E1.20 RDM (Remote Device Management) Protocol Forums  

Go Back   E1.20 RDM (Remote Device Management) Protocol Forums > RDM User Forums > DMX512 Discussion

DMX512 Discussion Discussion and questions relating to DMX512-A and DMX512/1990.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old June 19th, 2017   #1
dj41354
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 31
Default mixing 8bit & 16bit features in a personality?

From what I can tell, most fixture manufacturers that have fixtures with a 8bit/16bit attribute setting, use this setting to affect all features within a fixture personality. For example the 16bit setting (if available) is often used with the the RGB channels for finer control of the color, but it will also affect MasterDimmer, and MotorizedZoom features if they are present. Is it ever the case that a fixture personality would have 8bit/16bit color adjust attribute selection, but only a 8bit MotorZoom attribute? (It seems like 8bits are plenty for a MotorZoom mechanism). It occurred to me that this might be more a question about how consoles work.. do they typically have only a single 8bit/16bit attribute setting that apply to all features (slots) within the fixtures personalities, or do they allow separate 8bit/16bit control slots within a single personality?
Thanks in advance for any insight on this..
Doug.
dj41354 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old June 19th, 2017   #2
sblair
Administrator
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 433
Send a message via AIM to sblair Send a message via MSN to sblair
Default

It is very common in most moving lights to have a combination of both 8 and 16 bit parameters. I've never seen one that will use all 16-bit parameters...
__________________
Scott M. Blair
RDM Protocol Forums Admin
sblair is offline   Reply With Quote
Old June 19th, 2017   #3
dj41354
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 31
Default

Thanks Scott...
dj41354 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
QUEUED_MESSAGE & Status Types pkleissler RDM Interpretation Questions 13 August 1st, 2019 03:23 AM
capture & playback preset chris RDM General Implementation Discussion 1 August 4th, 2009 05:45 PM
Sub Device and Personality kster RDM Interpretation Questions 1 July 29th, 2009 09:00 AM
DMX Personality p_richart RDM Interpretation Questions 6 November 12th, 2008 09:53 PM
Personality & Subdevices kocurr RDM General Implementation Discussion 1 July 8th, 2008 09:30 PM


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 02:46 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.