peza2010 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 has anyone used any products to allow IR control of devices using DMX? the search term appears to be DMX blaster, and google threw up a few products including: http://www.response-box.com/blaster.shtml has anyone used anything like this? and what product would you recommend? Cheers, George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wol Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 "I need to control a device. What would you recommend" May help if you're more specific to what devices you're trying to control, for what, and in what context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedd Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Plasa Focus have just today announced their first keynote speaker for Leeds, and his specialism is the use of LED's as a data link. His name's Harald Haas. Sounds like it might be an interesting one and if it's something you're looking in to, maybe worth a visit? It's free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peza2010 Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 "I need to control a device. What would you recommend" May help if you're more specific to what devices you're trying to control, for what, and in what context. IMO I dont see the need to be more specific? :unsure: I need something that can take in DMX and spit out IR. potentially multiple things with the right device :D Unfortunately im away on tour during plasa focus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Hmmm... DMX relay (or more accurately, several DMX relays) and a hacked universal remote control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 So if you want to control multiple devices, you would need it to learn the infra red codes? I do not know of anything off-the-shelf which will do this (either learning or preprogrammed). There are a lot of RS232->IR units used in the home automation market which will do it from RS232. I have a little design which I did for something else which could be modified to do it, PM me for more info, but as a one-off it won't be particularly cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHoward Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I'd have concerns about the reliability as it has a rather large optical link and doesn't have any way of keeping players in sync if one has missed a play cue. Personally I'd be looking at controlling them over RS232 or finding another way of achieving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 "I need to control a device. What would you recommend" May help if you're more specific to what devices you're trying to control, for what, and in what context.IMO I dont see the need to be more specific? :unsure: I need something that can take in DMX and spit out IR.The reason for needing specificity is that unfortunately "IR" covers a wide variety of concepts and equipment. There are PPM IR remote controls with a near-infinite variety of PPM codes, IrDA which has a published standard (but sends arbitrary data, like RS232), and a host of other possibilities like the IR-controlled toys. What's the kit, what do you need to make it do? There will be a few solutions at varying cost/features. (That "pulsed LED data transfer" idea is essentially IrDA by another name. Oddly, it appears to have been patented despite being the same thing...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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