PARAMETER_DESCRIPTION - E1.20 RDM (Remote Device Management) Protocol Forums

soundscu · September 26th, 2018

This is great, many thanks!

I wonder if you could forward my question to the people working on the DMXcat, or bring this thread to their attention for a direct reply from them?

If the DMXcat supports the function as currently defined in E1.20, I will proceed with coding immediately. Otherwise, this will (once again) be on hold until whenever a common and readily available controller will talk to my devices as needed.

Way back at the beginning of RDM, I coded a lot of stuff with subdevices and E1.37 PIDs, not realizing customers would be buying controllers that supported neither. This swamped our support channels with complaints we couldn't readily solve, a situation that even today is a significant (and annoying) resource consumer. But at least now we can tell them to get a DMXcat and all will be good.

Thanks!
Jim

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September 26th, 2018	#3
soundscu Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5	This is great, many thanks! I wonder if you could forward my question to the people working on the DMXcat, or bring this thread to their attention for a direct reply from them? If the DMXcat supports the function as currently defined in E1.20, I will proceed with coding immediately. Otherwise, this will (once again) be on hold until whenever a common and readily available controller will talk to my devices as needed. Way back at the beginning of RDM, I coded a lot of stuff with subdevices and E1.37 PIDs, not realizing customers would be buying controllers that supported neither. This swamped our support channels with complaints we couldn't readily solve, a situation that even today is a significant (and annoying) resource consumer. But at least now we can tell them to get a DMXcat and all will be good. Thanks! Jim