How should I best implement a dimmer? - E1.20 RDM (Remote Device Management) Protocol Forums

ericthegeek · October 13th, 2009

The general consensus is that you must have at least 1 personality. A device that doesn't support personalities should report 1 or 1, instead of 0 of 0.

> Also, If I do give the subdevices footprint = 0, I am unable
> to display / edit andy personalities on the Enttech.

I would argue that this is a bug in the controller. It's perfectly possible to have a device that has personalities, but doesn't use a DMX slot. (Consider an opto-splitter where you set the mode of the splitter via personalities).

Can you post your DEVICE_INFO response for both the root and the sub-devs?

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October 13th, 2009	#10
ericthegeek Task Group Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 390	The general consensus is that you must have at least 1 personality. A device that doesn't support personalities should report 1 or 1, instead of 0 of 0. > Also, If I do give the subdevices footprint = 0, I am unable > to display / edit andy personalities on the Enttech. I would argue that this is a bug in the controller. It's perfectly possible to have a device that has personalities, but doesn't use a DMX slot. (Consider an opto-splitter where you set the mode of the splitter via personalities). Can you post your DEVICE_INFO response for both the root and the sub-devs?