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RE: Help!!
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- From: "James Hoye" <james.hoye@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:14:33 +0100
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> >The best UK system is still, therefore, Homevision, unless you
want to
> >spend
> >tens of thousands in a CEDIA-installed Lutron-based system.
> >
>
> Good point - don't forget that X10 is not the only lighting
> control system
> available! - you >CAN< achieve everything you listed, but not
> with X10, so
> it'll probably cost a wee bit more...
In conversations with Keith, DMX512 has reared its head more than once.
This is another commercial control system, which is used extensively in
commercial-type premises - so I would guess that its reliability is
somewhat
better than X10.
It simply sends multiplexed control data on a bus to all devices (such as
triac/dimmer packs), and each device inspects its own address in the
bitsream to receive its control data. I'm not sure about device status
(local control is possible from the device itself), but I'm sure Keith can
provide more details. Alternatively a quick www search on dmx512 should
yield some information.
James H
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