Pathway Connectivity’s NFP (network fade processor) generates reliable DMX512 output from Crestron and AMX control systems.As entertainment, architectural and home-based audio-visual systems continue to converge along an Ethernet backbone, we've encountered more and more systems where a Crestron or AMX automation controller must drive DMX-based fixtures or dimmers. Because these controllers operate at a relatively high interface level - only issuing commands when a change is required - they are not well suited to producing a streaming protocol like DMX. Unfortunately, they are most often asked to control LEDs, which are particularly unforgiving of imperfect or slow DMX. The Pathway Network Fade Processor (NFP) provides a solution. Sitting on the Ethernet wire, and acting as an interpreter between high level commands and a standard Pathport node, the NFP removes the computational overhead from the Crestron or AMX controller, while ensuring the Pathport node maintains a clean and adequate DMX refresh rate.