[SML] Dumb question about DMX protocol

[Paul Marsland]

Hey Carla -

In DMX, yes, you need to send zeros from 1-311 and your intended value to
312.


On Sunday, November 29, 2015, Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center via
Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have this wild hare of an idea about 'rolling my own' DMX receiver / LED
> units for an upcoming project.
>
> I probably should just buy the spec and go from there, but the question I
> have is pretty simple and I'm sure there's an answer on the list.
>
> From Wikipedia, "All slots following the start code contain control
> settings for slave devices. A slot's position within the packet determines
> the device and function to be controlled, while its data value specifies
> the control set point."
>
> So does that mean what it appears to mean? If I assign a receiver to slot
> 312 and only want to talk to receiver 312 that I have to send null data to
> 0 through 311 to get there, or can the data be double byte formatted
> "address;data" and I can decode it device by device as needed?
>
> Like I said, it's probably in  the spec but it's Sunday morning and I'm
> lazy. . . .
>
> Carla
>
>  Shouldn't there be more to a circus than the clowns?
>
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