboxed — Station previews every generated file before writing it and requires an explicit Trust step before importing a bundle.
Does it cost extra?
No. Undying Station ships on every Panther with no license or subscription. That's the whole price list.