Chapter 15
Remote Device Management (RDM)
When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.—Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), architect, engineer, inventor, philosopher, author
Remote Device Management (RDM) is a control protocol that can be used alongside DMX. It was ratified as a standard in 2006 but it has only recently gained traction as a practical tool for setting up, monitoring, and troubleshooting lighting systems. DMX512-A enabled bi-directional communication, but RDM is the protocol that is used for sending and receiving bi-directional commands. A device that understands RDM, which is called a RDM responder, ...
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