Question on multi-cell intensity parameter

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I have a new moving light that I found a perfect match for in the library in 16 channel mode. If anyone is interested, the fixture is a Shard Bolt 65 zoom wash bought from SS&L and it matches to an OMAX OM-M450B which is not the same but has similar functionality (RGBW, zoom, 16 bit pan/tilt).

The Shard also has a three cell ring head mode (outer 1/outer 2/inner) which uses an additional 8 channels for RGBW 2 and 3.

After much trial and error, I noticed that when you move to cell mode the intensity channel gets nailed up at level 255 regardless of the default and all intensity control happens on the colour channels instead. It is possible to access .1 .2 and .3 cells individually via command line and colour them accordingly.

Is this design intent? I noticed that if you set the intensity to cell instead of master then the chosen cell colour levels stay at default and the intensity channel fades up and down. (The other cell colours continue to behave as if there isn't an intensity channel).

I also tested to a rudimentary 2 cell RGBI profile to rule out more complex interactions. (It was imaginary- I-R1G1B1R2G2B2 with my Dmx tester).

This was tested on an FLX-S offline but also duplicates on Phanton-FLX.

The fixture profile can be provided if required but I suspect an explanation is probable without it.

 

Ian

 

 

 

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I should have mentioned I'm running 7.14.3 software. .zfix file attached along with mapping table.

shard 65-24.zfix

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Sorry, not the right file, I had too many I was tinkering with.

shard 24.zfix