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Table 24.1: (continued)
Attribute Attib No Default Encoder Function
Cont7 44 B4F
Cont8 45 B4E
Frame 52 B5A Top left
Frame 53 B5B Top left
Frame 3 54 B5C Bottom left
Frame 4 55 B5D Bottom left
Frame 5 56 B5E Top Right
Frame 6 57 B5F Top Right
Frame 7 58 B5Y Bottom Right
Frame 8 59 B5X Bottom Right
The Enc field specifies which encoder position in the Intensity, Colour, Position, Beam windows the attribtue appears on. The
Enc field is defaulted based on the choice of Attrib No - this provides a common interface across all heads. In some circumstances
users may wish to modify the allocated encoder in order to bring similar attributes onto the same page.
The encoders are positioned as follows:
Encoder A Encoder E
Encoder B Encoder F
Encoder C Encoder Y
Encoder D Encoder X
There is one page each for Intensity, Position and Colour and five pages for Beam.
The Size field is used to specify the size of the attribute. For channels that are only 8 bit the Size field is set to 8 Bit. For 16bit
channels the coarse channel is set to 16 bit Hi and the fine channel to 16 bit Lo. For channels with 24 bit resolution set the lower
two channels as for 16 bit and the highest channel to 24 Bit Hi.
The Instant field specifies whether a channel by default snaps immediately to new values rather than fading – this is useful for
colour wheels and gobo wheels where you want immediate changes.
The Slow Encoder field makes the encoder works more slowly than normal. This is good for attributes where every possible
DMX value represents a different function and therefore only very small turns of the encoder are required to change function.
The Default field defines what value the channel is set to by default on start-up. When the Setup, Programming option “Unused
chans return to default” is set then channels also return to these values when they are no longer controlled by Playbacks or the
Programmer.
The Locate field defines what value the channel is set to when a Locate is performed on the head – it is also used as the default
value for a channel if no default values is specified.
The Default and Locate should specify the normal defaults for the fixture – the exact values used in a particular show can be
overriden by making a Default Cue or Locate Cue in the Cue Store.
The Highlight and Lowlight values are used when the Setup, Programming option Highlight mode is set to Advanced. This
enables the user to configure custom highlight/lowlight settings for each type of head.