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I decided to give a hand and sent a post into social bookmarks. I hope the popularity will rise in.

It might pay to look at the Chamsys MagicQ software anyway, as it supports a wide range of interfaces, and by looking at their list perhaps you could see if you too want to support any of those

I was soldering new LEDs to my xbox 360 controller motherboard. After I successfully took off the player 2 green led to replace it with a new LED, I noticed that when I put the battery pack back in all of the other LEDs stopped working but the controller still worked fine. Did I accidentally take off the solder joint which caused all of the other LEDs to stop working or what? How could I fix this? Please help!

Visualizers do exist, but they all cost an absolute fortune.

Except for Capture Polar Student Edition which is a limited but free visualizer.

Yes, you need to have a supported DMX interface to get the DMX from your desk into the PC.

I'll soon have a Chauvet Obey 40 and wanted to program it without having to hook up all the lights. Does anyone know if there are any programs that will allow me to visualize my lights/settings on a computer? I'm assuming first I'd need a DMX to USB input converter (or will a USB to DMX work as well?). Thanks.

What is auto addressing in DMX512?
I have read the ANSI E1.11-2008 and there is no mention of Auto Addressing.
Are protocol specifications such as Open DMX in general use or are they only adopted by some companies?
Thanks for your support.

The termination is correct, so you'll have no problem.

The DMX512 line is electrically an RS-485 bus, which is supposed to be terminated at both ends.

Hi 

I have a project at work which is in the final stages and almost ready to start installing, which consists of about 400 dmx fittings all being fed from 1 universe, and to do so there is a dedicated signal feed which has 20 DMX amplifiers along it (which in turn each feed 20 fittings) and is about 700m long.

The enquiry that i have is that each input of the amplifiers are terminated (120 ohm resistor) and am wondering if this is going to cause me any issues?

The reason they have the termination is because originaly the design was to have the dmx signal feed one amplifier then that amplifier feed the next and so on, but the design was changed for better reliability after the amplifiers were made.

So basically im just concerned that i am going to loose the signal down the line because of the termination resistors, is this going to be an issue? As I will need to start making new amplifiers asap if need be, but im hoping that it will be ok


Any info is appreciated

Thanks

Bought some used rgb-led "fixtures" produced by XAL (Squadroled 400 050-26767). Now having problem to put in their start-adress. There is a connection marked ADR-IN and one ADR-OUT, a fourth connection beside the bus three. Is there a standard for this connection, and what signal do I send to this connection?

Since you are in the UK, you could link up the the Die hard Home Automation enthusiasts.