Streaming ACN

Just because I realise I never posted anything about it here, I should point out my latest open source project; sACNView or Streaming ACN viewer. It’s a general purpose viewer, transmitter and diagnostic tool for the Streaming ACN protocol, the ESTA/USITT approved protocol for transmitting DMX like data over a network. So far ETC, Strand […]

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New Bathroom

Well, I now have a nice new bathroom. Here are some photos – click to view them larger (the bathroom is rather small, but you get the idea)

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Remote Fader Box

So it’s been a while since I updated – one of the (several) things I’ve been working on is a remote fader box for ETC’s Emphasis contol system. It interfaces to Emphasis via the serial port, and allows you to wirelessly control a submaster fader. I’m developing this for Chris Gilbertson of Light by Numbers, […]

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Tea and Cake..

I’ve just returned from a work visit to Harrogate, helping out with a new lighting installation at Harrogare International Conference Center. Best of all, while I was there I visited Bettys Tea Shop, with its excellent cakes. The Yorkshire Fat Rascals are great!

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New Website

So at long last I have given in and created my own website. Here I plan to share general musings on this, that and probably the other. This is my first bit of CSS based web design – the engine behind this is WordPress, the images are from a variety of sources, and all the […]

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