Wheel control – Bad Boy Mowers BAD BOY 02.9812.0001C User Manual
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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.
Table 3-2: Wheel Control
Range
Function
Notes
0-9
Continuous
Continuous wheel positioning
10-19
Discrete
Positioning limited to half panel increments
20-39
Spin
Continuous range from full reverse spin to no spin to full forward spin
40-43
Slow random
Random strobe - slow rate
44-46
Medium random
Random strobe - medium rate
47-49
Fast random
Random strobe - fast rate
50-255
Speed range
Variable strobe rate from slow to max speed
Table 3-3: Gobo Wheel
Position
DMX Value
Notes
Open
0
DMX values
are for full
panel positions
(Continuous
mode).
1
7641
2
16023
3
24398
4
32768
5
41142
6
49511
7
57894
Table 3-4: Color Wheels
Position
DMX Value
Notes
Open
0
DMX values
are for full
panel positions
(Continuous
mode).
This chart
applies to all
color wheels.
1
8192
2
16384
3
24576
4
32768
5
40960
6
49152
7
57344