On the stage of life, every beam of light is a touch of art!

And DMX 512 and RDM technology is the accomplished painter who meticulously delineates the poetic essence of light and shadow, emerging as a crucial pillar in the domain of lighting control. Today, let us explore the mystery of DMX 512 and RDM technology and decode Lifud’s new products of RGBW CCT adjustable constant voltage LED driver! See what wonderful things they can bring to life. (PS: Technical explanation, worth collection)

1. DMX512 technology: the universal language of lighting control

DMX512 is also known as USITT DMX512 (1990), where DMX is Digital Multiplex, meaning multi-channel digital transmission. It is a data dimming protocol proposed by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) in 1990, which gives a protocol standard for communication between lighting controllers and lighting devices.

DMX 512 technology can be used to create dynamic lighting effects, such as gradients, flickers and color changes. With the ability to achieve complex lighting effects and enhance the visual impact of lighting, it is widely used in stage, building and commercial entertainment lighting control systems.

Features:

• Standardization: it provides a unified communication protocol to ensure that equipment from different manufacturers can work together.
• Flexibility: it supports up to 512 channels, each of which can independently control a device or part of a device.
• Real-time: with fast data transmission speed, it can achieve real-time control, suitable for dynamic lighting.
• Expansibility: through the DMX deconcentrator or concentrator, it can easily expand the system to support more devices.

2. RDM technology: smart steward of lighting equipment

RDM stands for Remote Device Management, and RDM technology is an extension of DMX 512. It introduces the ability for two-way communication, which means that the control device can not only send instructions, but also receive feedback information from the lighting device, such as device information (product model, software version, hardware version, RDM UID, device manufacturer name, etc.), device status (DMX address, DMX characteristics - such as input voltage in decode mode, single channel control interface, etc.), error reports, etc.

The advantage of RDM technology lies in its intelligence and automation. With RDM technology, the lighting system can self-monitor, automatically adjust to different environmental conditions, and even automatically alarm if there is a problem, which greatly improves the reliability and maintenance efficiency of the lighting system.

Features:

• Remote monitoring: you can monitor equipment status in real time, such as voltage.
• Remote configuration: you can set and adjust parameters without physically touching the device.
• Fault diagnosis: quickly locating problems to improve maintenance efficiency.
• Energy conservation management: optimizing energy use through intelligent adjustment.

▼DMX512 & RDM comparison

3. Lifud RGBW LED driver: to make every ray of light full of wisdom! 

① GBD series: DALI + DMX512&RDM, deducing the new height of intelligent CCT adjustment!

LF-GBD150 is the integration of DALI, DMX 512 and RDM technology. It not only supports DALI-2 DT8+ Push dimming function and DALI Part251, 252, 253 data feedback function, but also supports DMX512&RDM to realize the interconnection between devices! Moreover, it has 91% high efficiency, 0.1% dimming depth and other excellent performance!

▼LF-GBD150 product details

② SAM series: bridge of CCT adjustment, to make ON/OFF strip lights to be RGBW adjustable intelligently!

LF-SAM001-D series is a constant voltage DMX decoder. It can not only allow the original constant voltage ON/OFF strip lights to access the DMX system for RGBW adjustment, but also support RDM. This series can set 1/2/3/4 DMX channel output, as well as 7 kinds of PWM frequency, to meet different project needs.

▼LF-SAM001-D product details

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