canedmx

Raspberry Pi based DMX lighting control

Canedmx will enable a Raspberry Pi with simple hardware to act as a scene controller for a DMX512 lighting installation.

Initial release feature targets:

• 100 channel control
• Touchscreen controllable configuration and operation
• RGB colour selection for scene labels
• Free text for labels
• Button types
  • Scene select
  • Up/Down

Future possibilities:

• Colour wheel selector for fast configuration of RGB/A/W fixtures
• Full 512 channel control
• DMX receiver capability
• Operation from switches connected in a matrix to GPIO lines
• Selectable light fixture types / library
• User graphics on labels

See also:

• https://sites.google.com/site/rpidmx512/home for bare metal DMX master/slave running on Pi hardware
• https://wiki.openlighting.org/index.php/OLA_Raspberry_Pi for interface between canedmx and other protocols
• http://www.jonshouse.co.uk/rpidmx512.cgi inspired me to make some progress in adding useful UI to a hardware DMX solution