Experience with cheap Artnet to DMX-nodes?

[jwh78]

I'm in the market for a cheap Artnet to DMX box. Have anyone here ever tried some of the cheap ones you find on EBay? Are they any good? Intended usage is for youth/children amateur musical productions in our local churches.

Like:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DMX-512-con...993223?hash=item4ac0b9f8c7:g:7TcAAOSwo0JWLKxc

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ArtNet-Netw...408124?hash=item280929863c:g:LcEAAOSwBahVNFTk

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ArtNet-With...801931?hash=item3ab087efcb:g:xDQAAOSw~gRV3UTE

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Artnet-DMX-...813592?hash=item33aef7e498:g:qPIAAOSwYaFWf5jO

I live in Norway, so international shipping charges quickly becomes a large fraction of the price btw...

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[techwiz24]

Pretty sure you can do this with an RPi + OLA + USB DMX interface, although I've never tried it

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[CraigV]

I have had no trouble with the DMXKing eDMX1. It was about $150.

 

[Thetechmanmac]

I've used the CR-ANET-2 (it's on amazon) and have not had any problems. If you don't specifically need art-net, the ENTTEC open DMX USB is a super cheap USB solution.

 

[techieman33]

I'll second the eDMX1, it's worked great for me. It's always on for months at a time and I've never had it crash.