Encoder Wheels

Usage

Like the manual wheel, Encoder Wheels require a selected light in the command line before you can control properties. When a light or group is selected, a list of properties will appear in the encoder display of the monitor. Only properties that the selected light has will appear in the encoder display.

When no light is selected every unique property from your current lighting patch will be displayed.

There are six categories of encoder properties. To switch between them, see Encoder Pages.

The Encoder Wheels are also clickable. When you click an Encoder Wheel , you append the property it manipulate to your current command line. See the complex examples.

Examples

• You are trying to focus of moving light on an actor on stage. You could manipulate the Pan and Tilt parameters using the encoder wheels to quickly and precisely target them.

• You are told by your lighting designer that the colour on the cyc is too red. You could manipulate the Red property of the Cyc to lower it without using the Colour Picker tab.

Complex Examples

• You want to enter a typed value for the Pan value of a light. Make sure you are on the Focus page, click down the Encoder Wheel , type At and a number.

• You’ve learned that a light you’re working with has a mode with automatically cycles between colours at a set speed. Chances are that mode is accessible from the Encoder Hold-Down Menu. Select the light in question, hold down the encoder for the property you think the mode is behind. If you are correct, your softkey options will update and one will say Mode. Click that while still holding down the encoder to change modes.

On Keyboard

The Encoder Wheels are not mapped to a key.