Some bright spark came up with the idea of
International DMX Day – 5/12. Funny, but it also made me think about this old
faithful standard, in use since 1992 and still going strong. Or is it?
I am seeing more and more Art-Net devices,
Streaming ACN (sACN) and IP being used. Art-Net and sACN basically are ways to
distribute DMX over EtherNet
Whilst each of these is starting to carve
out its own niche, I am a little bit worried that we may be heading for another
“Standards War”.
Do you remember when every lighting console
manufacturer went “digital” with their own, proprietary, control protocol and nothing
talked to anything else? Thank heavens that DMX came out on top and was
universally implemented.
Each of the “new” protocols brings
something else to the party, advancing DMX, or at least, expanding the scope.
DMX is certainly going to be around for a
long time yet, but the complexity of shows is slowly forcing the adoption of
new standards, I just hope that the industry decides on one soon and we can get
on and use it.
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