[PD] dmx interfaces + Pd

Athos Bacchiocchi athos.bacchiocchi at gmail.com
Tue Aug 11 12:44:37 CEST 2015


Thanks Martin, but now I was thinking... what about using the built-in
ethernet port directly?

Athos

On 10 August 2015 at 20:24, Martin Peach <chakekatzil at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Athos Bacchiocchi <
> athos.bacchiocchi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I found someone using a cheap USB to Ethernet adapter as a dmx controller:
>>
>> http://stevenbreuls.com/2014/03/diy-usb-dmx-controller-for-under-10_2_ethernet_cable/
>>
>> I don't know for sure if it works or if it's lacking any important
>> feature, but since DMX uses the same protocol (RS485) it seems a plausible
>> solution.
>>
>> Coming to pd, I have no clear idea... a similar solution as Martin
>> Peach's one, based on comport? Can comport be used with an "ethernet"
>> output? Or is there any way to communicate through that ethernet output at
>> a lower level?
>>
>>
> It's a USB to RS485 adapter with an ethernet (RJ45) connector. The driver
> chip is something by FTDI which works as a serial port. Using the latest
> [comport] from svn it should be possible to set its baud rate to 250000 and
> issue break commands at the start of each packet. so it should work.
>
> Martin
>
>
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