Re: Homebrew DMX Automated Lighting System

["Lehane Kellett" <lehane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For those that are interested, the NJD DPX12/4 dimmer pack seems to be
around from a number of places for about =A385. For 12 channels that's
excellent value and I've been using them for 18 months without a
glitch. They work fine with toroidal transformers for LV lighting too
- unlike some of the other dimmer units which fry them.

Lehane

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@...> wrote:
>
>  Interesting...Lehane uses DMX in his home lighting setup too, and
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> wrote a (free) xAP interface for the Milford Instruments board so
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> anyone wanted to try this and integrate it with their existing HA=20
> applications that's a route.  PaulG has just started doing this too
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> his fancy RGB LED spots..
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>  http://mm-wave.com/index.htm
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>     K
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> Mark McCall wrote:
> >
> > Submission By: Dan McGrath
> >
> > I've never been sure about X10, to be fair I've never tried it
either, but
> > my thinking is that DMX has been in used for hugely elaborate
lighting
> > systems for years, and is known to be very robust and reliable,
and that's
> > what I wanted, so I chose DMX.
> >
> > The dimmers I have chosen support both 0-10v signal and DMX, and
you=20
> > can use
> > both at once if you like, this is great for me as I've set them
such that
> > priority is always given to the 0-10v signal, so you have the
option of
> > manually overriding the settings that the home automation system
sets...
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/266px4 <http://tinyurl.com/266px4>
> >
> > M.
> >
> >
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