Wheel Control - PRG BAD BOY 02.9812.0001C User Manual

Wheel Control

Every wheel, gobo or color, as well as the gobos within a wheel, follow the exact same method of
control. Select the mode with the associated control channel: continuous [index], discrete [step], spin,
random slow, medium, and fast, with strobe range at the end.
The preceding 16-bit channel sets either your choice (a gobo or color in continuous, discrete, or strobe
modes, indexed position for gobos), or your rate (spin/gobo rotation). The strobe speed range at the
end sets how fast your selection on the preceding 16-bit channel strobes to open. Gobo wheels, color
wheels, and gobos all follow this same logic, and the same control channel ranges.
Setting the Shortest Path: All wheels take the shortest path on a full speed command (instantaneous
change to a new DMX value with timing channel set to 0 or 255). If the timing channel is set to enable
a timed transition, the wheel will travel the "natural" path, i.e., it will not cross over the home position.
Note that many control consoles will execute a crossfade by sending a sequence of incremental DMX
value changes, which will explicitly determine the path that the wheel will take.
Range
0-9
10-19
20-39
40-43
44-46
47-49
50-255
Position
Open
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
0 2. 9 8 1 2. 0 0 01 C
Function Notes
Continuous Continuous wheel positioning
Discrete Positioning limited to half panel increments
Spin Continuous range from full reverse spin to no spin to full forward spin
Slow random Random strobe - slow rate
Medium random Random strobe - medium rate
Fast random Random strobe - fast rate
Speed range Variable strobe rate from slow to max speed
Table 3-3: Gobo Wheel
DMX Value Notes
0
DMX values
7641
are for full
16023
panel positions
24398
(Continuous
mode).
32768
41142
49511
57894
O
Table 3-2: Wheel Control
Position
Open
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
: DMX512 O
PERATION PERATION
Table 3-4: Color Wheels
DMX Value Notes
0
DMX values
8192 are for full
panel positions
16384
(Continuous
24576
mode).
32768
40960
This chart
49152
applies to all
color wheels.
57344
3
39