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

ericthegeek · October 13th, 2009

So what's working and not working at this point? Are your sensors behaving?

> In my opinion, personalities can and should function
> without a description by simply showing them as the
> personality number.

I'd agree with you, the controller should function that without it. But, you can't guarantee every controller will be properly written, and having PERSONALITY_DESCRIPTION will make things work better with some controllers. And practically speaking, PERSONALITY_DESCRIPTION is useful enough you'll probably want to implement it even if you don't have to. Having the text string available is *very* handy for the end user.

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October 13th, 2009	#14
ericthegeek Task Group Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 390	So what's working and not working at this point? Are your sensors behaving? > In my opinion, personalities can and should function > without a description by simply showing them as the > personality number. I'd agree with you, the controller should function that without it. But, you can't guarantee every controller will be properly written, and having PERSONALITY_DESCRIPTION will make things work better with some controllers. And practically speaking, PERSONALITY_DESCRIPTION is useful enough you'll probably want to implement it even if you don't have to. Having the text string available is very handy for the end user.