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RDM

Remote Device Management, a bidirectional protocol layered on DMX512 for discovery, configuration, and status reporting.

Also known as: Remote Device Management, ANSI E1.20

Reviewed

Setup

  • Compatible controllers can identify devices, set addresses, and read faults over suitable DMX infrastructure; responders, splitters, topology, and discovery behavior must support RDM.

Venue contexts

  • Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable

Signal flow

  • Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.

In practice

Compatible controllers can identify devices, set addresses, and read faults over suitable DMX infrastructure; responders, splitters, topology, and discovery behavior must support RDM.

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