EmmienLightFan Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I just finished editing a video of how to use a Pi as a DMX bridge. Quite useful. I will probably be using a couple of these next year. http://alpharoadchristmas.thruhere.net:8089/how-the-display-works/22-how-it-works/other/50-raspberry-pi-dmx-bridge The dongle I used is linked there, but it is available on Ebay and Amazon. This software works on the Pi Zero, which costs just $5. You will need a small adapter for the Zero, as well as a way to connect it to your network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineedmorelights Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 This is a great video.I'm curious to why you need the dongle though. If I had my LOR controllers set to dmx, or a dumb RGB controller connected to my pi, could the E1.31 bridge not suffice for use of a modified Ethernet cable that has the dmx protocol configured? I think it's orange and white for data in dmx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmienLightFan Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 This is a great video.I'm curious to why you need the dongle though. If I had my LOR controllers set to dmx, or a dumb RGB controller connected to my pi, could the E1.31 bridge not suffice for use of a modified Ethernet cable that has the dmx protocol configured? I think it's orange and white for data in dmx.The USB dongle is what actually transmits the DMX. By "modified Ethernet cable", I guess you mean an ESTA to LOR crossover cable. This is just a cable to connect the DMX over cat5 standard wires to the ones LOR uses to receive it's signal.The cat5 in my video is ethernet, not DMX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmienLightFan Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 I made a new YouTube channel and moved the video over + Fixed the spelling error at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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