bi-directional lighting control protocol (wow that´s a mouthful)

I know this has come up several times but for the sake of all those who have no idea what i´m talking about ill say it all again:D.

how would you guys like to see implemented a bi-directional lighting control protocol. So you just would plug in your DMX, ArtNet, HogNet (what is that btw?) and the fixtures would talk to the console and tell it what it was and how many channels it uses, what channels do what and so on . . . . . . . . . . .essentially meaning that you could forget about patching altogether. and if the fixture tells the console what its footprint is the whole problem of fixture librarys would cease to exist

I know if ive got this wrong someone will correct me:footinmouth:

thoughts? ideas? suggestions? comments? pros and cons?
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    [quote=snowman]how widespread is RDM?

    i've found that it's my personal mission to consult against RDM.

    Fixture Talkback would have been great had it caught on back in the 1900's.

    today, every chance i get, i try to drive change orders in the direction of ACN.

    E1.33 is, in my opinion, very temporary and designed to facilitate incremental purchasing, and not actually provide a viable control strategy. it puts in place essential infrastructure, such as cabling, while allowing the "lesser" but existant RDM devices to participate in immediate staging activities.

    so, RDM if you must, but please, do it over ACN.
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    [quote=snowman]how widespread is RDM?

    i've found that it's my personal mission to consult against RDM.

    Fixture Talkback would have been great had it caught on back in the 1900's.

    today, every chance i get, i try to drive change orders in the direction of ACN.

    E1.33 is, in my opinion, very temporary and designed to facilitate incremental purchasing, and not actually provide a viable control strategy. it puts in place essential infrastructure, such as cabling, while allowing the "lesser" but existant RDM devices to participate in immediate staging activities.

    so, RDM if you must, but please, do it over ACN.
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