Utilising DMX Function of rPi-28D+ in X-Lights

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Carlthekiwi

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Hi all, Apologies if this is repeat of a previous request of information, but I have not been able to find the info I am looking for.

I have an rPi-28D+ from Hanson Electronics that I am utilising as the beginnings of a small light display. As well as utilising multiple channels of WS2811 Pixels, I have bought an 8ch DMX controller that I am hoping to utilise for some of my old "dumb" 230v lights.

My question relates to programming this in X-Lights- When visualising the controller I do not see a DMX line. Is the DMX line the "serial port" that is shown?

And when programing these DMX outputs in X-Lights, what is the process with this?

Do I assign a specific channel number for each DMX object, or do I create each DMX object under the 28D controller, and then assign this a DMX channel via the "DMX Channel" or "DMX Value"
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A basic setup for 8 lights that I called Incand is below. I created them as a cutom model, they are single colour and I chose white. They get configured as DMX-Open channels.


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Thanks Al! I will have a play with this, this evening.

On a side note- have just ordered one of your boards yesterday arvo. Excited to have a play with this when it arrives!
 
I use single line models for mine. Set the number of nodes to 1 (meaning single chanenl control) and the number of pixels per node to the number of lights on the string. That way visually it's a line that matches your physical string, but then only uses a single channel.
Set it to white as Alan mentions (rather than RGB) and then you can drag it onto your Serial port, which will assign it to channel 1.
Rinse and repeat, and the channels will increment.
 
Yeah. I've used both single line and custom model depending on where the lights are in my display.
 
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