FPF Ltd, an electronics R&D organisation, have a set of high performance
DMX512 cards for PCs available. DMX512 is currently the internationally
accepted digital protocol used in the entertainment and theatre industry,
for the transmission of lighting and motor positional control information.
These cards which are based around the first ever DMX512 chipset allow the
generation and decoding of high speed DMX512 data. Applications may be
written in any language supported by a standard complier for PCs.

The receiver card is the PCDMXR1/R2. This may be used to receive and decode
DMX data in real time upto a total of 512 channels. The transmitter card
(PCDMXT1) may be used to transmit data upto a total of 512 channels. In
addition, multiple cards may be used to achieve complex functions such as
multichannel patching and combining. Allowance has been made for a total
of 16 cards to run concurrently (either transmitters or receivers).

Since the cards are memory mapped they may co-exist in a PC with other
network interfaces. This will allow those who wish to interface DMX with
other protocols such as MIDI and IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet) to do so with
ease.

Currently FPF is offering a significant discount to academic organisations
who may wish to explore the possibilities allowed by a PC based DMX512
system - eg graphical or Lighting Design on a PC with DMX512 lighting
control capability. Others may wish to experiment with the use of DMX512
to emulate standard lighting control equipment or in other control
applications such as robotics or multimedia.

To obtain further information and datasheets on these products e-mail Ravin
at rp4@ee.ic.ac.uk

or write to

Victor Fergus,
FPF Ltd,
2, Mostyn Gardens,
Kensal Rise,
London NW10 5QX
UK

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