A Call for PIDs

Members of PLASA's Control Protocols Working Group working on a first draft of BSR E1.37-5, General Purpose Messages for ANSI E1.20 RDM (PID extensions), are issuing a "Call for PIDs." That is, they would like suggestions from the RDM user community on what additional PIDs would be useful. A post requesting new PID suggestions is available at http://www.rdmprotocol.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1189. The RDM Protocol Forums is the preferred venue for suggesting these new PIDs.

"PID" stands for "Parameter ID" and is described in detail in clause 6.2.10.2 of ANSI E1.20 -2010, Entertainment Technology-RDM-Remote Device Management Over DMX512 Networks. The parameter ID is a 16-bit number that identifies a specific type of parameter data. New parameters extend the RDM protocol to support new applications and behaviors.

The RDM standard, ANSI E1.20, is available for free on the PLASA website at http://tsp.plasa.org/tsp/documents/published_docs.php. The free distribution of standards on the PLASA website is made possible by the sponsorship of ProSight Specialty Insurance.

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