Open Sound Control addresses for triggering content, controlling outputs, and receiving state broadcasts.

Open Sound Control addresses for controlling Lightpath and receiving state broadcasts. Two channels: input messages received by Lightpath, output messages broadcast by Lightpath.

Channel	Default port	Configurable
Input	`8000`	Yes (Settings)
Output	`9000`	Yes (Settings)

Input — messages received by Lightpath

Content triggering

Trigger content by sending OSC messages to the Lightpath server.

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/content/<contentName>`	`[1]`	Trigger content by name in the address path. Type (look/sequence/scene/playlist) is auto-detected. Case-insensitive, ignores special characters.
`/lightpath/content`	`["contentName"]`	Trigger content by string argument. Supports full names with spaces.

Action control

Execute actions and set toggle states.

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/action/<name>`	`[1]`	Execute an action by name in the address path
`/lightpath/action`	`["actionName"]`	Execute an action by string argument
`/lightpath/action/<name>/state`	`[0 or 1]`	Set a toggle action to a specific state

Output control

Brightness and power state.

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/<output>/brightness`	`[0.0 – 1.0]`	Set output brightness. Values > 1 are divided by 100. Case-insensitive.
`/lightpath/<output>/enabled`	`[0 or 1]`	Power toggle: 1 = enabled, 0 = disabled

Playlist control (per-output)

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/<output>/playlist/pause`	`[]`	Pause the playlist on this output
`/lightpath/<output>/playlist/resume`	`[]`	Resume the playlist on this output
`/lightpath/<output>/playlist/stop`	`[]`	Stop the playlist on this output
`/lightpath/<output>/playlist/next`	`[]`	Advance to the next track
`/lightpath/<output>/playlist/prev`	`[]`	Go to the previous track
`/lightpath/<output>/playlist/track`	`[trackIndex]`	Jump to a specific track (0-based)
`/lightpath/<output>/playlist/loop`	`[]`	Toggle loop mode

Global playlist control

The global playlist is the scene rotation.

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/playlist/pause`	`[]`	Pause the global playlist
`/lightpath/playlist/resume`	`[]`	Resume the global playlist
`/lightpath/playlist/stop`	`[]`	Stop the global playlist
`/lightpath/playlist/track`	`[trackIndex]`	Jump to a specific track
`/lightpath/playlist/loop`	`[]`	Toggle global playlist loop

Global commands

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/stop`	`[]`	Stop all playback across all outputs

Resolume Avenue compatibility

Accept Resolume clip-connect messages.

Address	Args	Description
`/composition/layers/<layer>/clips/<clip>/connect`	`[3]`	Resolume clip-connect format. Triggers on value 3 ("selected"). Requires custom mapping.
`/lightpath/resolume/content/<contentName>`	`[1]`	Alternative Resolume-compatible addressing

Output — messages broadcast by Lightpath

Broadcasting can be toggled in install settings.

Content activation

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/content/<normalizedName>`	`[1]`	Normalized content name (lowercase, no special chars)
`/lightpath/content`	`["Content Name"]`	Full content name with original formatting
`/lightpath/resolume/content/<normalizedName>`	`[1]`	Resolume-compatible output format

Content stop

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/content/<normalizedName>`	`[0]`	Content name with value 0 indicating stop
`/lightpath/content/stop`	`["Content Name"]`	Stop event with full content name

Dimmer changes

Disabled by default — can be high-frequency during transitions.

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/<output>/brightness`	`[0.0 – 1.0]`	Output brightness value

Playback state

Pause, resume, and stop state changes.

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/<output>/playlist/state`	`[0 \| 1 \| -1]`	Per-output state: 0 = paused, 1 = playing, -1 = stopped
`/lightpath/playlist/state`	`["outputName", "state"]`	State with output name and state string
`/lightpath/playlist/global/state`	`[0 \| 1 \| -1]`	Global playlist state

Track changes

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/<output>/playlist/track`	`[trackIndex]`	Per-output track change (0-based)
`/lightpath/playlist/track`	`["outputName", trackIndex, "trackName"]`	Track change with full details
`/lightpath/playlist/global/track`	`[trackIndex, "sceneName"]`	Global playlist track change

Output enabled

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/<output>/enabled`	`[0 or 1]`	Output power state

Action execution

Address	Args	Description
`/lightpath/action/<normalizedName>`	`[1]` or `[0 \| 1]`	Action executed. For toggle actions, includes state.
`/lightpath/action`	`["Action Name", 1]`	Action with full name and state

OSC API