Monday, March 16, 2020
The Most from Remote Device Management | RDM & DMX512
www.livedesignonline.com: More and more products are supporting Remote Device Management, or RDM. It’s here, and it’s for real. But how does the production technician or rental shop maximize the benefits of this extension to DMX512? How do manufacturers prove to the market that they have robust implementations?
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Not going to lie, I did not watch the whole hour video. I got through 10 minutes and some of that was them fixing his mic. We had an RDM device at my school that connected to our lightboard. It was useful at times when we wanted to control the lights without having to go back and forth from of board (it was very helpful while being a team of one for many of our shows) the signal was crappy at times and the device what unresponsive at moments (that may be because it wasn’t the most well-made piece of equipment. High schools theater isn’t known for having a great budget on the public school level) but it was still nice to have a tool available. Being a freshman DP (and wanting to declare lighting already so I can be more hands-on) has had its struggles because I feel like I haven’t learned a lot about lighting systems and equipment. I do like these articles because it allows me to learn more about the equipment that is out there (I need to push myself to do more research and article reading on my own time)
I have to agree with Alexa here in that this was a rough watch. First of all, what self-respecting theatre tech would clip a lav mic to their lanyard and let it rub on their shirt the entire presentation, but I digress. This was aimed WAY more towards lighting manufacturers and suppliers and didn't really provide much useful information for end users. Half the presentation centered around projects the speaker had worked on or products they had worked with, which lost me as a viewer. Furthermore, there really wasn't much in terms of demonstration aside from a few devices and a debugger program shown. Again, I didn't particularly enjoy this presentation because it wasn't aimed at me. I do, of course, see the benefits of having RDM enabled devices on our lighting networks, yet can see why it has had trouble getting a foothold in the industry. With show networking technology advancing exponentially, it will be hard to see where RDM ends up in the mix. Hopefully it can develop into a much more standardized and 'plug&play' type system in the near future.
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