I wanted to use Python to program a multi-media Halloween display this year. I had trouble finding detailed information about the DMX512 protocol. I'm guessing I'm not the only one with these questions so I tossed the info in my blog. Here's hoping it can benefit someone else.
Agreeable Disagreements: A beginners guide to programming DMX512 in Python.
Agreeable Disagreements: A beginners guide to programming DMX512 in Python.