DMX End Address & Passing all 512 channels

[P. Short]

The zener diodes are present on the Renard design only to allow the board to be directly connected to the RS232 output of the serial port. They are not needed for a pure DMX design.

[soakes94]

That makes me life even easier, if I take them out, from what you can see, should this design work? I'm going to try and build something on a bread board later.

Cheers Steve

[P. Short]

Also, some of the RJ45 input pins are connected to the RJ45 output pins in order to allow power for the controller and the ZC signals to be passed from the first controller down to the other controllers. This is not needed for your design. This pass-through aspect is a Renard-only feature that is only used by a few people, if at all.

[soakes94]

Built it on a breadboard and it works! I still need to connect up another board to check that the DMX pass works but so far its looking good