diff --git a/light8/dmxclient.py b/light8/dmxclient.py
--- a/light8/dmxclient.py
+++ b/light8/dmxclient.py
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ dmxclient.outputlevels(..)
 client id is formed from sys.argv[0] and the PID.  """
 
 import xmlrpclib,os,sys,socket,time
+from twisted.web.xmlrpc import Proxy
 _dmx=None
 
 _id="%s-%s" % (sys.argv[0].replace('.py','').replace('./',''),os.getpid())
 
-def outputlevels(levellist):
+def outputlevels(levellist,twisted=0):
     """present a list of dmx channel levels, each scaled from
     0..1. list can be any length- it will apply to the first len() dmx
     channels.
@@ -21,16 +22,28 @@ def outputlevels(levellist):
 
     if _dmx is None:
         host = os.getenv('DMXHOST', 'localhost')
-        _dmx=xmlrpclib.Server("http://%s:8030" % host)
+        url = "http://%s:8030" % host
+        if not twisted:
+            _dmx=xmlrpclib.Server(url)
+        else:
+            _dmx = Proxy(url)
 
-    try:
-        _dmx.outputlevels(_id,levellist)
-    except socket.error,e:
-        print "dmx server error %s, waiting"%e
-        time.sleep(1)
-    except xmlrpclib.Fault,e:
-        print "outputlevels had xml fault: %s" % e
-        time.sleep(1)
+    if not twisted:
+        try:
+            _dmx.outputlevels(_id,levellist)
+        except socket.error,e:
+            print "dmx server error %s, waiting"%e
+            time.sleep(1)
+        except xmlrpclib.Fault,e:
+            print "outputlevels had xml fault: %s" % e
+            time.sleep(1)
+    else:
+        def err(error):
+            print "dmx server error",error
+            time.sleep(1)
+        d = _dmx.callRemote('outputlevels',_id,levellist)
+        d.addErrback(err)
+
     
 dummy = os.getenv('DMXDUMMY')
 if dummy: