DMX Desk

A universe is a time budget, not a channel count. DMX512 runs at 250 kbit/s, every slot is 11 bits (44 microseconds), and a full packet is a 92 microsecond break, a 12 microsecond mark, a start-code slot and 512 data slots: 22.68 ms, which is 44.1 Hz. Send only 128 and the same wire runs at 173 Hz - you pay for the slots you SEND, not the ones you use, and most consoles send all 512 whatever is patched. Sixteen bits buys resolution and not smoothness: a 3-second fade gets 132 moments, so 65,536 values means stepping 495 at a time. And because a fixture needs contiguous slots inside one universe, dividing the total by 512 gives the wrong universe count. Five lanes over one sheet, plus a free browser-side engine that patches the rig and computes the refresh the packet allows. Lanes derived from the openhue skill in github.com/steipete/clawdis.

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