DMX Noob looking for replacement controller

[CoolCash]

First. I don't know much about DMX lighting. But I do know a bit about electronics, raspberry pi, computers, etc..

We have 8 DMX outdoor uplights (not sure the brand) at our office that are being run on a Lumentouch 1.0 controller. I want to replace that with something that is wirelessly managed, but don't want to spend $2,000 on what seems like an overpriced replacement.

If I use a rpi, what kind of DMX controller do I need? Note, our lumentouch only has two DMX wires going into it, not the typical barrel connector.

Looking for some suggestions.

Spencer

[mcallegari]

[moderator] moved to proper forum area

I'd say you just need one USB-DMX controller from the list of supported devices:
https://www.qlcplus.org/features.html

Devices compatible with the Enttec Pro protocol work pretty well (DMXKing ultraDMX2 Pro, Enttec DMX USB Pro, Yarilo DMX PRO, etc)

[sandinak]

+1 on USB controllers .. they're flexible, I've used several variants, and had different results with each. Since you're on Raspi Native, you might also check into https://www.bitwizard.nl/shop/DMX-inter ... spberry-pi .. I've used this device quite successfully, taking ArtNET from the network ( both wifi and wired ) and outputting DMX. @mcallegari creates a raspi image ( that I am licensed for ) that has QLC on it natively, but I have *not* tested with this device. This is a nice form factor for an installed solution, and I've gotten/used the case as well. If you're interested, lemme know and I can set up a quick test in my shop and let ya know what works. Also since you're on raspi .. I have a repo of Ansible tooling to configure it for use: https://github.com/sandinak/ansible-raspi-dmx that might be useful.