Master Dimmer Button for LEDs
Posted: 13 April 2014, 23:51
I tried a couple of tweaks and was satisfied with the results. This solutions I am proposing here is for advanced programmers with a good understanding of how button priorities work, and how to manipulate them to your advantage.
-LED Master Dimmer.
The earliest LEDs I used I set in simple mode and avoided the dimmer all together. Now I commonly use LEDs typically with all the channels possible. However I am still disinclined to use the master fader very often, preferring to programme the RGBAW faders individually. As such I prefer my Dimmer channel to be fully up at all times. So I have programmed a Master Dimmer button that is triggered by calendar, and I set the trigger to be the clock at 24/7. Now the Master Dimmer button is on all the time.
But BEWARE:
If you update Macros with the button on, that button will be incorporated into the Macros. To solve this I don't trigger the Dimmer Master Button until my last minute pre show prep. And if I make any Macro saves mid-show? I can delete my Master Dimmer button before my post show save.
Personally? I actually have 3 Master Dimmer Buttons loaded. So during a show if I compromise a 24/7 triggered Master Dimmer Button? I just delete it, and trigger the next Master Dimmer Button as 24/7.
If you ha e any questions, don't hesitate to ask me.
-LED Master Dimmer.
The earliest LEDs I used I set in simple mode and avoided the dimmer all together. Now I commonly use LEDs typically with all the channels possible. However I am still disinclined to use the master fader very often, preferring to programme the RGBAW faders individually. As such I prefer my Dimmer channel to be fully up at all times. So I have programmed a Master Dimmer button that is triggered by calendar, and I set the trigger to be the clock at 24/7. Now the Master Dimmer button is on all the time.
But BEWARE:
If you update Macros with the button on, that button will be incorporated into the Macros. To solve this I don't trigger the Dimmer Master Button until my last minute pre show prep. And if I make any Macro saves mid-show? I can delete my Master Dimmer button before my post show save.
Personally? I actually have 3 Master Dimmer Buttons loaded. So during a show if I compromise a 24/7 triggered Master Dimmer Button? I just delete it, and trigger the next Master Dimmer Button as 24/7.
If you ha e any questions, don't hesitate to ask me.