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Re: simple dmx-512 question



Quoting Ant <ant@xxxxxxx>:

> I understand that
> a DMX controller is regularly banging out DMX packets with the dimming
info
> in, and that the dimmers respond to each packet: my question is, if
the
> packets stop arriving, do the dimmers remember their last state (ie
remain at
>
> the last brightness level) or do they turn off, or what?
>
> cheers
>
> ant
>

Depends on the dimmer !!!

A lot of manufacturers have implemented software that retains the current
information in the lack of any further data.

There are also standalone products that perform this function so that the
lights
dont go out if the data stream stops for any reason.

Keith

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