Re: Help!!

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

The cost is a major problem to those of us on a budget.

There's also the question of standards and compatability.  The reason we're
all using HomeVision, Comfort, HomeSeer, IR543AH etc etc is they all
"talk"
X10 which while far from perfect is very good.

Doxey - oh great one - start designing an X10 compalible system. :-)

BTW - the review samples of the KAT5-AVS units are stunning!  Review coming
soon.

M.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 1:19 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Help!!


I love DMX. I don't love the pricing ;-)

I do know someone who lights his house with DMX-controlled stuff, but he is
a theatre lighting designer. I asked him how much one of his lights
actually
cost him after he said that he got it "cheap", and he replied
"I got it for
about £1800."

NJD are probably the leading retailer for DMX in the UK.
http:\\www.njd.co.uk

Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher

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-----Original Message-----
From: James Hoye [mailto:james.hoye@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 April 2001 13:15
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Help!!


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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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