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Ed, I tried this…. Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for. many thanks, Dave

That is correct. Added - https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/selection-and-intensity/intensity-wheel In ZerOS you have "Absolute" and "Relative" encoder control. When you adjust an "Absolute" encoder, the parameter of all the selected fixtures snaps to the level of the first fixture. The encoder then dials all parameter levels up/down together @ the same value. "Relative" encoder control means if you spin an encoder 50 values clockwise, you are "adding" 50 values to whatever the parameters are currently doing, keeping the different parameters "relative" to one another.

I was a big fan of Paul Daniels as a kid! This actually changed in ZerOS 7.10. Before that, the syntax wasn't available on FLX. When we made it available on FLX, we also changed its behaviour to scale. It's all about when we think these two features are most likely to be used: The Intensity Wheel is usually used to adjust the intensity of fixtures whilst looking at the stage (when multiple fixtures are selected, they are often all the same intensity). Just like a fader, the wheel can adjust the fixtures down to 0% and up to 100%. Therefore, adjusting the value relative to its current value makes sense. If the intensity wheel scaled based on a fixture's current value, it would be impossible to adjust a fixture at 0% using the intensity wheel! Syntax (such as @-20) is most useful to say "I like this scene but make it 20% dimmer" - meaning 20% of their current intensity, not 20% of their maximum intensity. Info from the ZerOS 7.10 release notes:

Good spot! Fixed. This actually got broken back in November 2021, when the "Intensity" chapter of the manual was merged with "Selection", to become "Selection & Intensity"... https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/selection-and-intensity

it would already be great to have multiple Playback cuelist windows displayed at the same time 😉

It is a general problem that manuals tend to tell you what "things" do not what "thing" you need at any given time. It is much easier to write them that way and, IMHO, the ZerOS manual is much better than most by this metric. Knowing what "thing" you want is much harder. How does a writer cover the finite, but huge, array of possibilities without rivalling War And Peace? They can't, basically, and that is where training steps in. This forum also picks some of it up - how often do replies say "see the manual here"? I have see very few of the training videos, my brain just doesn't like that input channel very much. So my take would be a separate "how to" guide giving you the workflow to plot a show (including how to add & correct cues) in one chapter, how to set up the desk for busking in another, etc. The history of questions posed on this forum should give an idea of other topics. Flowcharts could be a big part of it too. An online version could include links to the manual to get the details. I'm waffling now. I'll leave it there.

😛 OK I'm playing my joker... I was perusing the ETC ColorSource manual because a BlueRoomer is looking for a console upgrade from an Illusion... Then I needed to look at the ZerOS manual... 'nuff said. 😁

It's an ok green, but we're sad to see the Zero88 brand being diluted... 😞

I've removed the bracketed text completely from the "Intensity Wheel" section, because the example which then follows is more helpful. I think I disagree - when you say "@ - 50 ENTER", you are saying "take these lights to 50% of their current level".