Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft
Subject: Re: DMX info/software wanted
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Green Alien  writes:
 
> Can anyone point me at some shareware/freeware DMX lighting software?

Take a look at the links at http://www.hut.fi/~then/lights.html#software

> I've already got a PC and an RS485 serial card. Ideally I'd like some
> Qbasic or VB5 source code so I can do some of my own development as
> well.
> I'd also appreciate recommendations of any books that contain this info.

I have no books to recommend for this. 

You can find great deal of DMX-512 information at links listed at
http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/lights.html#dmx512

If the RS485 looks like (almost) a normal serial card to the software,
the the programming information available at
http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/pc/interface.html#serial

-- 
Tomi Engdahl (http://www.iki.fi/then/)
Take a look at my electronics web pages at http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/